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Mary Poppins, She Wrote

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by Valerie Lawson


  Storr, Anthony. Feet of Clay: A Study of Gurus. London: HarperCollins, 1996.

  Summerfield, Henry. That Myriad Minded Man: A Biography of George Russell “AE,” 1867–1935. Gerrards Cross, UK: Collins Smythe, 1975.

  Thompson, David. England in the Twentieth Century, 1914–63. Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1965.

  Travers, P. L., “Gurdjieff” in Man, Myth and Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural. Edited by Richard Cavendish. London: Purnell for BPC, 1970–1972.

  Warner, Marina. From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers. London: Chatto & Windus, 1994.

  Washington, Peter. Madame Blavatsky’s Baboon: Theosophy and the Emergence of the Western Guru. London: Secker & Warburg, 1993.

  Watts, Steven. The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997.

  Windeler, Robert. Julie Andrews: A Biography. London: W. H. Allen, 1982.

  Wullschlager, Jackie. Inventing Wonderland: The Lives and Fantasies of Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, J. M. Barrie, Kenneth Grahame, and A. A. Milne. London: Methuen, 1995.

  Yeats, W. B. The Poems. London: Dent, 1990.

  Published Books by P. L. Travers

  Moscow Excursion. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1934.

  Mary Poppins. London: Gerald Howe, 1934.

  Mary Poppins Comes Back. London: L. Dickson & Thompson, 1935.

  I Go by Sea, I Go by Land. London: Peter Davies, 1941.

  Aunt Sass. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1941.

  Ah Wong. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1943.

  Johnny Delaney. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1944.

  Mary Poppins Opens the Door. London: Peter Davies, 1944.

  Mary Poppins in the Park. London: Peter Davies, 1952.

  Mary Poppins from A to Z. London: Collins, 1963.

  The Fox at the Manger. London: Collins, 1963.

  Friend Monkey, London: Collins, 1972.

  About the Sleeping Beauty. London: Collins, 1975.

  Mary Poppins in the Kitchen: A Cookery Book with a Story. New York & London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975.

  Two Pairs of Shoes. New York: Viking Press, 1980.

  Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane. London: Collins, 1982.

  Mary Poppins and the House Next Door. New York: Delacorte Press, 1989.

  What the Bee Knows: Reflections on Myth and Symbol. Welling-borough, UK: Aquarian Press, 1989.

  Index

  Adams, Ansel, 215

  AE. See Russell, George William (known as AE)

  African Genesis (Ardrey), 293

  Albert, Uncle, 264, 265, 267

  Alice in Wonderland (Carroll), 155–56, 296, 302

  Allen, Jay Presson, 347–48

  Allora, Queensland, 35–38, 142, 330, 343, 360

  American Indians, 169, 208–17

  Amherst College, 302

  Amherst Record, 307

  Anderson, Margaret, 182, 185

  Andrew, Miss, 32, 144, 351–52

  Andrews, Julie

  family of, 260, 261

  in Mary Poppins movie, 143, 146, 245–46, 255, 271, 272, 273, 275–76

  meets PLT, 261

  at premiere of Mary Poppins movie, 278

  roles in musicals of, 259–60

  roles in other movies of, 276

  signs contract for Mary Poppins movie, 260–61

  writes to PLT on filming of Mary Poppins, 266–67

  Anthony, Bridget, 191, 239

  Apocrypha, 358

  Aquarian Press, 353

  Ardrey, Robert, 293

  Australia

  PLT denies as birthplace, 302

  PLT returns to, 268–69

  See also Allora, Queensland; Bowral, New South Wales

  Australian Joint Stock Bank, 16, 17, 23, 29, 35, 36

  Ay, Robertson, 72, 100, 147, 148, 153

  Baddeley, Hermione, 263, 278

  Baeyertz, Charles, 72, 74

  Balloon Woman, 153

  Banks, Annabel, 19, 154

  Banks, Barbara, 100–101, 153, 154

  Banks, George, 17–18, 79, 139, 147, 150, 152, 159–60, 206, 208, 236, 342, 343, 350–51, 361

  in Mary Poppins movie, 251, 252–54, 263, 264, 265, 272, 273

  models for: Alfred Richard Orage, 130, 131, 361;

  Allan Wilkie, 63, 361;

  E. V. Knox, 164, 208;

  Francis Macnamara, 165–67;

  Frank Morton, 72, 361;

  George William Russell, 88;

  Karlfried von Dürckheim, 280;

  Lawrence Campbell, 58, 361;

  Staffan Bergsten, 325;

  Travers Goff, 14, 17–18, 147, 159, 252

  origin, 13–14

  Banks, Jane, 18, 19, 37, 100–101, 144, 148, 153, 206–7, 237, 238, 351

  in Mary Poppins movie, 252, 259, 262, 263

  Banks, John, 100–101, 153, 154, 156

  Banks, Michael, 18, 100–101, 148, 149, 156, 206–7, 238, 351

  in Mary Poppins movie, 252, 259, 263, 265, 267

  Banks, Mrs., 144, 145, 147–48, 150, 208, 234, 324

  in Mary Poppins movie, 251, 252, 263, 264–65, 266

  Banks Family, 17–18, 100–101, 147, 148–49, 150, 152–57, 206, 236–38, 342, 343

  Linnet family compared with, 315

  in Mary Poppins movie, 252–54, 265–66

  Barrie, J. M., 156, 278

  Beelzebub’s Tales to his Grandson (Gurdjieff), 228

  Bennett, John Gondolphin, 226

  Bergsten, Staffan, 155, 325–27, 328–29, 333–34, 342, 343, 350, 352

  Bernstein, Leah Rose, 114–15

  Bert, 72, 101, 160

  in Mary Poppins movie, 254–55, 259, 262, 264, 265–66, 267, 277

  Mary Poppins premiere, 271

  Bird Woman, 151, 153, 238–39

  in Mary Poppins movie, 258, 262, 264

  Blake, William, 24, 101, 144, 154–55, 284, 300, 352, 360

  Blavatsky, Helena, 90–91, 131, 133

  Bly, R. H., 269, 332

  Bolitho, Hector, 72, 76, 79

  books. See Travers, Pamela Lyndon (PLT). Published Works: Books

  Boom, Admiral, 147

  in Mary Poppins movie, 263

  Mary Poppins premiere, 271

  Bowral, New South Wales, 49–53, 286–87, 343

  Brecht, Bertolt, 319

  Brett, Dorothy, 213, 215

  Brill, Clara, 147

  in Mary Poppins movie, 265

  Brook, Peter, 332

  Buddhism, 330

  Bull, Donald, 248, 251

  The Bulletin, 71–72, 73, 79

  Burnand, Madge

  AE s death, 174

  death, 241, 242

  friendship with Mary Shepard, 163

  friendship with PLT, 117, 125, 181–82, 183–84, 186–87, 188–89, 200

  holidays with PLT, 116, 120

  Hone family, 190

  marriage, 218

  Mary Poppins Comes Back, 178

  at Pound Cottage with PLT, 123–25, 128, 129, 181–82

  publishing contacts, 161

  shares flat with PLT, 111, 119, 121

  Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 156

  Butler, Dr. Francelia, 346

  Butler, Hubert, 126–27, 189, 191

  Calvino, Italo, 332

  Camillus. See Travers, Camillus (PLT’s son)

  Campbell, Joseph, 332

  Campbell, Lawrence, 58–59, 63, 64, 85, 361

  Campbell, Robert, 94

  Canada, PLT travels to, 194, 195–218

  Candle of Vision (AE), 169

  Carroll, Lewis, 156, 296

  Carson, Rachel, 304

  CBS TV, 236

  Central Park, New York, 310–11

  Chaplin, Charlie, 319

  Charles, Prince of Wales, 332

  Charlotte’s Web (White and Williams), 296

  Chatham College, 335

  Cherry Tree Foundation, 357

  Cherry Tree Lane, 146–47, 251, 271

  Che
rry Tree Trust, 325

  children’s literature, 156–57, 165, 304, 309

  Christchurch Sun, 69, 70, 80, 82, 84, 87, 97, 98, 100

  Christianity, 332–33

  Collier, John, 93, 169, 201, 208–9, 210, 214

  Collins (publisher), 268, 269, 278, 328, 344, 353

  Colum, Padraic, 87, 94

  Conversations (Newquist), 277

  Cooper, Edith Elizabeth, 166

  Corry, Mrs., 50–51, 52–53, 144, 151, 152, 153, 238, 342

  Cott, Jonathan, 101, 335–36

  Coward, Vanessa, 256

  Crist, Judith, 275

  Cronin, Paula, 297

  Crowther, Bosley, 275

  Curran, Con, 174, 175

  Curtis, Mark, 321

  Cymbeline (Shakespeare), 354, 359

  Da Gradi, Don, 247, 251, 264, 265

  Dalai Lama, 332

  dance, Gurdjieffian, 186, 230

  Daniele, Graciela, 351

  Darwell, Jane, 263–64

  David Higham Associates, 341, 347

  Davies, Peter, 208

  de Valera, Eamon, 176

  Delacorte/Dell (publisher), 345, 353

  Delaney, Johnny, 29, 38, 217

  Desborough, Ethel, 291

  Devas, Nicolette, 166, 167, 223

  Diaghilev, Serge, 85, 134

  Disney, Diane, 246

  Disney, Lilian, 246, 250, 264

  Disney, Roy, 246

  Disney, Walt, 143, 146, 235, 242, 244–50, 276–77, 278

  death, 277

  Mary Poppins movie, 246–55, 259–60, 270–74

  movies, 246–47, 249

  Disneyland, 260, 271

  Doran, Peggy, 63

  Dorling, Dorothea, 318, 330–31

  Dotrice, Karen, 262, 263

  Dover, William B. “Bill,” 242, 247, 270–71

  Downing, Marjorie, 322

  Dürckheim, Karlfried von, 280–81, 301, 314, 317–18, 332

  Dwight, Jessie Richards. See Orage, Jessie

  Ecclesiastes, 337

  Eglinton, John, 89, 106, 126, 173, 174

  Eliot, T. S., 86, 181, 185, 197, 221, 235–36, 327, 357, 361

  Elizabeth II, Queen, 323, 333

  Ellen (maid), 147, 342–43

  in Mary Poppins movie, 263, 265

  Ellie, Aunt. See Morehead, Helen Christina (PLT’s great aunt) (known as Ellie)

  Ellsberg, Daniel, 292

  England, 79–87, 208–9

  essays. See Travers, Pamela Lyndon (PLT). Published Works: Essays

  Euripides, 312

  Europe, PLT travels to, 115–16, 126–28, 182, 318

  Everett, Minnie, 61–63

  Everyday Therapy (Dürckheim), 281

  fairy tales, 28, 41–42, 145, 202–3, 207, 293–94, 297, 316–17, 331

  Feiffer, Jules, 351

  Feltham, Patricia, 355, 357–59

  The Feminine Mystique (Friedan), 264

  Ferber, Edna, 215

  Field, Michele, 350

  Fisher, Jules, 347–51

  Forbes-Robertson, Sir Johnston, 62, 64–65

  Forster, E. M., 297, 306

  Forster, Patricia, 307, 309

  Fox, Margalit, 358

  Frankel, Haskel, 281–83

  Friedan, Betty, 264

  Garber, Matthew, 263, 267

  Garbo, Greta, 319

  George V, King, 86

  Gerrard, Nicci, 356

  Gibbon, Monk, 177–78

  Gibran, Kahlil, 304

  Gilbert and Ellice Islands, 352

  Gilbert, Helen, 292

  Giron, Arthur, 349

  Gloriano, Sam, 205, 217–18

  Goff, Barbara Irene (Biddy). See Moriarty, Barbara (PLT’s sister)

  Goff, Cicely Margaret (Moya) (PLT’s sister), 30, 35, 55, 118, 268, 336, 349

  Goff, Helen Lyndon. See Travers, Pamela Lyndon (PLT)

  Goff, Henry Lyndon Bradish (PLT’s grandfather), 15, 305, 316

  Goff, Margaret (née Morehead) (PLT’s mother)

  cared for by Aunt Ellie, 21

  death, 118, 177

  dedication of Mary Poppins to, 139, 162, 179–80

  husband s death, 53–56

  investments squandered, 22–23

  marriage, 23

  relationship with PLT, 35, 118, 287

  trip to England, 99

  Goff, Travers Robert (PLT’s father)

  banking career, 16, 17, 29–30, 35

  birth, 15

  death, 46–47, 159, 286, 333

  drinking, 14, 24, 46, 47, 333

  Irish fantasies, 14, 27

  letters to Margaret, 24–25

  marriage, 24

  model for Banks, 14, 17–18, 147, 159, 252

  relationship with PLT, 26, 44–45

  travels to Australia, 15

  Gogarty, Oliver St. John, 87, 89, 94, 113, 118, 120, 166, 174

  Goldwyn, Samuel, 274–75

  Good, Jimmy, 95, 109, 111

  Goodman, Arnold Abraham, 240, 241, 242–43, 247

  Goodman Derrick, 240, 242, 247, 357

  Gordon, Elizabeth, 182, 185

  Graham, Janet, 277, 283–84

  Grahame, Kenneth, 156

  The Green Room (magazine), 70

  Gregory, Don, 218

  Grimble, Arthur, 352

  Guppy, Shusha, 316, 358

  Gurdjieff, George Ivanovitch, 130–36, 185–86, 215, 225–33, 234, 361

  death, 230–33

  followers, 182, 185, 198, 225–26, 228, 231–33, 239, 323, 331, 334, 338

  PLT as counselor, 336

  at PLT s death, 354, 358, 359

  PLT’s dreams of, 335

  teachings, 132–33, 185–86, 313, 331

  Gurdjieff Society, 355

  Hachette (publisher), 270

  Haggarty, Ben, 357, 359

  Haigh, Pamela, 307–8

  Halley’s Comet, 53

  Hamadryad, 151, 152, 154

  Hammarskjold, Dag, 332

  Hanuman, 316–17, 326, 330

  Hara: the Vital Centre of Man (Dürckheim), 281

  Harcourt Brace & World (publisher), 236, 256, 270, 271

  Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (publisher), 344–46

  Harold Ober Associates, 344

  Harris, Martin, 314, 329

  The Harvard Crimson, 292, 302

  Harvard Lampoon, 292

  Harvard University, 291–92, 295, 341

  Haugh, Irene, 120, 121

  Heap, Jane, 182, 185, 226, 231

  Herald Tribune, 346

  Hermes, Gertrude, 196–98, 204, 210, 330

  Heron, T. M., 221

  Hickory, Mrs., 238

  The Hobbit (Tolkien), 296, 304

  Hodgson Burnett, Frances, 156–57

  Holloway, Stanley, 263

  Hone, Anthony Marlow, 191–92, 239–40

  Hone, Geraldine, 191

  Hone, Joe, 191, 241–42

  Hone, John Camillus. See Travers, Camillus (PLT’s son)

  Hone, Joseph, 189–92, 222–23

  Hone, Nathaniel, 190–91, 223, 239, 242, 314

  Hone, Sally, 190, 192

  Hone, Sheila, 313–14

  Hone, Vera, 190, 191

  Horn Book Review, 322

  House, Adrian, 358

  Hoving, Thomas, 310

  Howards End (Forster), 306

  Howarth, Dushka, 229, 318, 355, 357

  Howarth, Jessmin, 186, 194, 198, 318, 337

  Howe, Gerald, 161–62, 164

  Hulme, Kathryn, 182–83

  Hurlimann, Bettina, 321, 342, 347

  Huxley, Aldous, 319

  Huxley-Jones, T. B., 310

  illustrations in PLT’s books, 162–64, 208, 238, 256–58, 343–44

  In Search of the Miraculous (Ouspensky), 337

  Inventing Wonderland (Wullschlager), 156

  Ireland, 77–78, 79, 82–83, 88–95, 101–108, 112, 189, 325

  Irish Academy, 174

  Irish Agricultural Organization Society, 93, 94

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nbsp; Irish Homestead (magazine), 94

  Irish Literary Society, 92

  Irish National Theatre, 92

  Irish Statesman (magazine), 87, 94–97, 111, 116, 118, 120–21, 123, 176

  Isherwood, Christopher, 319

  Japan, PLT travels to, 268, 269

  Japan and the Culture of Silence (Dürckheim), 281

  Jarrell, Randall, 293

  Jessup, Pamela, 357

  John, Augustus, 166

  John Lyndon Ltd., 248

  Johns, Glynis, 263, 264

  Jones, Constable, in Mary Poppins movie, 263

  Jung, Carl, 214

  Kaplan, Martin, 350

  Katie Nanna, 148

  in Mary Poppins movie, 263

  Keats, John, 77, 219

  Keller, Helen, 290

  Kennedy (John F.) family, 261

  Kent, Duke of, 334

  Keria, 352–53

  Kingsley, Mary, 315

  Kirkus Reviews, 328

  Kirstein, Lincoln, 185, 332

  Klemperer, Elizabeth von, 304

  Knox, E. V., 164, 208

  Koralek, Jenny, 325, 329

  Krishnamurti, 313, 318–20, 324, 332, 361

  Krishnamurti Foundation, 332

  Lamont House, Smith College, 303, 304

  Lanchester, Elsa, 263

  Lark, Miss, 32, 144, 147, 150, 237, 342

  Laurents, Arthur, 348

  Law, Hugh, 105, 106

  Law, Lota, 105, 106, 176–77

  Lawrence, D. H., 85, 213, 214–15, 319

  Lawrence, Frieda, 213, 215, 217, 319

  Leadbetter, Charles Webster, 318–19

  Lear, Edward, 156

  Leblanc, Georgette, 182, 185

  Lerner, Alan Jay, 348, 349

  Lewis, C. S., 177, 296

  Lewis, Peggy, 302

  Library of Congress, Washington, 306

  The Life of George Moore (Hone), 189

  Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 304

  Lingeman, Richard R., 309–10

  Linnet Family, 315

  Listener, 329

  Literary Digest, 96–97

  The Lives of Alcyone (Leadbetter), 319

  Lives in the Shadow (Rajagopal), 320

  London, 84–87, 98–99, 328

  Look (magazine), 308–9

  Loos, Anita, 319

  Lord, Mrs. Deane, 290, 303, 308

  Los Angeles Times, 345

  Lovat Dickson & Thompson (publishers), 162

  Luhan, Mabel, 213, 214–15, 217

  Luhan, Tony, 213, 214

  Luti, 352

  McCartney, Paul, 348

  McGraw-Hill (publisher), 325

  Mackintosh, Cameron, 356, 360

  MacLeish, Archibald, 201

  Macnamara, Francis, 165–67, 184, 189–90, 191, 222–23, 335

  Macnamara, Henry, 166

  McNeil, Edie, 166

  McVeigh, Linda, 292–93

  McWhirter, Prof., 315

  Madame Blavatsky’s Baboon (Washington), 319

  Magee, William. See Eglinton, John

  Mahabharata, 294

 

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