Kong on Tuesday. I suggestedwe met at Covent Garden, to take up some of the time. After a pleasant lunch we drifted around the piazza and came across a 
a real gem of a Church - St Paul's, which is known as the actors Church. The face turned to the square is plain, classical and understated, but the reverse face overlooks a lovely garden with
many seats. We wandered into the church and discovered an array of plaques to many actors, theatre producers, dancers, directors and playwrights. Richard Beckinsale, Flora Robson, Oscar Wilde, Noel Coward, Edith Evans, are all commemorated. The interior of the Church is restful and plain, very Georgian. In many ways the fact that it is so plain makes this Church very moving, and there close by the door is a plaque marking the life of Vivien Leigh. How appropriate is the epitaph upon it - taken from the play Anthony and Cleopatra:
a real gem of a Church - St Paul's, which is known as the actors Church. The face turned to the square is plain, classical and understated, but the reverse face overlooks a lovely garden with
many seats. We wandered into the church and discovered an array of plaques to many actors, theatre producers, dancers, directors and playwrights. Richard Beckinsale, Flora Robson, Oscar Wilde, Noel Coward, Edith Evans, are all commemorated. The interior of the Church is restful and plain, very Georgian. In many ways the fact that it is so plain makes this Church very moving, and there close by the door is a plaque marking the life of Vivien Leigh. How appropriate is the epitaph upon it - taken from the play Anthony and Cleopatra:'So fare thee well,
Now boast thee, death, in thy possession lies
A lass unparall'd.'
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