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results.”Clive BarnesNew York Times  \n\"Intelligent,polished comedy.\"John ChapmanDaily News  \n\"Freshly entertaining...The author’s sharp satiri-cal intelligence is always in evidence..”  \nRichard Watts,Jr.New York Post  \n\"Plays about the disparity between today's youngpeople and their elders have popped up with aston-ishing frequency...but few have been conceivedwith such wit and style as Peter Ustinov has broughtto this dramatic thesis...Halfway up the Tree hasurbane writing,top performing,good staging.”  \nVariety  \n\"Urbane,witty and literate.\"Cue  \n# About the Author\n\nPETER USTINOV is well known as an actor,play-wright,novelist,director,as well as a producer offilms,plays,radio and television theatre.Born inLondon in 1921,Mr.Ustinov attended Westmin-ster School and spent two years at the LondonTheatre Studio.He made his theatrical debut at thePlayers'Theatre Club,acting in several sketches hewrote himself.It was during this period that hewrote his first play,House of Regrets,which led(continued on back fap)  \nBook Club  \nEdition  \n度  \nHalfway up the Tree  \nHalfwayup  \ntheTree  \nC  \nPeter Ustinov  \nR ANDOM HOUSE·NEW YORK  \n◎ Copyright,as an unpublished work,I966,by Pavor,S.A.  \n◎ Copyright,I968,by Pavor,S.A.  \nAll rights including the right of reproduction in whole or in part,in anyform,are reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Con-ventions.Published in New York by Random House,Inc.and simulta-neously in Toronto,Canada,by Random House of Canada,Limited.  \nCAUTION:Professionals and amateurs are hereby warned that HALFWAYUP THE TREE,being fully protected under the Copyright Laws of theUnited States of America,the British Commonwealth,including theDominion of Canada,and all other countries of the Copyright Union,issubject to royalty.All rights,including professional,amateur,motion pic-ture,recitation,lecturing,public reading,radio and television broadcast-ing,and the rights of translation into foreign languages,are strictlyreserved.Particular emphasis is laid on the question of readings,permis-sion for which must be secured from the author's agent in writing.Allinquiries should be addressed to the author's agent,Mr.Lee Steiner,Hess,Segall,Popkin and Guterman,23o Park Avenue,New York,N.Y.  \nPhotographs by courtesy of Friedman-Abeles  \nManufactured in the United States of America  \nHALFWAY UP THE TREE was first presented on November  \n7,1967,by Alexander H.Cohen at the Brooks AtkinsonTheatre in New York City,with the following cast:  \n(In order of appearance)  \nLADY FITZBUTTRESSHELGA  \nGENEBAL SIR MALLALIEUFrTZBUTTRESS  \nRoBERTLESLEYJuDY  \nTINY GILLIATT-BROWNBASIL UrTERWOODTHE VICAR  \nDirectedby Peter UstinovAssociate Producer Hildy Parks  \nScenery and Lightingby Ralph AlswangProduction Supervisor Jerry AdlerCostumesby James Hart Stearns  \nEileen HerlieHanne Bork  \nAnthonyQuayleSam Waterston“Lesley”Margaret LinnWilliam LarsenJohn TillingerGraham 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