John Lennon June 1968

Title: Premiere Of "In His Own Write" Play (BBC News)
Type: TV News
Filming Location: Old Vic Theatre, London, England
Filming Date: June 18th 1968
Broadcast Date: June 1968
Country Of Broadcast: UK
Duration: 00:28 Seconds
Quality: B
Source: "The Beatles 1968 Vol 2" (FAB Productions)
Other Sources: "The Beatles Upgrades & Additions 1968" (BedHead Productions)

Notes: The National Theatre`s stage version of John Lennon`s book In His Own Write, directed by Victor Spinetti, had its début at the Old Vic Theatre on London`s Waterloo Road.

The play was the idea of dramatist Adrienne Kennedy, who co-wrote it with Spinetti. They based it on Lennon`s first book and the
follow-up, A Spaniard In The Works. It featured a character, Me, played by Ronald Pickup, whose thoughts and ideas were followed throughout the play.

Lennon`s arrival with Yoko Ono caused much fuss among the journalists and reporters present. Although the pair had first
appeared in public some weeks earlier, the news of Lennon`s marriage ending was still largely unknown.

The press hostility towards Ono can perhaps be traced to this day. Several reporters called out, "Where`s your wife, Mr Lennon?" His only reply to them was "I don`t know."