Arakin 4 kurs new 001 176. indd

Commentary
1. 
The Fabian Society
— a British organisation of left wing think-
ers which was a founder or the Labour Party and used to have an 
important influence on it.
2. 
Olivier Sir Lawrence
, also Larry (1907—1989) — an English 
actor thought of by many people as the greatest of the 20th century. 
He was the first director of the National Theatre and the first actor 
to be made a life peer. Most people know his films of Shakespeare’s 
plays
 Hamlet, Henry V, Richard III.
3. 
Old Vic
— a London theatre originally opened in 1818, the full 
name of which is the Royal Victoria Theatre.
4. 
Apartheid
in South Africa — the system established by the 
Government of keeping different races separate so as to give advantage 
to white people. The South African government is now removing the 
apartheid laws and ending the system.
5. 
Hugh Gaitskell
(1906—1963) — a British Labour Statesman. 
Leader of the Labour Party 1959—1963.
6. 
Nye Bevan
(1897—1960) — a British Labour polititian from 
Wales known for his excellent speeches.

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SPEECH PATTERNS
1. I learned much from those visits, 
restricted though they 
were.
Hard working though he was, there was never enough money
to pay the bills.
Strange though it may seem I am a great admirer of the great
film-makers of those days.
2. The Moscow Arts Theatre performed Chekhov 
as sad comedy 
rather than as tragedy
with humour.
Astrov was presened as a young prophet rather than as the cynic 
of Olivier’s interpretation at the Old Vic.
3. The ballet ... called on her to act 
rather than
to dance.
These short visits are more likely to mislead rather than to 
educate.