Commentary

 

1. The Fabian Society — a British organisation of left wing thinkers which was a founder or the Labour Party and used to have an important influence on it.

2. Oliver Sir Lawrence, also Larry (1907-1989). 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.