ralphsmotorbike: Ralph Richardson and Jason Robards in “Long Day’s Journey into Night.&r
ralphsmotorbike: Ralph Richardson and Jason Robards in “Long Day’s Journey into Night.” Robards recalled taking breaks with Ralph: “Freddie March used to say to me, ‘If you need a drink, I’ve got a bottle hidden in the dressing room. You take a shot before you come on.’ I only did that a couple of times. The British seem to be able to do it all the time. You go into a British dressing room and they have it there between acts. ‘Have a little Naval Mixture,’ Ralph Richardson used to say to me when we were doing Long Day’s Journey. We were both in the Navy–grog was something the British would serve in the morning. So we’d be shooting, and 'Time for a little Naval Mixture,’ rum and water straight down.” (From “The Actor’s Art: Conversations with Great Actors) -- source link