Went to an English lecture by a Sir Charles Petrie. It was not very interesting, though in the end he made some remarks which were most enlightening. The man reminded me of our dear Her Hittler (sic!) exciter that was. Tall, sleek and dark. Voice good, way of speaking rather nice. People here are…

 Was silly enough to ring up my dear exfriend last night quite late and to insist that this was the limit. After my brother brought back Magda’s theatre ticket for tonight I was even more silly to try and give the man one more chance. Asked him if he was free for the night which of course he wasn’t.…

Went to the National Theatre this evening. Iljin’s Nagy Két Katalin [Két cárnő] was on. Quite good. Especially the scenes at the end. Magdi was in evening dress. I’m afraid I won’t put on with this slightly biting matter about everyone. It was  finished quite early. Spoke with Leon this morning.

Yesterday’s cooking took ages. It was 9.10 when I left. Too awful. Bözsi absent. – Today Vin. phoned me, we made an appointment for the evening. I got rather nervous about the whole thing stage fright I suppose and would have liked to bolt (?) in the end, didn’t want to meet him. So I went to the…

Fetched Maria from the Hotel, we went on the St. Margareth’s Island by bus and returned on foot. For the night we arranged to see János vitéz. Ervin took us there as it was already rather late. The open air stage was very nice, luckily the weather favourable, all the stars out but a bit on the…

At the cemetery this afternoon. Went to a most fashionable theatre show Fedák in Mágnás Miska. The performance was quite good, but the place itself slightly dirty, the people slightly common and I was highly amused. My cold is worse.   (Színházi Élet 1938/21. sz.)

Met the K.s? on my way to church. Had a little discussion over Hitler. I’m tired of the man. Met Mrs. Farkasvölgyi afterwards. She is charming. Went to the Kamara (Kék róka) in the afternoon. Enjoyed the piece. Kiss F. was especially good in his part. Besides he stared at me most of the time. We sat…

A mad day again. At noon I decided to ring Vin. up and inquire when am I to pay a visit in case he is put under arrest. The political association he wanted to join, Szálasi’s little party has been … …. and put under the supervision of the police. If Vin. didn’t mean it as a joke it was a silly idea…

Seen the performance in the National Theatre (Nők barátja, Dumas). It was exceedingly amusing + well acted. I had a jolly evening. Ervin was waiting for me at the entrance, though it was rather early, so it was good luck that my dear friend + rival didn’t come. I suppose he is still away. Though how…

Gizi phoned just now, there is a ticket for me at the National Theatre for Godiva. I’m awfully glad, I wanted to see it this week. – This morning I had a busy time with the phone. – The performance was really good, the costumes also. The play slightly different from the English version. All the…