By Dorothy Nixon

Sir Laurence Olivier headed the National Theatre Company on its visit to Montreal in October 1967. Othello played at Theatre Maisonneuve on October 18, 20, 24, and 28. (If all went as presaged in the British Pavilion pamphlet!) A Flea in her Ear was also on tap. This followed a two week Centennial Tour in Western Canada.

I don't think my parents saw this. My mom did see Marlene Deitrich.

My father brought my brother, Mark, to the rehearsal of Ed Sullivan from Expo... with the Seekers and I think Alan King. I got to watch the real live show on TV. Ed Sullivan introduced our Mayor, Jean Drapeau, calling him Jean Drapeeewwww, which made us all laugh. We were, at the same time, very proud. Joni Mitchell performed at the Canadian Pavilion, I believe and Leonard Cohen read poetry at the Youth Pavilion, but we didn't care. (They weren't legends yet!)

I saw a free show, with my older brother, at an outdoor bandstand, the Hasty Pudding Troupe from Harvard. It was bawdy, (which embarrassed me a bit) but terrific with an explosive level of frat-boy energy. I recall a conga line ACULPULCO with these young men all dressed a la Carmen Miranda. Of course, with every visit to Expo there were all kinds of free shows to take in at every band stand, big and small.