Fact #52318
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The Beatles play two shows on the first of two days at The Teatro Adriano, Rome, Italy, Europe. Playwright Noel Coward attends the second show. Their manager, Brian Epstein, disappears without warning from the touring party, and does not reappear until the tour reaches Madrid, Spain, five days later.Full article:
Noel Coward : The noise was deafening throughout and I couldn't hear a word they sang or a note they played. I went backstage and was met by Brian Epstein, who told me they had gone back to the hotel and would I go there. I was told The Beatles refused to see me. I thought this graceless in the extreme, but decided to play it with firmness and dignity. I told Wendy [Hanson, Epstein's assistant] to go and fetch me one of them and she finally reappeared with Paul McCartney. The poor boy was quite amiable and I sent messages of congratulations to his colleagues, although the message I would have liked to have sent them was that they were bad-mannered little shits.
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