just to let you know that walt kept his "activist" hand in even when he moved to hawaii.we were doing a show together(i was directing,he was acting)called "witness for the prosecution",and were informed by the management that one of our shows was not to be performed for the public,but had been sold to a private group (which turned out to be a fund raiser for a local republican senator). the cast was incensed at not having been told this earlier,and decided to protest.guess whose name was at the top of the list?? the management made the mistake of ignoring our complaint,which led to a threatened stike,led by..guess who? the outcome was a bit of a mexican stand-off.we did the show,but only when we were allowed to put a disclaimer out in front of the theatre saying that the cast and crew did not in any way support this candidate.walt sniffily agreed to perform...but in after-years helped me and various other members of the community whenever "injustice" reared it's head!
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