"Then there was the rehearsal for He Can Swagger Sitting Down (1973). Max once again. Playing George Wallace with Jude Kuring playing a character called Miss Pussy (!) Costumes by Laurel Frank (I think). The actors were wearing whatever bits of costume were available at the time. The bottom half of Miss Pussy's costume was finished so Jude slipped into it. The two actors were standing at either end of the space facing away from each other. The action required that they turn to face each other accompanied by Max's line: "Why, Miss Pussy!" Max spun around to be confronted with Jude wearing only the bottom half of her costume. "Why! Miss Pussy!" never sounded so committed again. And while Laurel kept saying that the costume was not finished, Jude kept insisting that she loved it just as it was. In the office one night after a show had come down, Jude needed one of those going overseas-type injections and Jack, as resident doctor, obliged. But when he asked for a bare arm, Jude stripped down to the waist. Jack's retort was typically Hibberdian!"
