Siân Phillips she was the first since Sarah Bernhardt to play the role. In 1957 (some sources say 1959) Phillips performed the title role in Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler". Many sources consider this her London stage debut but she actually did "Magda" before "Hedda Gabler". In September 1958 she was performing as Margaret Muir in John Hall's "The Holiday" at Oxford New Theatre. In May 1958 Phillips performed as Joan in G. B. Shaw's "Saint Joan", at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry, which had opened just six weeks before, produced by Bryan Bailey. An observer described her performance: "Sian Phillips' portrayal of Joan
Mel and Norma Gabler "Phil Donahue Show" (3 times), ABC's "Nightline", NBC's "Today", CNN's "The Freeman Report", PBS's "The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour", CBS's "Morning News", PBS's former "Firing Line" with William F. Buckley, Jr., Jerry Falwell's "Old-Time Gospel Hour" and CNN's former "Crossfire" with Patrick J. Buchanan. After Mel Gabler's death, columnist Gary North wrote that if one wants "a model of what the 'little guy' can do, begin with the Gablers." Mel and Norma Gabler Melvin Nolan Freeman Gabler (January 5, 1915 – December 19, 2004) and his wife, Norma Elizabeth Rhodes Gabler (June 16, 1923 – July 22, 2007) were campaigners against public