Lawrence went on to marry another three times. His second marriage, to native Alexandrian Yvette (Eve) Cohen in 1947, produced a daughter, Sappho, named after the Greek poet. Eve was Durrell’s ...

This grabber is the lead-off speech of Lawrence Durrell’s new play ... Hamburg has been patient with Durrell. His first play, Sappho (TIME, Sept. 8, 1961), opened there and ran for all of ...