Eugene Walter, pt. 2

Eugene Walter, pt. 2

Part 2 of Eugene Walter's Conversations About Mobile oral history interview, in which he discusses his return to the United States and Mobile.

Jeanette Keyser Maygarden

Mobile Public Library, Local History & Genealogy

June 8, 1994

Eugene Walter

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English

oral history

Conversations-Walter-Part-2

Jeanette Keyser Maygarden

Eugene Walter

161 Grand Blvd, Mobile, Alabama. 36607
Eugene Walter's home

Summary typed up, presumably by Jeanette Maygarden:

He discusses how he writes his own puppet plays
He wrote some music for the movie Romeo and Juliet
1979 he returns to the United States
Wrote "Southern Style" cookbook for the Time Life Series
For the Azalea City News he did a column on herbs and spices
Does some lectures for the Elderhostel
Currently translating German plays, poetry, and two novels
Great detail on the origin of the word cocktail
He is a founder of the Joe Jefferson Players, Mobile Opera, and the founder of the Mobile Chamber Orchestra
Tour of his study and the art in it
Does commentary on life in Mobile for the radio station WHIL
Next project will be a novel about sex in the south

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