Peter Ustinov

The versatile Peter Ustinov here re-enters the pages of the ATLANTICwith another example of his talent for combining plot with character and the crinkles of a smile. The story will be included in a new collection of his short stories, THE FRONTIERS OF THE SEA,to be published next month by Atlantic - Little, Brown.

Where, as they frequently do, politicians fear or refuse to tread, artists must rush in to nourish the principles of freedom and human understanding. This theme is explored by the distinguished actor, director, short-story writer, and novelist Peter Ustinov. It is drawn from an address he delivered recently to an audience of politicians, the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

Back in 1958 when Peter Ustinov was performing daily in his successful play ROMANOFF AND JULIET, the ATLANTIC editor persuaded him to do a series of short stories, the first he had ever written. Of the twelve we have published since that time, this is surely one of the best.

Having completed the film of a most successful play, ROMANOFF AND JULIET,and having received an Oscar for his superlative supporting part in SPARTACUS, PETER USTINOV is now immersed in the production of a new film,BILLY BUDD,in the casting of a new play for fall production, and in writing stories for theATLANTIC.

As a dramatist, actor, and mimic, PETER USTINOV has made a unique place for himself. Two years ago, at the ATLANTIC urging, he embarked on a series of short stories which we have found both original and delightful. Now he is about to finish his first novel, which will appear under the Atlantic-Little, Brown imprint.

A born writer, who gives himself to the stage or to mimicry or to fiction as the spirit moves him, PETER USTINOV has recently been acting in Australia, where he found the setting and inspiration for this story, the third in his new sequence.

Playwright and actor, master mimic and monologist, PETER USTINOV embarked a year ago on a series of extraordinary tales which appeared in seven successive issues of the ATLANTIC. With some additional material. they were published last fall in book form under the title ADD ADASH OF PITY. This is the second in a new sequence, exclusive and certainty unpredictable.

Playwright and actor, master mimic and monologist, PETER USTINOV embarked a year ago on a series of extraordinary tales which appeared in seven successive issues of the ATLANTIC. With some additional material, they have recently been published in book form under the title ADD A DASH OF PITY. Now, in this issue, he begins a new sequence, exclusive and certainly unpredictable.