The Priestleys Off To Vienna For Christmas. Austrians Will See His New Play. Author-playwright J.B. Priestley and his wife Jacquetta Hawkes, the writer and lecturer, pictured at London Airport today as they were about to leave for Zurich on their way to Vienna. They will spend Christmas in Vienna, where a new play by Mr. Priestley, "Take the Fool Away", will open on December 29. They hope to be back on December 29. London, England. 22 December 1955.