Letter from John Galsworthy, The Peacock, Rowsley, to Gerald Duckworth, 1926 September 6 : autograph manuscript signed.

Concerning additions he would like to make to the 2nd edition of "Escape" and a book that has been written about his plays; saying "I'm sorry the list of the Cast was too late for the first Edition. Please have it inserted without fail in the second & further Editions of 'Escape' with the addition of the words 'Cast of the Original production by Leon M. Lion at the Ambassador's Theatre London : Aug. 12, 1926;" adding a poem "Oh! dear! At the Peacock at Rowsley / That's filled with Americans mos'ly / They give you a quill not charged on the bill / Or a nib that will stutter till all you can mutter / Is '------- the Peacock at Rowsley.';" continuing, "By the way, apropos of that pamphlet on my plays a professor at Birmingham University called R.H. Coats has just written a book on my plays. I've read the MS. It's quite good. I think he's going to offer it to you. Perhaps that would kill the need for the pamphlet, if you were to publish it. From here we're going to see the Champagne Stakes & the Leger back in Town on Thursday."