BIB_ID
295330
Accession number
MA 7630
Creator
Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
Display Date
1919 Oct. 17.
Credit line
Purchased on the Drue Heinz Fund, 2010.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 25.4 cm
Notes
The letter is in the hand of Yeats's wife, George Yeats, to whom it was dictated.
Summary
Concerning the musical rights to several of Yeats's more popular plays. He tells the recipient that "I cannot make any arrangements about 'The Land of Heart's Desire' except those already concluded for Italy. If Leoni wants it for other countries let him write to me. As we say in Ireland a new meeting is a new bargain." He explains that he was "paid £150 down on account of royalties for musical rights" to his play The Countess Cathleen, which was arranged through his agent A. P. Watt. Yeats demonstrates his confidence in his agent's abilities, stating: "Watt arranged that, & I think having begun so well had better go on."
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