BIB_ID
298769
Accession number
MA 7646.4
Creator
Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965.
Display Date
[ca. 1913] May 16.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.6 cm
Notes
Dating: Letter is undated, but "1913?" is penciled in an unknown hand in the upper right corner. The Tenth Man was staged in February 1910.
Part of a collection of 12 letters from W. Somerset Maugham to the director Dion Boucicault (MA 7646.1-9) and his wife Irene Vanbrugh (MA 7646.10-12). Letters have been individually described in 12 catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written on stationery embossed "Casetta Teodolinda / Varenna / Lago di Como."
Part of a collection of 12 letters from W. Somerset Maugham to the director Dion Boucicault (MA 7646.1-9) and his wife Irene Vanbrugh (MA 7646.10-12). Letters have been individually described in 12 catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written on stationery embossed "Casetta Teodolinda / Varenna / Lago di Como."
Provenance
Purchased by Gordon N. Ray from the London dealer Ifan Kyrle Fletcher.
Summary
Stating that it is unlikely his play will be ready to start rehearsals by August, and discussing the failure of his play The Tenth Man. Noting that "The school of Shaw & Barker may have done no good for themselves but they have certainly queered the pitch for the rest of us," and mentioning that he has abandoned a project. Signed "W. S. Maugham."
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