BIB_ID
316175
Accession number
MA 3848.79
Creator
Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964.
Display Date
1954 June 26.
Credit line
Gift of Lord Clark of Saltwood, 1981.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.2 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of autograph letters of Dame Edith Sitwell to Kenneth and Jane Clark. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see related collection-level record for more information.
Written from "Renishaw Hall, Renishaw, near Sheffield."
Written from "Renishaw Hall, Renishaw, near Sheffield."
Provenance
Gift of Lord Clark, 1981.
Summary
Noting that being made a Dame has inspired all her acquaintances to tell her all about their marital troubles; remarking on a play based on her and Osbert; mentioning mutual acquaintances; remarking that she dreads curtsying to the Queen during her decoration ceremony, noting "I have such bad arthritis I can hardly bend my knees, and either I shall fall at the Queen's feet, or else ... I shall bring her down with me in a kind of death-grapple!!!" Mentioning that she will give a performance of the Façade on Saturday; hoping that Sir Laurence nd Lady Olivier will play King Henry and Anne Boleyn in the film.
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