BIB_ID
411910
Accession number
MA 9518.12
Creator
Gielgud, John, 1904-2000.
Display Date
1975 November 28.
Credit line
Bequest of Mrs. John C. Hughes, 1980.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 22.9 x 17.7 cm
Notes
Written on stationery printed "South Pavilion / Wotton Underwood / Buckinghamshire."
This collection was previously accessioned as MA 4260.
Part of a large collection of letters to Mrs. Hughes bequeathed to The Morgan Library & Museum by Mrs. Hughes in 1980. The collection includes letters from statesmen, politicians, authors and others involved in the arts. Items in the collection have been described in individual records; see collection-level record for more information (MA 9518.1-19).
Margaret Kelly Hughes, known as "Mardi", was the wife of John Chambers Hughes (1891-1971), the U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO from 1953-1955. Margaret Hughes lived in France during World War II and volunteered to help French prisoners of war held in Meaux. She was decorated three times by the French Government for her service to the country and wrote "Les Lauriers sont Coupés" about her experiences during the war.
This collection was previously accessioned as MA 4260.
Part of a large collection of letters to Mrs. Hughes bequeathed to The Morgan Library & Museum by Mrs. Hughes in 1980. The collection includes letters from statesmen, politicians, authors and others involved in the arts. Items in the collection have been described in individual records; see collection-level record for more information (MA 9518.1-19).
Margaret Kelly Hughes, known as "Mardi", was the wife of John Chambers Hughes (1891-1971), the U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO from 1953-1955. Margaret Hughes lived in France during World War II and volunteered to help French prisoners of war held in Meaux. She was decorated three times by the French Government for her service to the country and wrote "Les Lauriers sont Coupés" about her experiences during the war.
Provenance
Bequest of Mrs. John C. Hughes, 1980.
Summary
Thanking her for her letter; saying he has sent her his new book; saying "It has just been published here with unexpected success and may amuse you for an hour or two - But, as it was put together from a series of Radio talks I gave last year, and I had to rearrange it in a great hurry to meet a deadline for the Christmas sales, it is not as tidy and considered as I would have liked it to be - and rather illiterate on the whole, I'm afraid. But you will smile at some of the anecdotes and also be amused by the photographs which are well chosen and reproduced. I put in a few tributes from newspaper articles I wrote at various which I hope makes better reading than the rest. I'm signing endless copies in bookshops and attending literary luncheons, but it rather embarrasses me having to advertise my own work, especially as I am in no way a professional writer. There seems to be an interest to have it published in America too and there will probably be a cassette later - so many different media in these mad mechanical days. Wonderful warm weather here - quite unusual for November - I hope you have it too. Your beautiful present of linen is used whenever I have people to entertain and is so much admired by everyone. They are trying to persuade me to have another shot at King Lear next year at the National Theatre. I am tempted but also wary. Could not give more than three performances a week. We shall see."
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