BIB_ID
417806
Accession number
MA 9876
Creator
Coward, Noel, 1899-1973.
Display Date
London, England, 1949 September 6.
Credit line
Bequest of Edwin V. Erbe, Jr., 2008.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 25.2 x 20.1 cm + envelope
Notes
On stationery with blue embossed letterhead: "Noel Coward / 1 Burton Mews / South Eaton Place / London S. W. 1." On the lefthand side: "Telephone / Sloane 2965." On the righthand side: "Telegrams & Cables / Cavalcade, Knights, London."
Envelope with stamp and postmarks addressed to: "T. S. Mercer Esq., / 15, Speer Road, / Thames Ditton, / Surrey."
Originally acquired with the typescript of "Private Lives" described in the letter, which has been cataloged as MA 7170 and is housed separately. This letter was previously accessioned as MA 7170.1; it was reaccessioned in 2018.
Envelope with stamp and postmarks addressed to: "T. S. Mercer Esq., / 15, Speer Road, / Thames Ditton, / Surrey."
Originally acquired with the typescript of "Private Lives" described in the letter, which has been cataloged as MA 7170 and is housed separately. This letter was previously accessioned as MA 7170.1; it was reaccessioned in 2018.
Provenance
Library of Edwin V. Erbe, Jr.
Summary
Thanking Mercer for his letter and writing "It is certainly a coincidence that you should have come across 'Private Lives' in a bookshop in Brighton on the exact day that I went down to see the play;" saying that he cannot identify the typescripts: "Quite a number are given out during a production and they might be one of those."
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