BIB_ID
426955
Accession number
MA 23063.2
Creator
Gielgud, John, 1904-2000.
Display Date
London, England, 1964 May 30.
Credit line
Gift of Herbert Cahoon, 1986.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.7 x 13.7 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with postage stamps and postmarks to "Denys Blakelock, Esq., / 42, Lancaster Close, / St. Petersburgh Place, / London, W.2."
Written from "15, Eldon Grove, / Hampstead, N.W.3" on stationery engraved with the address.
Formerly accessioned as MA 4531.
Part of a small collection of six letters from Gielgud to Blakelock. Two of the letters are dated, December 6, 1958 and May 30, 1964 but the other four letters are dated simply with a day or a month of writing.
Written from "15, Eldon Grove, / Hampstead, N.W.3" on stationery engraved with the address.
Formerly accessioned as MA 4531.
Part of a small collection of six letters from Gielgud to Blakelock. Two of the letters are dated, December 6, 1958 and May 30, 1964 but the other four letters are dated simply with a day or a month of writing.
Provenance
Gift of Herbert Cahoon, 1986.
Summary
Apologizing for the delay in thanking him for a letter; explaining that he's been away and also having dental work; complimenting him on his "...article in The Stage : such a delightful one : a rich piece of theatre history, and one that only you would be able to write;" commenting on a play he saw by Sutro on one of his first trips to the theatre saying "Though it was comically mild by today's lights, I remember thinking that I had spent the evening in a Den of Vice and must never tell my parents. Good luck with the song! Fine idea. And why not? I like the title very much."
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