BIB_ID
447058
Accession number
MA 4939.15
Creator
Van Volkenburg, Ellen, 1882-1978, sender.
Display Date
New York, New York, 1956 November 3
Credit line
Gift of Edward Wagenknecht, 1994.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 20.9 x 14 cm
Notes
Letterhead: Barbizon Plaza Hotel / 106 West 58th Street, Central Park South, New York. At foot: cable address "BARBPLAZA" telephone CIrcle 7-7000.
Provenance
Edward Wagenknecht.
Summary
Informing that she began reading his book, "Mrs. Longfellow: Selected Letters and Journals of Fanny Appleton Longfellow 1817-1861"; describing her early-morning reading habit; updating on copies of a review by Wagenknecht that she needs; informing that she has not "seen the Old Vic as yet"; further informing that she saw Romeo and Juliet in London "when Claire Bloom first played Juliet" before she "had time to mature"; describing an invitation, which she is eager to accept, to see "Troilus and Cressida"; lamenting theatre prices; expressing enjoyment at a production of "Pictures in the Hallway"; lamenting "our poor world's condition today".
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