BIB_ID
447154
Accession number
MA 4939.26
Creator
Van Volkenburg, Ellen, 1882-1978, sender.
Display Date
New York, New York, 1963 February 3
Credit line
Gift of Edward Wagenknecht, 1994.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 20.4 x 15.6 cm
Provenance
Edward Wagenknecht.
Summary
Expressing that she is "sick of black pens" and choosing to write in red ink; confirming that she read and enjoyed an article of Wagenknecht's in High Fidelity Magazine; being particularly interested in his "remarks on The Paul Robeson Othello" and the fact that a recording of the performance exists; describing a trip Dorothy Elmhurst gave her to Stratford-Upon-Avon where she saw Robeson's Othello and attended a talk he gave; mentioning that Robeson gave much of the credit for the production to Sam Wanamaker, who played Iago; expressing pleasure that he likes Dorothy Tutin; expressing pleasure at reading his book, "The Movies in the Age of Innocence".
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