BIB_ID
448324
Accession number
MA 23840.71a
Creator
Merchant, Ismail, sender.
Display Date
Mumbai, India, 1963 December 9
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2021.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 28 x 21.5
Notes
Addressed to Mr. M.B. Grover, Kanshi Ram Kidar Nath, 4-C Vulcan Insurance Building, Veer Nariman Road, Bombay.
Carbon copy on Merchant Ivory Productions letterhead.
Carbon copy on Merchant Ivory Productions letterhead.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Informing Grover that Merchant Ivory is planning their next project for the following year, a drama inspired by the experiences of actor Geoffrey Kendal, to be directed by James Ivory and written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, and starring Shashi Kapoor, Madur Jaffrey, and Saeed Jaffrey, with the tentative title "The Bard's Anniversary" [later "Shakespeare Wallah"]; enclosing a projected budget and hoping to meet with Grover to discuss it further after Grover has had a chance to look it over.
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