Letter from James Ivory, New York, New York, to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and Cyrus Jhabvala, Delhi, India, [1965] August 19 : typescript signed.

Reassuring them both that everything is fine and Ismail is doing much better after his surgery; telling them he has been working on re-editing "Shakespeare Wallah" but the work has been delayed because the editor is on vacation; listing the material they have removed; saying he cannot afford to have new titles made right now, so the old ones will have to do for the New York Film Festival; telling them, "Jennifer and Shasi seem to have calmed down a bit," but Felicity is having trouble finding work in England and says her father is coming to bring her back to India; adding that he doubts this will happen and that they have been trying to coordinate things for her via the BFI; saying Madur is due to arrive soon and noting that "she will be returning in triumph to Lincoln Center Theatre where the festival takes place and where she was a guide until last August"; saying he hopes to go to visit his father at the lake house in California, and that New York in summer is horrible, though he likes his apartment, and seeing his friends; mentioning that two chairs given to him by Ruth and Jhab are now in the apartment in New York; giving news of the Maestro (Satyajit Ray), who will be screening "Charulata" at the festival, and of advance screenings he hopes to attend; describing a meeting Ismail had with Bosley Crowther; telling them he gave Bill Shawn's son, who is teaching in India, their address, and hoping they don't mind; giving a little news of Lillian Ross and her search for a baby to adopt.