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Letter from Ismail Merchant, Berlin, Germany, to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and Cyrus Jhabvala, Delhi, India, 1965 June 7 : typescript signed.

BIB_ID
448833
Accession number
MA 23840.182
Creator
Merchant, Ismail, sender.
Display Date
Berlin, Germany, 1965 June 7
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2021.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 21 x 14.9 cm
Notes
Typed on letterhead from an unidentified hotel in Berlin.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Complaining that he hasn't heard from them; telling them he and Ivory are "very busy getting the film subtitled" and translated by a journalist named Michael Stone; hoping they can come to visit while he and Ivory are in Berlin; saying that today is Ivory's birthday and they will be having dinner with Stone and a friend, then seeing a German play; lamenting that "I thought Jim knew some German but it turned out he is worse than me"; admitting he does not like where they are; saying he is preparing publicity materials for "Shakespeare Wallah" for the festivals; asking them to please write.