BIB_ID
448842
Accession number
MA 23840.200
Creator
Merchant, Ismail, sender.
Display Date
London, England, [1965] November 9
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2021.
Description
1 aerogramme (2 pages) ; 30.5 x 18.3 cm
Notes
Year from postmark.
Aerogramme addresssed to Mr. & Mrs. Cyrus Jhabvala, 1-A Flagstaff Road, Delhi 6, India, postmarked November 9, 1965.
Aerogramme addresssed to Mr. & Mrs. Cyrus Jhabvala, 1-A Flagstaff Road, Delhi 6, India, postmarked November 9, 1965.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Announcing that "Shakespeare Wallah" has "received extraordinary reviews from critics here," he has been saving the clippings, and they hava a distribution deal for England; the film is screening for the first time this evening, and Phoo (Felicity Kendal) is very excited; saying he has seen Mrs. Prawer (Ruth's mother), and Professor Prawer (Ruth's brother) is coming to the screening tonight with his wife; wishing they were here; telling them he has given a copy of Ruth's novel "Esmond in India" to James Fox, and he will be in London until November 18th.
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