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Letter from Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, to James Ivory, Mumbai, India, 1970 February 4 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
449039
Accession number
MA 23840.510
Creator
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013, sender.
Display Date
Delhi, India, 1970 February 4
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2021.
Description
1 item (5 pages) ; 24.9 x 20.2 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope stamped, addressed to "Mr. James Ivory, Taj Mahal Hotel, Apollo Bunder, Bombay-1", postmarked.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Asking him to confirm receiving new scripts and having thrown the other version away; expressing her unhappiness that a scene with a wrestling match might be cut due to budgetary constraints; posing several other options that might be able to substitute for the lost wrestling match scene, including a Kathakali dance performance; noting that she has seen many interviews given by Zia Mohyeddin and that Ismail "has someone really as publicity-conscious as he likes people to be, instead of all of us shrinking bloody violets".