BIB_ID
449220
Accession number
MA 23840.283
Creator
Ivory, James, sender.
Display Date
New York, New York, [1966] October 23
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2022.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 29.5 x 21 cm + envelope
Notes
Year from postmark.
Typed on Merchant Ivory onionskin letterhead.
Envelope addressed to Mrs. R. Prawer Jhabvala, 1-A Flagstaff Road, Delhi 6, India, postmarked October 24, 1966.
Typed on Merchant Ivory onionskin letterhead.
Envelope addressed to Mrs. R. Prawer Jhabvala, 1-A Flagstaff Road, Delhi 6, India, postmarked October 24, 1966.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Expressing happiness at hearing that Ruth is working on "the sequel" [to "Shakespeare Wallah"]; relating that work on "Vertical and Horizontal" has been delayed because Lillian "fired her nurse" and a replacement had to be found; describing the terrible plays and films he is watching to try to find actors for their projects, and a brief incident where Madhur showed up on their doorstep, having locked herself out of her apartment; describing some of Merchant's adventures with "The Prime Budi," Dorothy Strelsin; giving more advice on a script, possibly the "Shakespeare Wallah" sequel; describing a recent Saturday spent among the community of "émigré Jews" from Germany near Fort Tryon Park.
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