BIB_ID
449693
Accession number
MA 23840.613
Creator
Ivory, James, sender.
Display Date
Mumbai, India 1970 April 28
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2021.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 22.7 x 18.1 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope stamped, addressed to "Mrs. R. Prawer Jhabvala, 1-A Flagstaff Road, Delhi 6", postmarked "29-4-70".
At top of paper: "Taj Mahal Hotel, Apollo Bunder, Bombay 1".
Dated "Tuesday"; date inferred from postmark and perpetual calendar.
At top of paper: "Taj Mahal Hotel, Apollo Bunder, Bombay 1".
Dated "Tuesday"; date inferred from postmark and perpetual calendar.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Explaining that "Shashi [Kapoor]'s funeral pyre lines seem all wrong" and reviewing possible and impossible solutions; wondering whether the lines were inappropriate for Kapoor and were out of the scope of his abilities as an actor; reflecting on the conflict between her definition of art and the way the film is being made; agreeing to write for the London Magazine; complimenting Jennifer Kendal's comedic abilities; telling her that Ismail Merchant's suitcase has been lost by the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and that some of his belongings were in the suitcase.
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