Letter from Lillian Gish, New York, New York, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1951 March 30 : typescript signed with a single correction in manuscript.

Expressing her regret at not seeing him while he was in New York and explaining that she was in Nassau (in the Bahamas) "Playing Miss Mabel and doing a lecture"; writing that she saw "Romeo and Juliet" and was "more than ever impressed with your letter of criticism on the production", asking if she might send it to Mrs. Reid of the Tribune, and noting that that she believes that they are looking for a critic to replace Harry Barnes; commenting that there is no book available with pictures of the production, and that Peter Glenville told her, when asked, that there would have been but for the death of the producer Dwight Wiman before they opened in Detroit; adding that Peter Glenville "isn't pleased with the way Romeo is played" and is also aware of the "lack in his Juliet", but was unable to come up with a solution, and noting that Wagenknecht is right about Rollo Peters being the "only Romeo" to fully realize the character; remarking that she hopes he was able to see her sister Dorothy on television on Tuesday night "as I believe it was her best work so far in that medium", and that she is working "on the story of Griffith with Fred Coe and his writer, Mr. Hayes" (i.e. "The birth of the movies" for The Philco Television Playhouse) which is to be finished on April 22.