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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Letter from Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, to James Ivory, New York, New York, 1977 January 3 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
457541
Accession number
MA 23840.1524
Creator
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013, sender.
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2021.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 28.8 x 19.2 cm
Notes
Dorothea "Dorry" Swope, sister of Ivory's friend David Swope, served as script supervisor for several Merchant Ivory productions.
Aerogramme addressed to Mr. James Ivory, 12-G, 400 East 52nd St., New York, N.Y. 10022, U.S.A., postmarked January 4, 1977.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Continuing her discussion of the Stan and May story from "Roseland" [see MA 23840.1523] in her previous letter; telling him Dorrie Swope called to say Ivory was going to start shooting ["Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures"] on the 10th and calling it "awfully close"-- "I still haven't got a script. I was hoping Dorrie would have one for me"; telling him she will continue to feed him ideas during the shoot, and hoping that "[m]aybe you will even manage to enjoy yourself".