Letter from Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, to James Ivory, 1979 February : autograph manuscript signed.

Insisting she would like to rent "Mrs. Reiss' cottage" [presumably on the grounds of Ivory's house in Claverack]; discussing her impressions of the theatrical community in "Jane Austen in Manhattan," referring Ivory to Robert Wilson, the Dadaists, Bread & Puppet Theater, and the Performing Garage; recommending Ivory read James Roose-Evans' book "Experimental Theatre"; again referencing Grotowski's book; suggesting some locations and casting; telling him she is sending this letter to ismail in London, figuring it will get to Ivory faster than is she mailed it directly; reflecting that "it's funny" to be working on this while in Delhi.