| Description | Folder of correspondence written to George Devine, including: Card to George Devine from John Osborne; letter from Algonquin Hotel from Joan Plowright; letter from Joan Plowright thanking him for The Chairs; telegram from Laurence Olivier; letters from Laurence Olivier on Algonquin Hotel paper; letter from Olivier from 81 Chester Row, London; letter from 'Tessa'; letter from Arvi Kivimaa, Jack Witikka, Ritva Heikkila; card from Oscar Lewinstein; letter from Edith Evans; letter from Peter Hall; letter from Norman Collins; letter from 'Blackie'; letter from 'Tony G'; letter from Glen Byam Shaw; letter from 'Peg' [probably Peggy Ashcroft]; letter from Greville Poke; card from Caryl Brahms; letter from Joachim Tenschert; letter from 21 Holland Park Avenue relating to Devine's medical condition; letter from Jennie Lee; letter from Bill [probably Bill Gaskill]; letter from Alan Tagg; letter from Alec Guinness; letter from Margaret Ramsay; letter from Donald Carter, Associated TeleVision Limited; letter from John Gielgud; letter from Kenneth Harper, Kenwood Films; letter from Stanley of Wig Creations; letter from John B of Sadler's Wells Theatre, 10 September 1964; letter from Brigid Brophy; letter from Alex Knox.
Also includes letter from 'Robert' of Madingley Road, Cambridge; letter from Richard Findlater; letter from 'Alan' or 'Ann' from Richmond, January 5 1965; letter from Tony Armstrong-Jones [Lord Snowdon], from Kensington Palace; letter from T.C. Worsley; letter 15 January 1965 from 'Stephen', 12, Bingham Street, London N1, refers to 'Wendy'; letter 8 January 1965 from 'Tony' at 22 Pelham Crescent, SW7; letter February 6 1965 from 'John' at 40 Erpingham Road, SW15 [possibly John Minton?]; letter 5 November 1961 from 'Nigel' at Brambles Wood; letter from Christopher Plummer; letter 11 July 1965 from 'Alex K' of Arkwright Road, NW3; letter from 'Clipsby'? from Strasbourg, refers to Michel St Denis and Suria St Denis; further letter from Greville Poke; letter from 'Charlotte' of 1 Western Terrace, London W6; letter from Peter Rodgers; letter from Sir Hugh Casson; telegram from 'Tony'; six further letters from Glen Byam Shaw, clipped together; letter from 'Ann' of 23 Radnor Mews, London W2 [possibly Ann Jellicoe?]; letter from Roger Furse; part of a typed letter [front page/s missing] from 'Nicol' ? [Nicol Willamson]; letter fro Angelica Garnett and also signed on his behaf, David Garnett; letter from Lindsay Anderson; letter from The White House, Hayes Common, Kent 22 November 1956, signature illegible, from someone who had seen The Good Woman of Setzuan the day before; letter from George Goetschius; letter 18 May 1956 from John Minton on Royal College of Art paper; letter 10 September 1955 from 18 Argyll Mansions, Kings Road, SW3, signature illegible; letter 24 November 1954 from 'Lennox' 8 Warwich Avenue, London W2; letter 20 July 1953 from Frances [rest of signature unclear] of Miller's, High Street, St Anne;s, Lewes, Sussex; letter from Tilty Mill House, Essex, signature unclear, possible surname Roberts; letter 1 October 1955 from 'Annette' of Bearsted, Kent; letter 12 July 1953 from 'Mary' of Charlotte Street, London W1; letter from Binkie Beaumont, H.M. Tennent Ltd.
Some correspondence where name of sender is unclear, including one from someone saying he is glad 'at having finished Hamlet' and written when George was ill c1965/6.
Original envelope holding the letters has been kept, which contains the title 'Letters to George Devine about ESC; Being ill 1st time; Retiring & Performances' |