| Description | The file contains letters from Osborne to Herbert. The letters are personal and chatty and refer to mutual friends/acquaintances for example, George Devine and Tony Richardson. One of the letters conveys that Osborne has agreed to direct a revival of 'The Entertainer' at Greenwich Theatre, 2 Aug 1974. There is also a letter addressed 'To my country' to be sent, marked confidential, to Tony Richardson.
In the same file are letters from Osborne to George Devine, the letters are similar in tone and content to those to Herbert. Attached is text for a speech for the last night of 'Patriot' at The Royal Court Theatre.
Osborne was a playwright and Herbert collaborated a number of times with him: at The Theatre Royal Nottingham/The Royal Court Theatre 'Luther' 1961; at the Royal Court Theatre Inadmissible Evidence 1964 and at The Royal Court Theatre 'A Patriot for Me' 1965. |