Correspondence

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 133 FRD1/1/43
  • Former Reference
      GB 133 RDB107-115.
  • Dates of Creation
      26 Nov 1944-30 Mar 1953 & n.d.
  • Physical Description
      9 pieces; 11 leaves.

Scope and Content

With Eileen Beldon, actress, relating to: Andrew Leigh's play The Empress Maud which Beldon recommends as a possibility for the Westminster Theatre in 1944; RD's search for a retreat in Somerset in 1945; their respective work, including a matine in which she has been involved in 1950 attended by the Queen; RD's success in getting the role of Friese-Green [in The Magic Box] in 1950; and his return to the stage in March 1953 [in Murder in the Cathedral]. /1 includes a press cutting.

Dated at: Aylesbury, Bucks.

Manuscript and typescript.