Bundle of correspondence

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 133 FRD1/1/71
  • Former Reference
      GB 133 RDB462-467.
  • Dates of Creation
      17 Nov 1943-23 Jun 1947
  • Physical Description
      7 pieces.

Scope and Content

With John Burrell, director of the Old Vic Theatre Company, relating to: RD's plans for his opening production [at the Westminster Theatre] in November 1943; the Westminster season of October 1944; RD's production of The Glass Slipper at the St James's Theatre in 1944; RD's recommendation of an actress called Irene Worth in July 1945; and a message of good luck for RD [in A Sleeping Clergyman] on 19 June 1947.

Dated at: London.

Typescript with autograph

Related Material

A further copy letter from RD to Burrell is included in FRD1/8/1.