Bundle of correspondence

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 133 FRD1/1/57
  • Former Reference
      GB 133 RDB232-235.
  • Dates of Creation
      17 Apr 1944-18 May 1945
  • Physical Description
      4 pieces; 6 leaves.

Scope and Content

With Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen (1899-1973), writer, along with related correspondence. Relates to a play by Bowen and John Perry sent to RD at the suggestion of Stephen Spender, and its ultimate rejection (following negative reports on it from RD's agent Christopher Mann and theatre director Jack Minster).

Dated at: London

Typescript with autograph of Bowen.