Bundle of correspondence

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 133 FRD1/1/107
  • Former Reference
      GB 133 RDC139-141
  • Dates of Creation
      10 Nov 1946-Jun 1954
  • Physical Description
      3 pieces.

Scope and Content

With Sir Noël Coward (1899-1973), actor, playwright, composer, producer and author, consisting of two copy letters from RD and one original letter from Coward. In /1 RD enquires whether Coward has a one-act play RD could take on a music hall tour in late 1946; /2 is a letter from Coward asking RD to take part in a charity Midnight Revue (entitled 'Night of 100 Stars') at the London Palladium on 24 June 1954, which RD turns down due to his filming workload [with Lease of Life].

Dated at: London

Typescript with autograph.