Ivor Novello letters,

Seven letters and two telegrams, 1939-1950, from the composer, actor and playwright, Ivor Novello, to Dorothy and Evelyn Wright, containing mainly personal news (ff. 1-13); together with additional personal papers, 1908-1955, compiled by the Wrights, including twelve letters to them from Lloyd Williams, Novello's secretary, [?1940]-[?1944] (ff. 5, 14-19 verso), actors Peter Graves, 1951-1955 (ff. 22-24 verso), Leslie Henson, 1942 (f. 25), and Barry Sinclair, 1943 (f. 26), and Neville Chamberlain, 1938 (ff. 20-21); also included are a memorial tribute to Ivor Novello, 1951 (ff. 27-28 verso), photographs of him and his associates, [1910s]-[1940s] (ff. 29-34), and press cuttings, 1939-1951 (ff. 39-46).
The collection contains references to theatrical productions at Johannesburg, 1947 (f. 8), the Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth, [1940] (f. 14), the Palace Theatre, Manchester, [?1941] (f. 15), and the Adelphi Theatre, London, 1943 (f. 18).

Arranged as follows at NLW: Ivor Novello letters; other letters; other papers.

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Bertram Rota Ltd.; London; Purchase; May 1997; B1997/28.

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 23696E.

May 2009.

Description revised by Rhys Morgan Jones;

Usual copyright laws apply. Information regarding the ownership of Ivor Novello copyright can be found at http://tyler.hrc.utexas.edu/ (viewed May 2009).

For other groups of Ivor Novello correspondence and papers, see NLW MSS 20973E and 23204D.

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