Letter

Scope and Content

Letter from RD to his parents, written the day after his first performance [as Lucius]. He describes the performance, his anxiety, his failure to speak his initial line loudly enough, and the stage-manager's instruction to speak six times as loud during the rest of the performance. He also refers to the support and praise he has received from other cast members, and from [James] Bernard.

Dated at: Birmingham. Holograph.