Letter

  • Reference
    • GB 133 DON/146
  • Dates of Creation
    • n.d. [c Oct 1940]
  • Physical Description
    • 2 sheets

Scope and Content

Letter from Ella to RD's mother and brothers John and Bill, sent from Beverly Hills in California [where Ella and the children stayed during the war years, leaving RD behind in the UK]. Relates to: their house; the children, two of whom are attending school there; news of RD's stage tour [as Dick Dudgeon in The devil's disciple], following its closure in London as a result of the bombings there; and the letting of part of Brambleberry.

Sent from: Beverly Hills, California, USA. Holograph.