Letter

  • Reference
    • GB 133 DON/26
  • Dates of Creation
    • 26 Aug [1928]
  • Physical Description
    • 4 sheets

Scope and Content

Letter from RD to his parents and family, relating to: his less than ideal lodgings in Liverpool; the completion of the first week's rehearsals [at the Liverpool Playhouse]; his impressions of the company and of [William] Armstrong, who has had a letter from Gordon Craig about RD; Armstrong's plans to produce [Masefield's] The witch; their next play, Lennox Robinson's The big house, and RD's part [as Captain Montgomery Despard]; the actress Diana Wynyard, who is acting opposite him; and his love for Ella.

Dated at: Liverpool. Holograph.