Letter

  • Reference
    • GB 133 DON/34
  • Dates of Creation
    • 9 Mar 1930
  • Physical Description
    • 3 sheets

Scope and Content

Letter from RD to his parents and his brother John, relating to: the recent illness and death of Lizzie in Manchester, apparently a former employee of the Donat family; Ella's recent role in the play Lancelot of Denmark [at Cambridge Festival Theatre], and her forthcoming part in [Le] malade imaginaire; his recent experience of producing a one-act play at Cambridge; and his plan to go to Liverpool [Playhouse] between terms at Cambridge to play Simon and Harry [Blake] in Mary Rose.

Dated at: Cambridge. Holograph.