Letter from RD to his parents, relating to: his heavy schedule of rehearsals in Liverpool; his admiration for Ella; the possibility of Emil Donat visiting the UK on business; RD's health; his decision not to become secretary to the Poetry Lovers' Fellowship; his interest in receiving the American Theatre Magazine; Ella's current job at the Children's Theatre in London; his forthcoming part in Lennox Robinson's The big house; and the kindness of William Armstrong, who has secured RD some BBC work.
Dated at: Liverpool. Holograph. A date of receipt (28 September) has been added in another hand.