Letter

This material is held atUniversity of Manchester Library

  • Reference
    • GB 133 DON/22
  • Dates of Creation
    • 30 May 1928
  • Physical Description
    • 7 sheets

Scope and Content

Letter from RD to his parents and family, relating to: his new digs near Hyde Park; the sale of some furniture [presumably his parents', which he sold when his engagement to Ella Voysey was broken off]; the sale of his parents' Manchester house; RD's re-acquaintance and friendship with Ella; his forthcoming job at Liverpool Playhouse, at £364 per annum; a successful Macbeth broadcast; Billy [James] Bernard's recent attendance at a production in Manchester, where he did not speak to RD; RD's first London broadcast (reading poetry) undertaken the previous week; and a forthcoming broadcast in which he plays Paolo opposite Jean Forbes-Robertson's Francesca.

Dated at: London. Holograph.