Letter from Michael Redgrave, to Walter Alford, London [manuscript] : autograph manuscript signed, 1948 September 3.
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Letter from Michael Redgrave, to Walter Alford, London [manuscript] : autograph manuscript signed, 1948 September 3.
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Great Britain -- England.
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Bd.w. FAST ACC 270965 (flat)
Folger-specific note
Purchase made possible by The Gladys Brooks Acquisitions Endowment Fund. From dealer's description: "Three autograph letters by Michael Redgrave with excellent theatrical and personal content. These come with three original photographs taken by Michael Redgrave. The letters were written to Redgrave's friend and American press agent Walter Alford. Redgrave is candid about his bisexuality and discusses his family and his work in the theatre and films at length. In the second letter, three pages typed with handwritten annotations, dated September 3, 1948, Redgrave writes, in part: "Here are a few of the Bermuda snaps which were left over in my camera and developed here... Bob [Michell] still hasn't found anything to do in California and I think is finding it rather dreary after the excitement of New York. A certain William Taub has been over here recently, seeking to persuade me to do the film of 'Medea' with Judith [Anderson] in New York early next year... I don't think I really want to do it... I have had a delicious holiday with the children... Rachel's [Kempson, Redgrave's wife] play 'The Paragon' continues until September 18th and after that we are hoping to have a short holiday in Paris together... I have seen one or two plays since I have been back... I did not care for 'The Glass Menagerie' when I read it and I didn't care for it any more when I saw it. Helen Hayes gives a fascinating performance and her technique is a miracle, but without having seen Laurette Taylor, I can imagine what she did to the part, namely to give it a depth, so that the woman was not only bewitching but mattered..." Ordered from Michael Morrison, D 9280, 2019-02-01, email quote.
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270965