Item 5 - Autograph letter signed to Beaton.

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Beaton/A/A1/390/5

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GB 275 Beaton/A/A1/390/5

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Autograph letter signed to Beaton.

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  • 9 Oct. 1973 (Creation)

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The enclosed is quite horrid but it is a side of "her" that he never saw. She was "a thundering snob" but "capable of great kindness". Is glad Beaton liked the review. Dislikes the approach of senility. "So many things begin to drop off, hair, teeth etc. and even those that remain attatched [sic] no longer give much pleasure". This does not apply to Beaton, as he saw him looking in great shape at Noel's memorial performance where Larry Olivier delivered an address "of almost incredible vulgarity and ineptitude".

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