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Beaton/D/1/9/38
Unique identifier
GB 275 Beaton/D/1/9/38
Title
Letter to Beaton
Date(s)
- 24 October 1958 (Creation)
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1p paper
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Typescript letter signed to Beaton in London. Laughton apologizes for not replying to Beaton's note earlier. Took his play to read on his train trip from Brighton to London but had to pretend to be asleep to avoid the drunken Scot sitting opposite him who insisted that he was "an English introvert", whereas he himself was "a good honest Scottish extrovert". Promises he will read it and discuss it.