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Beaton/D/1/9/42
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- 9 May 1959 (Creation)
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4p paper
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Wolfit thanks Beaton for his letter of 7 May. Compares his own face with Rembrandt's self-portrait sent with the letter. Thinks that with care he could look "equally like Rembrandt or even Michelangelo". There are problems with him playing Gainsborough. He already took an option on a play by Edward Percy and arranged for Reginald Denham to produce it for him. Promised he would wait for Denham's answer, currently in New York. He has a firm commitment in New Zealand from the end of December to early March. Thinks he can do a post-London tour of his play on his return. Does not want to jeodardize the success of Beaton's play by stipulating a length of runs. Drove to Arundel, Chichester and Petersfield that week. His part in Room at the Top was very well placed in the film.