Item 30 - Letter to Beaton

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Beaton/F/30

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GB 275 Beaton/F/30

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Letter to Beaton

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  • 23 May 1973 (Creation)

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(fl 1973-1979)

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Noël Coward's secretary.

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Manuscript letter from Cole Lesley, personal secretary of Noël Coward (1899-1973), in which Lesley writes that he has just arrived home from an extraordinary party, with just the right sort of friends at this particular time. Beaton will be a great support to both Lesley and Coward's partner, Graham Payn (1918-2005), tomorrow and Lesley expresses heartfelt thanks to him for that. To be surrounded by friends at such a low point means much to him and he feels happier and better thanks to Beaton. [This letter is dated several months after the death of Noël Coward in March 1973).

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A1/132

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