Identity area
Reference code
Beaton/D/1/3/63
Unique identifier
GB 275 Beaton/D/1/3/63
Title
Letter to Beaton
Date(s)
- 20 October 1955 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
2p paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1889-1981)
Biographical history
British author and playwright.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Typescript letter, regarding the possibility of Beaton talking to Gladys Cooper [who played Mrs St Maugham in Selznick's production of "The Chalk Garden"] about her teeth and about her delivery of certain lines of the play, which Bagnold presently feels are not right. She writes that Cooper has been rather confused and nervous about the play, and that Beaton is the only one who can speak to her about the issues she is having. Bagnold reflects that "This is perhaps the worst experience I have ever been through. The ghastly battles (needless) in which I am always involved. The hates and the dramas".