Identity area
Reference code
Beaton/A/A1/536/2
Unique identifier
GB 275 Beaton/A/A1/536/2
Title
Typescript letter signed to Beaton, from London.
Date(s)
- (Date given only as "Saturday".) (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
2p paper
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Has been working very hard. Wonders when Beaton is going to publish a "private little book" with him. Has moved into a new flat. Kay Thompson came back to the Café de Paris. "Call Me Madam" opened to "delightful roars of recognition". Describes John Gielgud, who asked him to supper. Discusses Graham Greene and the new Terence Rattigan play. Tells Beaton about the supper he went to with Rebecca West. Is working for television, scripting an adaptation of "Young Man with a Horn". Asks Beaton to be a godfather to his baby.