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The Inventory of the James Roose-Evans Collection #778 The Inventory of the James Roose-Evans Collection #778 Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center Roose-Evans, James May 1981 Purchase I. CORRESPONDENCE: Letters to James Roose-Evans,most with typescript notes of explanation with a few of his carbons. Box 1 Ashton, Sir Frederick (choreographer) (1904- TLS, April 1, 1980. }Eeclining to undertake a series of talks about his theatrical reminiscenes partly because he is working on a new ballet] (Ill) Atkins, Eileen (actress) (1934- ALS, undated accompanied by Smuckers preserves label. [aying she has agreed ·to play Rosalind in Stratford, CT instead of starring with Alan Bates in "Man and Superman" in England] Bagnold, Enid (novelist and playwright) (1889-1981) 3 TLS: June 25, 1964, June 21, 1965 with newspaper clip from Financial Times, June 9, 1965, April 8, 1967. 5 ALS: May 2, 1968, May 7, 1968, May 17, 1968, Nov. 26, 1977, Aug. 4, 1978. 2 TLS: Sept. 7, 1978, Sept. 9, 1978. ~etters are largely about JR-E directing her plays with de­ tailed mention of hoped-for casts & comments on notice~] Baker, Dame Janet (opera singer) (1933- ANS on card, with envelope postmarked July 16, 1979. @'n JR-E's inability to undertake an engagement in King's Lyn~] Barkworth, Peter (actor) (1929- 4 ALS: July 21, 1979, Sept. 22, 1979, postmarked Oct. 6, 1979, March 20, 1980. Roose-Evans, James page 2 Box 1 ANS on postcard, April 17, 1980. (#1) 2 ALS: May 6, 1980, postmarked May 10, 1980. ~ome letters concerning Barkworth's book ABOUT ACTING which JR-E reviewed:] " Bennett, Alan (playwright and actor) (1934- 5 ALS postcards: March 19, 1976, May 9, 1980, 3 undated, Newsclipping from The Guardian. LQn current projects and plans to work with JR-;J Braine, John (author) (1922- ALS, May 12, 1980 G,ending his play "The StirrE:J and TLS cover letter from Braine's agent, John Rush. Bron, Eleanor (actress and writer) ALS, May 6, 1980. ANS on postcard, May 21, 1980. (}bank you notes] Calthrop, Gladys (designer) ALS postmarked Sept. 7, 1975. ~dvising JR-E on Noel Coward's "The Vortex~] Cohen, Alexander (American producer) (1920- TLS, Feb. 22, 1970. CTL, Feb. 22, 1970. (9ffering criticism of JR-E's direction of "The Happy Apple" by Jack Pulman~] Daubeny, Sir Peter (producer) (1921-1975) 2 TLS: Sept. 9, 1971, Sept. 16, 1971. lg~ncerning the possibility of including a production of the Greek Contemporary Theatre Company in Daubney's "World Theatre Roose-Evans, James page 3 Box 1 Season.•~ (//2) Dean, Isabel (actress) ALS, April 10, 1978. Ghanking JR-E for his fan letter and expressing a desire to work with himJ -# Dench, Judi (actress) (1934- ALS, Jan. 13, 1971. \Eeclining an invitation due to the hectic schedule of rehearsals at the Rsc]--· Fermoy, Lady Ruth, see Lee, Laurie. Forsyth, James (playwright) (1913- TLS, Jan. 17, 1972. ~iscussing which of his plays' he feels is his best. JR-E was writing an essay on Forsyth for DRAMATICS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURD Hall, Sir Peter (Director of the National Theatre) (1930- 2 TLS: Feb. 15, 1978, Aug. 14, 1978. Geb.: on JR-E's favorable reception of Hall's production of "The Cherry Orchard." Aug.: about a crisis in the organizational structure of the National Theatre'] Hampshire, Susan (actress) (1942- 2 ALS: Nov. 2, 1974 on TN, Oct. 30, 1974. 1 ANS on postcard, Jan. 10, 1978. 1 ALS, Aug. 9, 1979. 3 ANS on postcards: Oct. 17, 1979, Nov. 5, 1979, Nov. 14, 1979. 1 ALS, Gare~ 14, (i98~. Roose-Evans, James page 4 Box 1 1 ANS, July 26, 1980. (#2) 1 ALS, Sept. 15, 1980. The series begins with a good letter turning down a part in Private Lives: "I know I should be doing that sort of 'posh' comedy, but I feel very drawn at the moment to plays with a strong emotional base." Other letters refer to her autobiography and to her book on dyslexia. She also describes her busy life in the theatre, rehearsing for one play in the afternoon, performing a second at night and looking after four children at the weekend. She tells of an accident with a saucepan that cut her face badly: "The hospital says that it should not leave too bad a scar. Glad it didn't happen when I was 21." Hanley, James (novelist and playwright) (1901- TLS, March 3, n.y. G,bout his work] TNS, Jan. 7 l]97i]. Gnclosing letter (photocopy of TLS) from a drama professor in Missouri who is directing Hanley' s "A Woman in the Sky.j Hepworth, Dame Barbara (sculptress) 2 TLS, March 22, 1969, Aug. 11, 1969, rAbout her artwor~] Hughes, Ted (poet) (1930- ALS, March 19, 1975. r~~bout a possible collaboration on a piece of documentary theatre, "The Female Messiah," concerning the Shakers~] Jackson, Gordon (actor) (1923- ALS, July 30, 1978. ~eclining a part due to his involvement with "Upstairs, Downstairs.3 page 5 Roose-Evans, James Box 1 Lee, Laurie (poet) (1914- 3 ALS: May 6, 1972, Dec. 10, 1979, Aug. 23, 1977, signed card, undated. JR-E: CTL, Nov. 7, 1977. Fermoy, Lady Ruth (lady-in-waiting to H.M. The Queen Mother) ALS, March 14, 1963. ~e: JR-E I s adaptation of "Cider With Rosie ..:) (112) Luke, Peter (playwright) (1919- 2 TLS: Sept. 23, 1971, Nov. 24, 1971. ALS, Jan. 13, 1972. 2 TLS: March 31, 1972, Oct. 21, 1972. A good series of letters. The first is about Luke's debt to Roose-Evans, who first suggested that Luke should write a play based on Corvo's novel, Hadrian VII, and then arranged for the Hampstead Theatre Club to commission it. Later let­ ters speak of his play based on the life of Lytton Strachey, of his disillusionment with London and his happiness in voluntary exile in Spain, and of such topics as why Roman Catholics make particulary good dramatists, McEwan, Geraldine (actress) (1932- Photocopy of ALS (cosigned by Hugh Cruttwell,soliciting money for a gift for Frank Marcus), March 26, 1978. ALS on card, April 10, 1978, Marcus, Frank, TLS, May 4, 1978, Milne, Christopher Robin (1920- TLS, Sept. 20, 1980. Roose-Evans, James page 6 Box 1 2 ALS: Sept. 29, 1980 (with theatre program for Halfway Up the Stairs), Oct. 7, 1980, lQn the possibility of a stage adaptation of Milne's autobiographi]. (1/3) Muggeridge, Malcolm (author, editor, critic) (1903- Muggeridge, Kitty L!atherin~ TLS, Feb. 11, 1974. 2 ALS, Aug. 15, 1974, Oct. 28, no year, Muggeridge, Malcolm 7 TLS: Nov. 19, 1966, Dec. 8, 1966, Jan. 13, 1967, March 31, 1973, April 26, 1974, June 9, 1977, July 5, 1977. ALS, no date, 1 Color photo of Muggeridges taken by JR-E, 3½" x 5 '. [oncerning JR-E I s "An Evening With Malcolm Muggeridge;] Oman, Julia Trevelyan (stage designer) (1930- ANS on card, Jan. 3, 1978. Ghanking JR-E for a copy of one of his booksJ_,,, Ramsay, Margaret (agent) 2 TLS: July 17, 1967, Sept. 10, 1970, Guly: about Joe Orton; Sept,: about Stephen Poliakof%~] Robson, Dame Flora (actress) (1902- ALS, June 3, 1976, St, Just, Lady Maria, see Williams, Tennessee, Shawn, Ted (founder & director, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival) TLS, May 27, 1956, \Eiscussing Shawn's career and expressing an interest in a possible collaboratior{:"] ,.v-"~ Stoppard, Tom (playwright) (1937- TLS, Oct. 9, 1975. ~eferring to a meeting of playwrights at Roose-Evans, James page 7 Box 1 Harold Pinter's home and an agreed policy of the presentation of work in South Africa] (#3) Suzman, Janet (actress) (1939- ANS on card, undated. Ggreeing to take part in a productio~~J Thorpe, Jeremy (Member of Parliament) (1929- TLS, Feb. 27, 1975. ~~turning a book which JR-E leant to hi~~] Van Vechten, Carl (photographer) (1880-1964) ANS postcard to Harold Jackson \J] , March 20, 1957. On verso, Van Vechten's photograph of Francisco Moncion. G:,he addressee eventually sent the card to JR-i=\ Waugh, Auberon (novelist & critic) (1939- ALS, Nov. 24, 1974. [ieminiscing about prep school where Waugh had been a student of JR-E~J West, Dame Rebecca (author) (1892- ANS in third person, June 1, 1963. 0ccepting invitation to Gala Performance of "Private Lives.•~] Williams, Kenneth (actor & director) (1926- TLS, July 7, 1962, 8 ALS: April 22, 1975, July 30, 1977, Aug, 23, 1977, Sept. 10, 1977, Aug. 7, 1978, Sept. 19, 1978, Jan, 24, 1979, Oct. 21, 1979. [~e: Williams' professional engagementsJ Williams, Tennessee (playwright) (1911-1983) Including: St, Just, Lady Maria ALS on card "Monday. 11 Williams, Tennessee ALS, Dec. 22, 1977. ROOSE-EVANS, JAMES #778 Addenda: June 1997 Purchase Box2 I. MANUSCRIPTS A "84 Charing Cross Rd." F.1 1. 1st draft, carbon typescript with holograph corrections, 45p. 2. 1st draft with IRE alterations and comments as used in the 1st week of rehearsal (UK production), typescript with holograph corrections, 43p. F.2 3. 1st production copy (UK )with notes, carbon typescript with holograph corrections, 42p. 4. Revised draft, typescript with holograph corrections, photocopy, 42p. F.3 5. West End production script, annotated, typescript, photocopy, 42p. F.4 6. Prompt copy, Salisbury Playhouse, bound, typescript with holograph corrections, 43p., July/August 1981 F.5 7. Radio script for BBC production, computer script, 73p. F.6 8. Director's production copy (New York), typescript with holograph corrections, photocopy, 67p. F.7 9. Copy-edited MS for publication, typescript with holograph corrections, 67p. 10. Galley, 25p. F.8 B. Rough draft of article about the Broadway production of "84 "Charing Cross Rd.," holograph, 14p. II. PRODUCTION MATERIAL F.9 A Cue list, production schedule, director's notes (New York) F.10 B.
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