Letters from Benjamin Britten and Laurie Lee to Barbara Coombs
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Contains: TLS from Benjamin Britten to Barbara Coombs, 23 Aug 1945, thanking Coombs for her letter appreciating Britten’s work. ALS from Laurie Lee to Barbara Coombs, 22 Mar 1949, accepting an invitation.
Some letters from Stella Newton, Eric Newton's wife, are included in the files for 1955-1958. Many of the letters contain enclosures of Eric (and much less frequently, Stella) Newton’s writings in both printed and manuscript form. For other writings of Eric Newton, see Add MS 89045/6/29-30. Eric ...
Includes letters from Diana Furness; Andrew Wordsworth of Bryanston School; Joan Browne, widow of Wynyard Browne; Kitty West of the Hambledon Gallery; and Molly Keane (a photocopy).