Research for and partial draft text of chapter 2. Includes letters from First Garden City Heritage Museum, Letchworth, with some press cuttings, to Danny Castle, a summary and partial draft of the text of the chapter, which covered 1920 to 1924.
School stuff (All Saints, Central), early contracts, Barker biography
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File includes: Essay by Olivier on ‘Christmas atmosphere’. Letter from Olivier to R.W. Smith on his school performances. 1950. Letter to Olivier from Evelyn Light, his former dance teacher. 1951. Correspondence of Olivier and Charles B. Dunham. 1952. Dramatic Certificate of Central School of Sp...
Correspondents, surnames A-D. Includes: Letter from Suney Amey to Joan Plowright. 1989.Correspondence of Olivier and Dame Peggy Ashcroft, mostly undated, with Shirley Luke‘s report of Olivier's memories of her sent to Michael Billington. 1962-1987, n.d.Two letters from Richard Attenborough. 1976...
Correspondents, surnames E-K. Includes: Letter from Olivier to Denholm Elliott. 1951.Correspondence of Olivier and Laurence Evans relating to contracts. 1968-1974.Correspondence of Olivier and Douglas Fairbanks, with Fairbanks’ introductory speech of tribute to Olivier at the Lincoln Center, 25 ...
Correspondents, surnames S-Z. Includes: Letter from Michel St Denis. 1938. With a letter from Jerome Mayer to Olivier of 1939 relating to Olivier’s wish to acquire rights to perform André Obey’s play ‘Night Music’ with St Denis, and two letters from Olivier of 1954 to Suria St Denis with a memo...
Correspondents A-C. Includes: Letter from Larry Adler. 1957.Eleven letters from Henry Ainley. 1937-1938Letter from Donald Albery . 1946.Letter from Olivier to Mrs Aldrich (Gertrude Lawrence). 1956.Letter from Olivier to Richard Armitage. 1985.Letter from Anthony Asquith. 1943.Letter from Brooks ...
Correspondents D-O. Includes: Correspondence of Olivier and Jules Dassin. 1965.Letter from Michael Denison. 1952.Letter from Robert Donat. 1951.Correspondence of Olivier and Paddy Donnell. 1954.Two letters from Diana Dors. 1970.Letter from Kirk Douglas. 1975.Three letters from Juliet Duff. n.d...
Correspondents P-Y. Includes: Letter from Gregory Peck. 1979. Correspondence of Olivier and Esmé Percy. 1935-1938.Letter from Daniel Petrie. 1984.Letter from Ronald Pickup. n.d.Letter to Harold Pinter. c 1977.Correspondence of Olivier and Michael Powell. 1945-1976. Some of Powell’s letters are ...
File includes: Letters from Sunny Lash to Olivier. 1939. With a reference for Sunny Lash given by Olivier and Vivien Leigh in 1949. Correspondence between Olivier and Vivien Leigh. 1943-1953. Correspondence relating to Vivien Leigh’s illnesses, both from doctors and from well-wishers, include S...