Arrangements for and service sheets of Ralph Richardson's memorial services
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Documents relating to the planning and running of several memorial services to celebrate the life of Ralph Richardson. This folder includes: letters from Sue Coote of the Latin Mass Society to Lady Richardson regarding arrangements for a sung Requiem mass for Ralph on 22 Nov 1893, including a...
Blank examples of headed note paper, letter paper and business cards printed for Ralph Richardson. This folder also includes two postcards printed with a drawing depicting Ralph Richardson as Macbeth, and four cartoon caricatures by Clive Francis depicting Ralph Richardson, Alec Guinness, John Gi...
Notes and letters belonging to Meriel Forbes-Robertson. This file includes: ten fabric patches decorated with numbers 1-10 Lady Richardson's Certificate of Membership to the Actors' Church Union Lady Richardson's Blue Cross identification card list of foods and calorie content published by Th...
Fourteen service sheets for funerals and memorials attended by Lady Richardson. This folder includes booklets for memorial services for the following people, listed in chronological order of the date of the service: T S Eliot, Laurence Olivier, Ruskin Spear, Peggy Ashcroft, Monsignor John McDo...
Three diaries written by Ralph Richardson covering events in 1917 and 1918, when he was 15 and 16. They mostly convey news about his school life, as well as his purchases of pets and weapons, and visits of family and friends. The smaller, pale-coloured volume marked as 'AII', covers Jan-Apr 191...
Two notebooks used by Ralph Richardson as diaries, but alsoincluding notes added later in life. The black notebook contains diary entries covering Jan-May1919, with comments written in 1963 recalling living in Shoreham. This volume mostlyconcerns Ralph’s work with the Liverpool and Victoria In...
Eight green pocket appointment diaries used by Ralph Richardson to record daily events. These volumes mostly contain the names of the plays or theatres Ralph was performing in on the days of the diary, with further notes and sketches in the memos. The first volume for 1922 is missing most of t...
Eight pocket appointment diaries used by Ralph Richardson to record daily events. These volumes mostly contain the names of the plays or theatres Ralph was performing in on the days of the diary, with further notes and sketches in the memos.
Eight pocket appointment diaries used by Ralph Richardson to record daily events. These volumes mostly contain the names of the plays or theatres Ralph was performing in on the days of the diary, with further notes and sketches in the memos. The appointment diary for 1942 is missing. This fo...