Add MS 74423

Rattigan Papers. Vol. cxxxvi (ff. 50). Correspondence relating to the production and possible filming and staging of 'Heart to heart', 1961-1965. Partly typewritten, including copies.

includes:

• ff. 1, 35 Augustus Dudley Peters, literary agent: Mary Herring, secretary to Sir T M Rattigan: Rattigan Productions: Correspondence, including enclosures, of A. D. Peters, and other members of his staff, with Sir T. M. Rattigan or his secretaries, M. Herring and others, both Peters and Herring being directors of Rattigan Productions: 1937-1962: Partly signed, partly typewritten copies.
• ff. 2-3, 12 R. G. Walford, of the BBC: Augustus Dudley Peters, literary agent: British Broadcasting Corporation: Letters from R. G. Walford, of the British Broadcasting Corporation, to A. D. Peters or his staff: 1961-1962: Partly typewritten copy, partly photocopy.
• f. 4 A. T. Chenhalls, FCA: Mary Herring, secretary to Sir T M Rattigan: Charles Sterne Forsyth, known as Bill Forsyth, of A T Chenhalls, Chartered Accountants: Rattigan Productions: Correspondence, including enclosures, of C. S. Forsyth, acting as a partner of the firm of Clenhalls or as a director of Rattigan Productions, with Sir T. M. Rattigan or M. Herring, his secretary: 1946-1977: Partly signed, partly typewritten copies.
• f. 5 J. M. Button, solicitor: Letter to Sir T. M. Rattigan: 1961: Signed.
• f. 6 Arlington Dramatic Company: Letter from Sir T. M. Rattigan: 1961: Typewritten copy.
• ff. 7-49, passim Harold Freedman, literary agent: Brandt and Brandt Dramatic Department, Inc: Correspondence, including telegrams, of H. Freedman, President of Brandt & Brandt Dramatic Department, Inc. and other members of his staff, with Sir T. M. Rattigan, or his secretaries, M. Herring and otherstigan's secretary: 1946-1962: Partly typewritten, partly signed.
• ff. 11, 13, 21-22, 24, 29-30 Augustus Dudley Peters, literary agent: Harold Freedman, literary agent: Brandt and Brandt Dramatic Department, Inc: Correspondence of H. Freedman, Director of Brandt and Brandt Dramatic Department, or his staff, with A. D. Peters, or his staff: 1952-1962: Typewritten copies.
• ff. 14, 16 British Broadcasting Corporation: Ronald Hartley Waldman, of the BBC: Mary Herring, secretary to Sir T M Rattigan: Letter from Sir T. M. Rattigan's secretary, M. Herring, to R. H. Waldman of the B.B.C., with Waldman's reply to Rattigan: 1962: Partly signed, partly typewritten copy.
• ff. 25, 50 Alvin Rakoff, television producer: Letters to Sir T. M. Rattigan: 1962-1965: Signed.
• ff. 36-37 Mary Herring, secretary to Sir T M Rattigan: Jan Van Loewen, copyright agent: Peggy French, secretary to Sir T M Rattigan: Michael Imison, of Jan Van Loewen Ltd: Correspondence of Jan Van Loewen, copyright agent, or Michael Imison and other members of his staff, with Sir T. M. Rattigan, or his secretaries, M. Herring, P. French and others: 1953-1977: Partly signed, partly typewritten copies.
• f. 38 Hugh Beaumont, managing director, H M Tennent Ltd: Mary Herring, secretary to Sir T M Rattigan: John Perry, of H M Tennent Ltd: H. M Tennent Ltd; theatrical agents: Rattigan Productions: Correspondence of H. Beaumont and J. Perry and other members of his staff with Sir T. M. Rattigan or his secretaries including M. Herring, also a director of Rattigan Productions: 1945-1962: Partly signed, partly typewritten copies.
• ff. 40-41 Hugh Beaumont, managing director, H M Tennent Ltd: Harold Freedman, literary agent: H. M Tennent Ltd; theatrical agents: Brandt and Brandt Dramatic Department, Inc: Letters from H. Freedman, of Brandt and Brandt Dramatic Department Inc, to H. Beaumont, of H. M. Tennent Ltd: 1952-1962: Partly signed, partly typewritten copies.
• f. 42 Ray Stark, theatre producer: Letter from Sir T. M. Rattigan: 1963: Typewritten copy.
• ff. 44-47 British Broadcasting Corporation: Elwyn Jones, of the BBC: Correspondence between E. Jones, of the British Broadcasting Corporation and Sir T. M. Rattigan or his secretary: 1963: Partly signed, partly typewritten copies.