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Ronald Harwood Papers. Vol. ccxvi. Papers for two volumes edited by Harwood to honour leading actors: 'The ages of Gielgud' and 'Dear Alec'; 1983-1988.

Contents:

1. Correspondence for 'The ages of Gielgud', published by Hodder and Stoughton, 1984; 1983. A letter from Ion Trewin to Harwood proposing the publication of the tribute, two letters from Gielgud to Harwood, a letter from Sir Alec Guinness accompanying his contribution, and letters from Graham Greene and Jeremy Moore declining to contribute; 1983.

2. Correspondence and contributions assembled for a tribute to Sir Alec Guinness, edited by Harwood entitled 'Dear Alec, published by Hodder and Stoughton, 1989; 1988. Correspondence include Dame Eileen Atkins, Cyril Cusack, J. C. Trewin, Sir John Gielgud, Sir Peter Ustinov, Ronald Eyre and Sir Alec Guinness himself. Sir John Mills, Anthony Quayle, Graham Greene, Bernard Levin and Sir John Mortimer also wrote declining to contribute. Further correspondence is on the CD-ROM at Add MS 88881/7.