Add MS 89284/1/150

Correspondence relating to The Missionary, as follows:

• letter from Palin to Denis O'Brien with initial ideas about director, other crew members and casting for the film, 15 Jul 1981;
• letter from William Boyd thanking him for his help with A Good Man in Africa, wishing him all the best with The Missionary and suggesting he reads two books for the film, 22 Oct 1981;
• letter from Neville C. Thompson to Palin with his thoughts on the script, 18 Jan 1982, marked 'Neville & Penny's Notes';
• letter from Penny [Eyles] to Neville and Richard Loncraine with her thoughts on the script, 20 Jan 1982;
• letter from the librarian at City London Polytechnic to Palin in answer to his queries about prostitution in 1906, 28 Jan 1982;
• letter from Paul Thompson at University of Essex to Palin accepting his request to read the film script to check for historical inaccuracies, but also suggesting he should also ask Thea Vigne, 22 Feb 1982;
• letter from Anne Henshaw confirming she received the Missionary contracts from EuroAtlantic, 10 Sept 1982;
• letter from HandMade Films to Palin regarding items for the film he agreed to pay for, with costs, 20 Sept 1982;
• 9 letters between Palin, Geoffrey Strachan and HandMade Films regarding the film book, 3-31 Mar 1982;
• 31 letters, 2 telegrams, 4 postcards and 2 card from actors and crew members of the film thanking Palin for working together, 23 Feb 1982-8 Mar 1983. Includes communications from: Neil Innes, Kenneth Lintott, Rosamund Greenwood, Graham Crowden, Denholm Elliott, Hugh Walters, Julian Curry, Tilly Vosburgh, Ramon Gow, Trevor Howard, Peter Vaughan, Michael Hordern, Gary White (with photocopy of a letter to him from Staney Lenyakopiro, a Kenyan person who worked on the film when they were there), Mike Moran, Roland Culver, Shuna Harwood, and Maggie Smith.