Miles (Bernard, Baron Miles, 1907-91)

Miles (Bernard, Baron Miles, 1907-91) Letters to Bernard Miles on the opening of the Mermaid Theatre in 1959,including: Peter Sellers, John Gielgud, Tyrone Guthrie, Harry Secombe, Vivien Leigh, Donald Wolfit, Diana Dors, Noel Coward, Burl Ives, John Osborne & Doris & Marty Melcher, 11pp., Autograph Letters signed and Typed Letters signed, v.s., 1959(11 pieces)

***"It is difficult to express the deep admiration which all lovers of the theatre have for you and your achievements. But as a member of the younger generation of actors I can testify to the glorious infection of your persistence and enthusiasm. The Mermaid Theatre is not only a splendid conception by itself, but it is surely the only monument ever erected to symbolize our faith in the future of our profession." - Peter Sellers. "I salute the courage of your vision and enterprise in conceiving and carrying through your imaginative scheme of a new Theatre in the City of London. The doubts and fears and difficulties you must have encountered on the way must have been phenomenal, and I know of no one but yourself who could have surmounted them. So, by way of Acacia Road and the Royal Exchange, you emerge a full flown butterfly with your own building and project achieved." - John Gielgud..