Autograph Collection.- Actors & Actresses Letters to Paul Bailey

Selection of letters from actors and actresses to Paul Bailey, comprising: Richard Eyre (postcard congratulating Paul on his memoir An Immaculate Mistake); John Gielgud (letter reading in part "Sorry you have abandoned project. Sally Bauman - who wrote an excellent book about the Royal Shakespeare Company- also interviewed me about a biography on E.T. [Ellen Terry] but has since made a fortune, I gather, out of a very saucy sex novel, which no doubt has turned her mind against non profitable creations!", also mentioning Nina Auerbach’s highly respected biography of Terry, with a PS praising Margot Peter’s book on Mrs Patrick Campbell, Ellen Terry’s great rival in the theatre, 11 September 1987); Penelope Wilton (signed card thanking Bailey for sending her his latest book and talks about her new play transferring to the West End, n.d.); Jill Balcon (thank-you postcard to Paul's former partner David Healey "for the exquisite dress made in such rushed conditions for the Churchills, 19 October 1969); and Antony Sher (typed letter discussing his idea of reading extracts from Primo Levi book about his Auschwitz experience "There's nothing that I or anyone else could 'invent' that will be more powerful. [...] I'm keen to do a first performance/reading for Holocaust Day at the end of January", 7 December 2022); v.s.(6)

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Provenance:

The estate of Paul Bailey.