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Truth, Carteret Street, Westminster SW1 - Thanks him for writing, responds with apologies and explanations for errors in his article about 'The Salt Land' and for differences of opinion. Is most shamed by the fact that he mistook some prose as quoted from the Bible; and discusses his assumption that the play was pro-Zionist; the play was better than anything else he has seen on ITV; John Thompson tells him he knows PS, hopes they can meet.

10 Devonshire Place, W.1. - Thanks him for his kind comments [about 'The Pendulum Years'?]; it has been a weird and nerve-wracking experience, the worst of which was the time between completion and the first reviews.

Is glad PS is a fellow-Haydnite; did he see him at 'Figaro' the other night, another inexhaustible piece.

Saw the item in the ['New York] Times' about 'Amadeus', thinks it gutsy 'I mean, who gave a shit about Pizarro? You could do anything with him. But Mozart!?!'; disliked [Bernard] Levin's article in the 'Times' canonizing Mozart, it's as if the Roman church were paying, to help with their take, but despite the millions showing up for the Pope, attendance at Sunday Mass is off; things are good with Denise and his work teaching undergraduates the belief-oriented religion scene continues; new beginnings include studying the psychology of religion.

21 ff. of material relating to the production at the Globe Theatre, comprising ff. 30-50 of the scrapbook. There are six publicity photographs taken on the street outside the theatre, three of PS taken by Laon Maybanke, and three of Victor Spinetti taken and signed by Paul [J?] Winham. The printed material consists of a handbill and 27 cuttings, most of them theatre reviews from a variety of U.K. newspapers and magazines including a review by Harold Hobson, Bernard Levin's "I'm glad I've caught up" in the 'Daily Mail' of 8 Jan. 1963, and a feature on Peter as one of "[David] Kossoff's Friends" with a portrait sketch and short biography. There are two reviews from outside the U.K.: "Du sillage de Shakespeare à une réussite en un acte" from the 'Tribune de Genève' of 5 July 1962 and Richard Watts Jr.'s "Detective out of Lewis Carroll" in the 'New York Post' of July 1962.

9 ff. of material relating to the production at the Chichester Festival Theatre, comprising ff. 63-72 of the scrapbook. There are 15 cuttings, most of them theatre reviews, including Bernard Levin's "The greatest play of our generation" from the 'Daily Mail' of 8 July 1964 and its follow-up "I was right -- It is the best new play" written after a second visit, and the third "Thank you Mr S for the greatest play in my lifetime" written on the play's transfer to London; other critics include Bamber Gascoigne, J. W. Lambert, and Harold Hobson.