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- 16 May 1901 (Creation)
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20 Somerset Terrace (Duke’s Road, W.C.).—Urges him to see Pelleas et Melisande.
(Dated Thursday.)
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20 Somerset Terrace
Thursday evening
Dear Mr Lawrence.
Just a line to tell you that you must see Pelleas & Melisande tomorrow if anyhow possible. It is the last time. And remember the tragedy of life is in what we miss, not in what we suffer.
I am not going to say anything about the play now except this—you must meet it as you meet death, leaving behind all the cold clay that has gathered about the elemental spirit. Cast away criticism, logic, convention, reason—& thought—& look into the world of the spiritual made visible through the senses.
I’ll talk with you afterwards about what are to me key sentences—that doesn’t matter. Whatever else you will do or not do, you will fill your eyes with beauty.
I have a lovely book for you. More anon.
Yours sincerely.
Emmeline Pethick
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This description was created by A. C. Green in 2020.