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- 9 Feb. [1949] (Creation)
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6 sheets, 1 env.
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Describes his difficulty in focusing on work, finds analysis painful, has distanced himself from his family except for Frances [Whyte]; is going to hear Solomon [Cutner] in his American debut, [Artur] Schnabel has cancelled concerts due to illness, is going to three performances of the New York Philharmonic conducted by [Bruno] Walter including one featuring [Clifford] Curzon, and two ballets featuring [Alexandra] Danilova and [Alicia] Markova; the best thing he has seen is Marcel Pagnol's film 'Marius', which has the texture of a novel; asks for details of his psychiatrist; asks about friends there, news of Dave Calhoun and Tony, glad to hear Mr Wisdom is looking good.
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Return address on envelope: 404 W 115th St, New York 25, New York. Addressed to Peter Shaffer, Trinity College, Cambridge, England
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- Diamond, Malcolm Luria (1924-1997) professor of religion (Subject)
- Cutner, Solomon (1902-1988) pianist, stage name Solomon (Subject)
- Pagnol, Marcel (1895-1974) French novelist, playwright, filmmaker (Subject)
- Calhoun, David Wakeman (1924-2017) biometrician (Subject)
- Shaffer, Anthony Joshua (1926-2001), playwright and screenwriter (Subject)
- Wisdom, Arthur John Terence Dibben (1904-1993), philosopher (Subject)
- Schnabel, Artur (1882-1951), Austrian pianist (Subject)