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- 6 Sept. [1948] (Creation)
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9 sheets, 1 env.
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Has been very busy getting ready to leave the country, has been with Frances [Whyte] continually and hasn't been able to write; describes what he's been doing since PS left, describes a trip to Oxford, where they especially liked Magdalen's Deer Park; spent time with Dave Calhoun who reminded them of his father [Robert Lowry Calhoun], spent time talking of philosophy, thinks Brian [Shaffer] will enjoy his company; went to see 'Othello' at Stratford and describes the play, agrees with him about [John] Quayle's Iago, and discusses John Justin's Cassio, [Paul] Scofield's Roderigo, Diana [Wynyard]'s Desdemona, and [Ena] Burrill's Emilia; describes their visit to Warwick Castle, Canterbury, hitchhiking, visiting Tony, Brian, and Reka at Windyridge; is to sail on one of the converted troop ships leaving [Southampton] the next day; saw 'Naked City' and thought it well done; really liked 'Oliver Twist' which he has seen twice; is reading 'Pride and Prejudice', but thinks Aldous Huxley wrote a good screenplay; his feelings have not stayed the same in this past month, given he has been immersed in another love, 'Nature, society, everything was for this and against us'; his love for Frances in no way dims his feelings for Peter.
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Addressed to Peter Shaffer, Pensione Milton Serena, Via Martelli 4, Firenze, Italy
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- Diamond, Malcolm Luria (1924-1997) professor of religion (Subject)
- Calhoun, David Wakeman (1924-2017) biometrician (Subject)
- Shaffer, Brian Myer (fl 1947-2019), biologist, businessman, painter (Subject)
- Quayle, Sir John Anthony (1913-1989), knight, actor and theatre director (Subject)
- Wynyard, Diana (1906-1964) actress (Subject)
- Justin, John (1917-2002) actor (Subject)
- Scofield, David Paul (1922-2008), actor (Subject)
- Burrill, Ena (1908-1999) actress (Subject)
- Shaffer, Anthony Joshua (1926-2001), playwright and screenwriter (Subject)
- Shaffer, Reka (1905-2000), mother of Sir Peter Shaffer (Subject)
- Calhoun, Robert Lowry (1896-1983) professor of historical theology (Subject)
- Whyte, Frances (fl 1948-1950) girlfriend of Malcolm Luria Diamond (Subject)