Item 133 - Letter from Maria Germanova to R. C. Trevelyan

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320 East 42 Street, New York. - Has very few books with her here, but they include Trevelyan's 'beautiful translations of classics'; she has even begun working on a monologue by Antigone with a pupil. Thinks [Hasan Shahid] Suhrawardy has told him about her work here, which is 'very interesting, but most difficult'. They want her to play Medea, but she will not 'venture' it until next year. Asks if Trevelyan has translated it. Is working hard on her pronunciation; afraid she will have to study Japanese next 'to come back to Russian - making a tour du monde'. Asks if he knows whether D'Annunzio's "sogno della serra d'autumne" [sic: "Sogno d'un tramonto d'autunno"] has been translated into English, and for him to send it to her if it has. Finds it easy to ask this favour due to their 'mutual line for tragedy and understanding it'.