Item 341 - Letter from R. C. Trevelyan to Sir George Trevelyan

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The Shiffolds, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking. - He and Bessie went to Bedales recently and saw Julian act the part of Fag in The Rivals; 'he is not a good actor, but his elocution is good and sensitive'. He 'is said to speak verse better than anyone else at the school', and will therefore play the part of the Chorus, Time, in The Winter's Tale, in the next Bedales performance. He also 'did the scenery for The Rivals, on the whole very successfully', especially the two indoor scenes 'with windows opening on views of Bath'; perhaps his scenery for the duel, though 'delightful', was 'almost too pictorial for a scene painting'. He is going up for his entrance examination at Kings next March, specialising in mathematics at least for his first year 'which is rather a new thing in our family'.

Hopes the current 'relatively fine and warm weather' here will last, and that his mother can 'get out into the garden every day'. Expects Aunt Annie is with them at the moment.