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- [6]-10 Apr. 1982 (Creation)
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3 sheets, 2 envelopes
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Two letters from Sydney in early April. Describes Melbourne, which he likes; tells the story of a group of men on the train who drink with him who achieve a 'moment of freeze' in the club car (which he compares to the staging of 'Amadeus') when one of them pulls down his pants to show off a tattoo of questionable taste; spends a day in Sydney with Patrick Hockey at the National Agricultural Show; asks if Britain is really going to go to war. On Good Friday he reports on the opening of 'Amadeus' the night before: he didn't like Constanze and thought it more staged than directed; went with Helen Montegue [Montagu] and Patrick; finds her cold, apparently because he does not make enough fuss over her; enjoyed the film 'Starstruck'; is heading to Brisbane and then up to Cairns to Diane [Cilento]'s house. The second letter describes his pleasure at getting three letters from Peter, is sorry he's having a rotten time with the film script, and is sorry that Peter will not be able to join him in the East; reacts to news about Peter Firth, Paul Giovanni, Howard [?], and RL's bird; Tony [Shaffer] will be at Cairns; admires a vegetarian restaurant in Sydney.
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Date of first letter from internal evidence.