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I have just got back from my holiday at Crowhurst, have had a busy day at the office, attendedSadler's Wells TheatreThe Friends of Sadler's Wells;b3;a5 the annual general meeting of the Sadlers Wells Society andBaylis, Liliancriticised over The Rock;a3 had a chat with Lillian Baylis who was all a flutter because some Nonconformists had come down on her for allowing to be produced at her theatre a ‘sectarian’ play (i.e. The Rock) especially because she has a notion of producing it on the Surrey side next year andParsons, Rt Revd Richard, Bishop of Southwark;a2 has been talking to the Bishop of Southwark about it; alsoCass, Henrywants TSE's play for Old Vic;a1 with her new manager, a bashful young man named Cass, who wants me to write a play for them.1 ThenBullard, Ellen Twistleton;a2 came back for dinner and packed my clothes to go to Rochester tomorrow, my cap, my gown, my rabbits fur, my Tailey Coat and my Shiney Hat, and my dinner jacket for to dine with my distant cousin Mrs. Day née Bullard in the evening; three more letters to write andKing's School, RochesterTSE's prize-day speech for;a1 then to polish off my speech to the boys before I go to bed.2 ThereFaber and Faber (F&F);c2 seems now some prospect of my being given before very long a secretary all to myself, which will be a great help.
IMorleys, theTSE's June 1934 fortnight with;c5 was sorry to have to leave my Surrey retreat, and come back to wearing clothes and the noise of London. AndHowson, Revd VincentTSE's Stepney sojourn with;a4 after I come back from Rochester on Saturday I pick out my oldest clothes and go off to Stepney to spend four days with Bert going round the markets before breakfast, thenFabers, thehost poker party;b9 back to the West End on Thursday to go to a poker party at the Fabers, thenInge, William Ralph, Dean of St. Paul's;a1 to dine with the Dean of St. Paul’s on Saturday, andEliot, Marion Cushing (TSE's sister)1934 summer in England with Dodo;c5;a4 thenSmith, Theodora ('Dodo') Eliot (TSE's niece)and Marion's 1934 visit to England;b1;a4 wait for Marian & Dodo. I did not hear from you all the time I was away, nor when I got back; so now I do not expect to; but I do hope that while you are at West Rindge, or somewhere, you will find time to write a line to anticipate your coming; merely of fact to say when you arrive and where and whether you will stop over in London or go straight to Chipping Campden. I do not think I have been very patient; especiallyHale, Emilyas director ('producer');v9Comus;a4 wondering whether Comus would be just the last straw and whether you would be prostrated either in California or in Massachusetts and have to defer your sailing. I take it that you are now somewhere in New England, and I hope resting. IPage-Barbour Lectures, The (afterwards After Strange Gods);b2 hopeRock, The;d6 your Clarissa Peel (I can’t remember her name exactly) received the copies of After Strange Gods and The Rock despatched to her in Piedmont.
Itravels, trips and plansEH's 1934–5 year in Europe;b4attempts to coordinate with TSE's 1934 summer plans;a3 expect to be in London all of July – mayEliot, Marion Cushing (TSE's sister)1934 summer in England with Dodo;c5arrangements for;a5 want to make some arrangement to take Marian away for a week or two in August – mayFabers, the1934 summer holiday with;c1 wanttravels, trips and plansTSE's 1934 Faber summer holiday;b5;a1 to stay with the Fabers in Wales – inScotlandTSE hopes to visit again;a3 September may want to make my visit to Glasgow and Inverness and possibly to the Morleys in Mull, but I don’t think they will have room, andPound, Ezraand TSE's possible visit to Rapallo;b6 in October may go to see Ezra in Rapallo for a few days (bathing) (memHale, Emilyappearance and characteristics;v7'new and nuder' swimsuit demanded;c6. To get a new and nuder costume) with Morleys: all of which possibilities make me all the more impatient to hear what your plans are to be. I take it that you will all stay in Chipping until the middle of October; after which? Chipping C. is a long way from Pikes Farm.
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1.HenryCass, Henry Cass (1903–89), theatre director and writer, ran the Old Vic Shakespeare Co., 1934–6.
2.UnderhillUnderhill, Revd Francis, Bishop of Bath and Wellsinvites TSE to school prize-day;b8n, Dean of Rochester, invited TSE to distribute the prizes at the King’s School, Rochester, on Speech Day, Sat. 30 June. ‘I am Chairman of the Governors of the School which is a very ancient one, it seems to have been founded by Ethelbert and Augustine at the same time as the Cathedral in 604, and was refounded by King Henry VIII. It is a very good public school the boys of which are well worth talking to.’
2.LilianBaylis, Lilian Baylis (1874–1937), English theatre producer; manager of the Old Vic and Sadler’s Wells theatres; an opera company (subsequently English National Opera) and a ballet company that was to become the Royal Ballet. She fostered the careers of numerous stars including John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, Sybil Thorndike and Michael Redgrave.
9.EllenBullard, Ellen Twistleton Twistleton Bullard (1865–1959) lived on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. W. S. Bullard (d. 1897) had married Charles Eliot Norton’s eldest sister.
1.HenryCass, Henry Cass (1903–89), theatre director and writer, ran the Old Vic Shakespeare Co., 1934–6.
1.Marian/MarionEliot, Marion Cushing (TSE's sister) Cushing Eliot (1877–1964), fourth child of Henry Ware Eliot and Charlotte Eliot: see Biographical Register.
1.RevdHowson, Revd Vincent Vincent Howson (d. 1957), St James’ Vicarage, Ratcliff, London, was ‘Bert’ in The Rock. Founder and producer of the East End Amateurs, he had been a member of Sir Frank Benson’s Shakespearian Company. His final post was as rector of St Paul’s, Covent Garden.
6.VeryInge, William Ralph, Dean of St. Paul's Revd W. R. Inge (1869–1954), Dean of St Paul’s, 1911–34 – ‘the gloomy Dean’ – wrote on theology, politics and society – his works include Lay Thoughts of a Dean (1926) and Wit and Wisdom of Dean Inge (1927) – and he wrote for the Evening Standard, 1921–46.
3.TheParsons, Rt Revd Richard, Bishop of Southwark Rt Revd Richard Parsons (1882–1948), Bishop of Southwark, 1932–41.
3.Ezra PoundPound, Ezra (1885–1972), American poet and critic: see Biographical Register.
2.TheodoraSmith, Theodora ('Dodo') Eliot (TSE's niece) Eliot Smith (1904–92) – ‘Dodo’ – daughter of George Lawrence and Charlotte E. Smith: see Biographical Register. Theodora’sSmith, Charlotte ('Chardy') Stearns (TSE's niece) sister was Charlotte Stearns Smith (b. 1911), known as ‘Chardy’.
2.Revd Francis UnderhillUnderhill, Revd Francis, Bishop of Bath and Wells, DD (1878–1943), TSE’s spiritual counsellor: see Biographical Register.