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Beaton/A/A1/277/1
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- 24 Sep. 1964 (Date form postmark) (Creation)
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1p paper
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Thanks Beaton for his letters and for the review of his novel. Is happy that Beaton and Kin like it so much. Many of the reviewers have been shocked. Had some hilarious weeks working on "The Loved One" with Terry Southern. Had some fascinating weeks working on a screenplay of Carson McCullers' "Reflections in a Golden Eye". Tony Richardson seems delighted with it. Thinks "The Loved One" is going to be something quite unique. Richardson wants him to work on another screenplay of a novel by Marguerite Duras called "Le Marin de Gibraltar". If he does it, he will stay in California and hopefully see Beaton in October. If not, he will go to New York with Don. Don's new work is very interesting and often wild and mad. Isherwood appears very briefly as one of the mourners at John Gielgud's funeral in "The Loved One".