Carbon copy ALS to Greta Garbo from Reddish House
- Beaton/A/A2/14a/55
- Item
- 23 Apr. 1949 (Circa. Letter dated 'April 23rd of thereabouts'.)
Part of Papers of Sir Cecil Beaton
Describes the coming of Spring to the Wiltshire countryside. Tells Garbo that 'black and white' has been asking him for news of her. Asks Garbo to write to him. Describes his trip to Paris, including attending the play for which Bebe [Christian Berard] designed his last set. Mentions his Greek friend with whom he once went to Switzerland, Barbara Hutton, an elderly Abyssinian prince to whom Beaton he had loaned money, and Boris Kochno. Writes that, on his return to England, Oggie Lynn informed him that his secretary, Maud Nelson, was in hospital with cancer. He has spent a week at Reddish, working on his play. He is travelling to London on Friday because his uncle, Cecil, has died suddenly.
Beaton, Sir Cecil Walter Hardy (1904-1980) Knight, photographer