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Eliot, Thomas Stearns (1888-1965) poet and critic
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ALS to Lyn Newman

Informs Lyn that Chatto and Windus will not publish her book. Believes she will do better with her next attempt but sympathises with her wish to publish her current work. Encloses a letter to Mr Eliot. Invites Lyn to write to him again.

Woolf, Leonard Sidney (1880-1969) editor, author and colonial civil servant

Carbon copy ALS to Greta Garbo from Reddish House

Writes about his journey to Liverpool with Michael Duff's mother, Juliet. Criticises a play about 'cockney sailors' which he saw on his first evening there. Describes a walk through Liverpool including taxi driver and flower sellers. Writes about his work in the theatre including an anecdote about Juliet. Deliberates between staying in England for his own play and going to New York to take up Leland Hayward's commission to work on a Irving Berlin -- Ethel Merman production. Mentions that he is taking a week off in the country. Refers to Mrs Shoot, his daily woman. Has found an osteopath to work on his bad posture. Describes his photograph shoot for the Queen's fiftieth birthday at Buckingham Place, including the appearance of Princess Margaret. Details the first night of 'The Cocktail Party' in London, including Rex Harrison in the leading role and T. S. Eliot's appearance on stage. Mentions his evening at a French ballet at the Covent Garden Opera and a supper party at the new French Embassy. Writes that he drove down to Wiltshire with Clarissa Spencer-Churchill. Asks Garbo questions about herself.

Beaton, Sir Cecil Walter Hardy (1904-1980) Knight, photographer