A Guide to the Letters of T.S. Eliot 1949 Eliot, Thomas Stearns, Collection of 6247-h

A Guide to the Letters of T.S. Eliot 1949

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Clifton Waller Barrett Library
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 6247-h

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

6247-h

Title

Letters of T.S. Eliot, October 24, 1949

Physical Characteristics

This collection contains one item, TLS, 2 p. on 1 l.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Letters of T.S. Eliot, Accession # 6247-h, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased from Paul C. Richards on February 3, 1989.

Scope and Content Information

This letter is from T. S. Eliot, on letterhead of Faber and Faber Limited, London, to Norman Nicholson, Cumberland, concerning revisions of his own play The Cocktail Party, which was first produced August 22-27 of that year, and Nicholson's play Prophecy to the Winds, a play in four scenes and a prologue and relating that revisions sometimes must be made after production before an audience, and commenting on some poems by Nicholson.