Betjeman (Sir John, poet, writer, and broadcaster, 1906-1984) Typed Letter signed to Alan King Hamilton,1p., sm. 4to, 43 Cloth Fair, London, 3rd August 1972, referring to a poem King-Hamilton had sent him, "I have enjoyed reading your lines called "AT SEA" and to the new extension to the Old Bailey by the architect George Whitby "I have just written to George Whitby to tell him how much I admire the outside and inside of his new Courts to the Old Bailey" § Guinness (Sir Alec, actor, 1914-2000) Autograph Letter signed and Autograph Postcard signed to Alan King Hamilton, 2pp. & 1 side, 26th September 1980, referring to a speech by Leo Genn as duke of Burgundy in Shakespeare's Henry V, "that I read - lamely - at the memorial to Leo [in 1978]. It was one I remember him delivering quite beautifully when Olivier played the King at The Old Vic in 1936, and reminiscing about playing Macbeth, "I've tackled Macbeth twice. Once, just before the war, at Sheffield Rep, and again, disastrously but not uninterestingly I think, at the Royal Court... I was out of the country when O'Toole opened so missed the furore but have heard much of the aftermath"; and 3 other letters, from Malcolm Campbell, A.P. Herbert and Robin Day folds (6 pieces).
Betjeman (Sir John, poet, writer, and broadcaster, 1906-1984) Typed Letter signed to Alan King Hamilton,1p., sm. 4to, 43 Cloth Fair, London, 3rd August 1972, referring to a poem King-Hamilton had sent him, "I have enjoyed reading your lines called "AT SEA" and to the new extension to the Old Bailey by the architect George Whitby "I have just written to George Whitby to tell him how much I admire the outside and inside of his new Courts to the Old Bailey" § Guinness (Sir Alec, actor, 1914-2000) Autograph Letter signed and Autograph Postcard signed to Alan King Hamilton, 2pp. & 1 side, 26th September 1980, referring to a speech by Leo Genn as duke of Burgundy in Shakespeare's Henry V, "that I read - lamely - at the memorial to Leo [in 1978]. It was one I remember him delivering quite beautifully when Olivier played the King at The Old Vic in 1936, and reminiscing about playing Macbeth, "I've tackled Macbeth twice. Once, just before the war, at Sheffield Rep, and again, disastrously but not uninterestingly I think, at the Royal Court... I was out of the country when O'Toole opened so missed the furore but have heard much of the aftermath"; and 3 other letters, from Malcolm Campbell, A.P. Herbert and Robin Day folds (6 pieces).
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