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DAY-LEWIS
(Cecil, 1904-1972, from 1968 Poet Laureate)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Wood
saying that his wife says that you asked to be reminded of a promise to sound Miss Spence about getting the Princess hall for a recital of dancing & madrigals: it all makes a very involved sentence. Oh, yes, & and there was something about doing it for charity, the Tewkesbury Abbey appeal fund... I hope you understand the substance of this letter better than I do: my wife has compelled me to write it because, she says; it seems most improbable - you wanted my signatures..., with a long postscript by his wife Mary asking if the letter is at all coherent? It all sounds rather flippant but I should be very grateful indeed if you can smooth the way towards a demonstration of Greek and other dancing in Princess Hall..., 2 sides 8vo., Box cottage, Charlton Kings, Glos, 'Saturday', no date
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Background
In 1928 he married Constance Mary King, the daughter of a Sherborne master and worked as a schoolmaster in three schools. She was the mother of three of his four children. During the 1940s he had a long and troubled love affair with the novelist Rosamond Lehmann. His first marriage was dissolved in 1951, and he married actress Jill Balcon (1925-2009, Actress).
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