Letters concerning William Orpen's historical letters and archive

Part of the Irish Archive

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File includes letters to Christine 'Kit' Orpen Casey/Mrs Barrie Nicoll in which correspondents seek information on her father William Orpen's professional life and archival letters. Correspondents include the British theatre director John Gielgud who conveys his regard for William Orpen; William Monk Gibbon who writes of his opinion on the upcoming Orpen biography by Bruce Arnold; and Dr Mary Lago who is seeking information for her own upcoming book on the edited letters of Max Beerbohm and William Rothenstein. File also includes a marketing leaflet for the latter publication, published in 1975.

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