Christopher Hassall SIGNED letter English dramatist lyricist actor: Ivor Novello

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This letter was written and signed by
Christopher Hassall
(1912-1963), an English actor, dramatist, librettist, lyricist
and poet, who is best known for his
musical partnership
with the famous actor and composer
Ivor Novello
.
Hassall was
also noted for his biographies of
the poets Rupert Brooke
and Edward Marsh.
Among Hassall's works are the following:
Poems of Two Years
(1935)
Glamorous Night
(1935) lyricist (Music by Ivor Novello)
Careless Rapture
(1936) lyricist (Music by Ivor Novello)
Crest of the Wave
(1937) lyricist (Music and book by Ivor Novello)
The Yellow Iris
(1937) lyricist (Music by Michael Sayer)
Christ's Comet
(1937) playwright
The Dancing Years
(1939) lyricist (Music and book by Ivor Novello)
Arc de Triomphe
(1943) lyricist (Music by Ivor Novello)
King's Rhapsody
(1949) lyricist, plus screenplay for
the film adaptation (Music and book by Ivor Novello)
Anna Kraus
(1952) libretto (opera by composer Franz Reizenstein
Troilus and Cressida
(1954) libretto (Opera by Sir William Walton)
Song of Simeon
(1959) libretto (music by Sir Malcolm Arnold)
The Beatitudes
(1961) libretto (Cantata by Arthur Bliss.
Mary of Magdala
(1962) libretto (Cantata by Arthur Bliss.
Bell Harry And Other Poems
(1963)
The letter is written in blue ink on both sides of an
8" by 5" sheet
of stationery. It is signed by
Christopher
Hassall at the
bottom of the second side.
It is addressed to someone named Sliwinski, and
discusses various ongoing projects that prevent him
from undertaking any additional ones.
The letter is in very good condition, with moderate wear.
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