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- [1953x2018] (Creation)
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Ffeil / File
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1 large box (0.029 mᶟ)
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Scope and content
Letters, cards, telegrams and telemessage to Siân Phillips, to Siân Phillips and her second husband Peter O'Toole and to Siân Phillips and her third husband Robin Sachs from friends, colleagues and acquaintances, the contents largely relating to Siân Phillips' stage and screen career. Correspondents include actor and director Thierry Harcourt and his partner, osteopath, Pilates instructor and performance coach Fabi Waisbort (fifteen letters); novelist Alun Richards (fifteen letters); actor Bryn Ellis and his partner, author William (Bill) Corlett (thirteen letters); Jane Ireland, Siân Phillips' assistant/housekeeper (twelve letters); actor Kevin Moore (twelve letters); Australian-born stage and screen actress Marie Löhr (ten letters); actor Edward Duke (nine letters and one note); theatrical agent Sara Randall (nine letters); US actress Annette Bening (eight letters); stage and screen actress Eileen Atkins (six letters); theatre actor and director Frith Banbury (five letters); Welsh actor, director and writer Sean Mathias (four letters); US supermodel Debbie Jupp (four letters); radio drama producer Enyd Williams (four letters); stage and screen actress Judi Dench (three letters); stage and screen actor Ian McKellen (two letters); Canadian editor, writer and publishing executive Hugh Brewster (two letters); Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and author Edna O'Brien (two letters); Welsh political activist, poet, dramatist, historian and literary critic Saunders Lewis (one letter, with draft article written by Lewis for the Radio Times referencing Siân Phillips' up-and-coming stage career); actor Alec Guinness (one letter); actor and theatre director John Gielgud (one letter); actor and presenter Richard E. Grant (one letter); and Welsh actress Rachel Thomas (one letter). Some items annotated in Siân Phillips' hand.
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Undated items.
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- English
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Language notes: Two items in Welsh, eight items partly in Welsh; one item in Italian.