Papers of Sir Cecil Beaton

Has decided to spend the winter in Rome and has found a beautiful apartment. Rome is an 'enchanting city if you simply settle back and don't know too many people'. Has nearly finished the first act of the play and has started a novel. Saw most of the reviews for "Quadrille" and was delighted that Beaton came out with 'such flying colours'. Knows that Coward must have been disappointed. The critics write like 'a pack of schoolboy bullies'. Enquires after the Lunts. Saw lots of Thornton Wilder in Venice and he was 'very amusing on the subject of the L's'. Discusses Saint. Jack is working well and all the animals are fine. Asks when Beaton will be in New York.