Papers of Sir Cecil Beaton

Of Aldrich & Myers, Empire Theatre Building, New York.

Myers, Aldrich, Henry Sherek and Julius Fleishmann discussed the production of the Gainsborough Girls. Beaton and Peter Glenville wanted incidental music composed for the play by Henry Sauguet, but they think this an unnecessary expense unless the play goes to London and New York. Aldrich & Myers and Fleishmann agreed to a budget of six thousand pounds and they want to know the costs of the costume and set design and of Beaton's royalties. Myers discusses cast (Roger Livesey would be perfect) and director (Norman Marshall or Peter Potter, not Glenville). Myers et al would like to open the play in August at the seaside and continue with an extended tour of the provinces.