Item 152 - Correspondence relating to Choate-Shields production of Paul Vincent Carroll's 'Kindred'

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Correspondence relating to Choate-Shields production of Paul Vincent Carroll's 'Kindred', the correspondence relates mostly to the casting and staging of the play, although no letters relate directly to the 'failure' of the play and its short run, some relate to the subsequent rival of 'Juno and the Paycock' in response to the failure. Includes letter dated October 1939 addressed to 'Dick' (Richard Madden) from Paul Vincent Carroll, in which Carroll writes 'Kindred received a poor, uninspired, pedestrian production at the Abbey, owing to the absence there of a producer (i.e. director) of any importance since Hugh Hunt left.' also includes letter dated 6 November 1939 from Burgess Meredith, 654 Madison Avenue addressed to Edward Choate, 307 East 44th St. New York City in which he informs Choate that he won't be available for 'Kindred', he writes 'This is a final and rather tearful statement that yesterday I sighed for "Young Man with A Horn... I am telling you this not because I believed you were waiting for me, but because you did call me up a couple of weeks ago and so I just thought I ought to let you know." ' Includes letter dated 28 December 1939 addressed to The Council, Actors' Equity Association, 45 West 47th Street, New York City from Edward Choate and Arthur Shields appealing to the council to permit 'alien' actors involved in the production of 'Kindred' to work on the proposed production of 'Juno and the Paycock' Choate and Shields write 'The company of "Kindred" - of which three members are alien Irish Actors - is anxious to continue working together in spite of the failure of the play. We are addressing you to ask for a dispensation in connection with these aliens in our present company and for permission to have miss Sarah Allgood join our company in a revival of "Juno and the Paycock".'

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