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Letter from Kate O’Brien, Hotel New Weston, Madison Avenue at 50th Street, New York 22, USA to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin. Not one of Lorna’s letters from Rome has reached Kate, and she is beginning to worry again that something is wrong. She begs Lorna to write. With envelope.

Telegram from Kate O’Brien in Buffalo to Lorna Reynolds in Dublin, reporting on the success of the play [That Lady]. With envelope.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Hotel Statler, Buffalo, USA to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin. The first performance of That Lady was a smash hit, and all seven performances in Buffalo have been sold out. In hearing it before an audience she has noted small defects in the play which she hopes to rectify before it opens in New York. Some of the actors may also need to be replaced, and Kit’s [Katharine Cornell’s] clothes need to be redesigned. Kit has surpassed herself in the leading role. Kate has every prospect of being a very rich woman by Christmas. She does not like Buffalo, but is looking forward to seeing the Niagara Falls. She is feeling much better but remains extremely fatigued. With envelope.

Telegram from Kate O’Brien in Toronto to Lorna Reynolds in Dublin giving Lorna her address in Detroit. With envelope.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, The Cosmopolitan Club, 122 East 66th Street, New York 21, USA to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin. Kate gives a brief description of her journey from Detroit to New York. She has finally okayed the script of That Lady and is now off the company’s expense list and has to pay her own way. Kit [Katharine Cornell] has arranged a room for her in the Cosmopolitan Club, which is very comfortable and much cheaper than a hotel. She has asked Guthrie McClintic to book her a direct flight from New York to London for 29 November, but asks Lorna not to tell anybody. She gives Lorna her itinerary prior to her departure. She fantasises about meeting her and promises to take her to Connemara. She encloses a press cutting (now not present) from a Detroit newspaper containing an interview with Katharine Cornell. With envelope.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Sneden’s Landing, Palisades, New York, USA to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin. She describes at length her new surroundings and wishes that Lorna could be there to share the peace and quiet with her. Kit [Katharine Cornell] insists that Kate must sail home instead of flying, but Kate would prefer to fly to save four or five days in getting back to Lorna. Guthrie [McClintic] has reluctantly yielded to Kate’s request to have Kit’s costume redesigned and now claims the idea as his own. She gives an amusing account of Kit’s dachshunds. With envelope.

Telegram from Kate O’Brien in New York to Lorna Reynolds in Dublin, thanking Lorna for two letters just received. With envelope.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Hotel New Weston, New York 22, USA to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin. The reviews of the play [That Lady] in the New York Times and Herald Tribune have been staggeringly bad, which has shocked everybody and caused public indignation. However, the play has been sold out until well into March. She doesn’t mind failing and there is no need to make any secret of the failure, but she doesn’t think she can work for the theatre as she is not a dramatist. She has not cried all day but she admits to feeling shaken and upset. With envelope.

Telegram from Kate O’Brien in New York to Lorna Reynolds in Dublin announcing her imminent departure from New York and her date of arrival in England. With envelope.

Telegram from Kate O’Brien in London to Lorna Reynolds in Dublin, feeling anxious for Lorna and sending her all her sympathy. With envelope.