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Letter from Kate O’Brien, 37 Gordon Square, London WC1 to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin. Kate has received two letters from Lorna and is shocked by her descriptions of the unkindnesses of her family during Christmas. She has received another batch of scathing reviews of her play [That Lady] from America and feels like burning them all. She is shocked to discover that she has made more than £8,000 in author’s royalties in eight weeks, but only received £740. Her agent is looking into bringing the play to Paris and Vienna, and Raphael Hakim is negotiating with Columbia for the film. The BBC are thinking of serialising some of Kate’s novels. She hopes to get back to Ireland towards the end of January and to take Lorna to Roundstone with her. With envelope.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, 37 Gordon Square, London WC1 to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin. She thanks Lorna for her telephone call and apologises for sounding far-offish, but she was doing her best to speak as clearly as possible. She asks Lorna to ensure that when her phone is installed it will be placed in her study and not in the hall which is too public a place. She has written a joint letter to Gert [Macy] and Mary Pritchett – cold, friendly, statistical and precisely worded. It is clear to Kate from Lorna’s attack on Thursday that she is in urgent need of rest and a change of scene. Kate is working on this and promises that they will be together soon. She has spoken to her cousin Moira on the telephone. With envelope, the reverse of which contains notes in Lorna’s hand.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, 37 Gordon Square, London WC1 to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin. Kate has received a letter of thanks from Eleanor for a book she sent her for Christmas. She is annoyed with the tone of the letter and Eleanor’s attempt to get Kate to side with her against Lorna. She gives another update on Cousin Moira. She urges Lorna to try sleeping tablets if she is finding it difficult to sleep. She would give her soul to fly to Lorna tomorrow. With envelope.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, 37 Gordon Square, London WC1 to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin. She thanks Lorna for her comforting letter and agrees with her that she simply needs to be patient. She has refused the BBC dramatization of That Lady as their version of it was not good enough and she couldn’t allow it to air. She is shocked about what happened to Happy as Larry [the musical closed after just three performances]. She remembers the anticipatory pleasure about the musical when she was in New York. She gives news of her sisters Mary and Clare. She hopes Lorna is sleeping better. With envelope.

This sub-series contains letters, postcard and telegram from Kate O'Brien to Lorna Reynolds in February 1950.

Postcard from Kate O’Brien, 37 Gordon Square, London WC1 to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin, complaining about the weather and waiting to hear from Lorna.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, 37 Gordon Square, London WC1 to Lorna Reynolds, 21 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin. Marguerite Burke Sheridan has just arrived in London and wants to meet Kate for lunch tomorrow. She is convinced that the cause of the recent lack of contact in their letters lies in Dublin and not in London, for while Kate is loaded with anxiety, there is nothing happening to her that Lorna doesn’t know about. She knows her letters have been dull of late, but that is because she has nothing but worries to report. She genuinely misses Lorna and feels brushed aside by her. Kate is also bothered by her slowness over Teresa [of Avila], which may be getting in the way. She begs not to hear a cross word from Lorna as it would break her in her current state of heart. With envelope.

Telegram from Kate O’Brien in London WC1 to Lorna Reynolds in Dublin, wishing her happy Valentine’s Day. With envelope.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, 37 Gordon Square, London WC1 to Lorna Reynolds. She is planning her trip to Ireland in early March and her trip to Connemara with Lorna. She is furious with Gert [Macy], but hopes that she will soon stop inventing deductions from Kate’s actual earnings. She is relieved to hear from Lorna that Harry is content with instalment payments until Kate’s affairs straighten out. She also has to fork out large sums for Galway County Council and the Inland Revenue. The anxiety is depriving her of sleep. She discusses the forthcoming elections at some length. She is annoyed that she cannot vote as there is a good Liberal candidate standing in her constituency, especially since the candidate is a female and Kate is a lifelong feminist. She is amused to relate that her sister Clare invited her to the Irish Library Society to hear Ethel Mannin lecturing on Connemara. She declined the invitation and told Clare to take cousin Moira instead.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, 24A Steele’s Road, [London] NW3 to Anne O’Mara. Kate has just returned from a wonderful trip to Russia and is too busy, too tired and too full of impressions to write a long letter.