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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.

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.