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Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, 10 Buckingham Street, Adelphi, London WC2 to May O’Brien. The letter is mostly concerned with The Last of Summer, the rehearsals of which have hit a crisis as Jill Furse, who was playing Angèle, has discovered she is pregnant. As a consequence, rehearsals are held up until a replacement for her is found, and the start of the provincial tour has been postponed until 17 April.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, 10 Buckingham Street, Adelphi, London to Peter O’Mara. Kate thanks Peter for his good luck wishes for the forthcoming London premiere of The Last of Summer and wishes that all the family could be at the Phoenix Theatre on the day.

Typed letter from Cyril Cusack, 56 Morehampton Road, Dublin to Kate O’Brien. The letter is mainly concerned with the casting of Maureen Delany, to which Cyril is opposed.

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, 34 Beaufort Gardens, Brompton Road, [London] SW3 to Anne O’Mara. Kate has been receiving massage and exercise treatment and is feeling better. She has managed to find a flat through a friend in Mecklenburgh Square, in the location she wants, the size she wants and at rent she can afford, but she won’t be able to move in until July as it has to be repaired from war damage. She hopes to have begun another book before returning to Ireland. She relates that the American publishers have rejected the title That Lady and will publish the book under the title For One Sweet Grape instead. The end of the letter has been cut out.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, 116 Clifford’s Inn, [London] EC4 to Anne O’Mara. Kate is writing the letter in a café trying to revive after an early morning recording session for the Overseas Programme at the BBC. She thanks Anne and Stephen for their hospitality and adaptability during her lengthy stay. Kate is hoping to be back in Ireland shortly. She and Guthrie McClintic will almost certainly be in Ireland for the second half of December.

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, Silver Vale Hotel, Enniskerry, [county Wicklow] to Peter O’Mara. Kate is looking forward to going to Waddington’s to see an art exhibition. Her novel [The Flower of May] crawls forward at her usual slow opening pace. She is amused at an offer of one of her novels being turned into an opera.

Typed poem by Peter O’Mara. Attached to the poem is a printed card containing Kate O’Brien’s poem To My Guardian Angel and a related envelope.

Postcard from Kate O’Brien, Hotel de France, La Turbie, [France] to Peter O’Mara, thanking him for his letter and promising to reply in due course.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, 33 Great James Street, London WC1 to Anne O’Mara. Kate thanks her and Stephen for their invitation to stay with them at the Hibernian for Mary’s first night, which she was unable to accept, being too tired and in arrears with work. She enjoyed her recent jaunt into the Alpes Maritimes, where life is cheap and attractive. She mentions Mary O’Neill, who has had a marvellous escape from a misadventure, which has left her with facial injuries. She finishes off by hoping that she may have another first night for Anne and Stephen during the winter.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Salthill Hotel[, Monkstown, county Dublin] to Anne O’Mara. Kate is hard at work and in a fuss over some unspecified business involving [Arthur] Rank. She is expecting Guthrie McClintic’s arrival in London in December. She is delighted with her expedition to Connemara and the prospect of buying property there, and gives an amusing account of her house-hunting activities.