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BERYL REID - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 01/21/1990 - HFSID 206652

Tony and BAFTA TV Award-winning actress Beryl Reid signed this letter, typed on her personalized stationery in 1980. In it, she answers a question what was her favorite performance from another actor. The answer: Frances de la Tour in Duet for One.

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BERYL REID
Tony and BAFTA TV Award-winning actress Beryl Reid signed this letter, typed on her personalized stationery in 1980. In it, she answers a question what was her favorite performance from another actor. The answer: Frances de la Tour in Duet for One. De la Tour won the 1980 Lawrence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a New Play for her performance, the the same year Reid won the award for Best Comedy Performance in Born in the Gardens.
Typed letter signed "Beryl Reid". Pencil notations on verso in unknown hand. 1 page, 8x10, on Reid's personalized stationery. Jan. 21, 1990. Addressed to Mr. William W. Stanhope, Albuquerque, New Mexico. In full: "Dear Mr. Stanhope, (William) Thank you so much for your letter and extra-ordinary request, although I find it quite easy to answer. My favourite performance of all time was done by Francise [sic] de la Toure [sic] in DUET FOR ONE. I had a wonderful night in the theatre and was amazed that such a marvellous [sic] play could be made out of such an extraordinary subject. It was of course, the life of Jacqueline du Prez, the cellist who died of multiple sclerosis. The action of the whole play was her visits to the psychologist and her changing moods through the illness. In spite of this it was marvellously [sic] interesting and I thought she didn't put a foot wrong. She got a Lawrence Olivier Award for Best Actress and I got the same thing for Best Comedy Actress, the same year. Well I hope my letter enlightening. With best wishes, Yours sincerely, BERYL REID O.B.E." FRANCES DE LA TOUR, born in 1944, won the 1980 Lawrence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a New Play for Duet for One, the same year Reid won the award for Best Comedy Performance in Born in the Gardens. British actor and comedienne Reid (1920-1996) got her start in a revue during the summer of 1936 in the resort town of Bridlington. Despite having no formal training, she joined the Royal National Theatre in London as a comedy actress and went on to appear in almost 80 movies and TV shows between 1948 and 1994. Ever cheerful and bright, Reid specialized in slightly sauced old ladies later in her career. She acted against type when she portrayed sadistic, cigar-chomping lesbian June Buckridge in the original 1964 West End production of The Killing of Sister George. But the stretch paid off. She went on to win a Tony Award for her reprisal of Buckridge in the original Broadway version (1966-1967), as well as a Golden Globe nomination for her reprisal in the 1968 film adaptation. She also portrayed Soviet intelligence specialist Connie Sachs in two BBC-TV adaptations of John le Carré novels, Tinker, Sailor, Soldier, Spy (1979)and Smiley's People (1982), winning a BAFTA TV award for her performance in Smiley's People. Reid was made an Officer of the British Empire in 1986. Lightly toned and creased. Folded twice and unfolded. Otherwise in fine condition.

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