DAVID ROUNDS - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 05/24/1973 - HFSID 316114

DAVID ROUNDS
The actor sends a letter apologizing for being unable to attend the most recent Theatre World Awards
Autograph letter signed: "David", in blue ink, 1 page, 6x7. May 24, 1973. Included is the original mailing envelope. In full: "Dear John - I was very unhappy to have missed your Theatre World party last Monday. I had delayed R.S.V.Ping until the last minute because I had hoped to be able to come, some how. I am in Stratford (Conn.) for the season (Country Wife & Measure) and I hope you will come back and see me when you come up. You will, won't you? Fond Regards". David Rounds (1930-1983) won a Tony and a Drama Desk Award for Morning's at Seven(1980), his sixth and final Broadway play in a sequence begun with Foxy (1964). (In the intervening years, he appeared in Child's Play (also the 1972 film version), The Rothschilds, The Last of Mrs. Lincoln and Romeo and Juliet. His full-length films included King of the Gypsies (1978) and The Elephant Man (televised from a stage rendition, 1982). His listings in the "soap book" would derive from The Edge of Night (1963-1965) and Ryan's Hope (1977). He also appeared in three episodes of the TV mini-series The Blue and the Gray (1982). John A. Willis (1916-2010), active in Theatre World from the beginning, became its chief editor in 1965, holding that position until 2008. Willis is regarded as one of the foremost theatre and film historians of the 20th century. While producing (and presenting) the annual Theatre World Awards, Willis also served on the nominating committee for the Tony Awards. Theatre World, which received its own Tony for Excellence in Theatre in 2001, continues under chief editor Ben Hodges. Normal mailing fold. Light surface creases. Corners slightly worn. Otherwise, fine condition.