DAVID ROUNDS - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED - HFSID 317909

DAVID ROUNDS
Tony-award winning actor sends John Willis, editor of Theatre World, his regrets on not getting to see him
Autograph letter signed: "David" in black ink. 1 page, 6x7. Written on personal letterhead. Original envelope included. In full: "Dear Jack - Regret must regret. Keene and I are trying to get our act together in Baker's Wife - so far so good. Will miss seeing you. Continued success and health - Yours". 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 rounded. Otherwise, fine condition.