| Description | Correspondence between Ronald Duncan, Rose Marie Duncan, Briony Duncan (later Lawson), Bunny [Bianca Duncan], Mole [Ethel Dunkelsbuhler] and Andrew Lawson. The correspondence comprises postcards, letters and air mail, with the bulk of the correspondence being from Ronald Duncan to his daughter Briony. The majority of the letters are dated. Includes a letter from Buckingham Palace and concerns family matters, the Duncan's holiday lettings business, a performance of 'Christopher Sly' in Stuttgart, Duncan's autobiographies, his ideas on poetry and writing, Virginia Maskell's death, 'Mandala', 'Man', a play on Gandhi, a con artist using the name 'Andrew Lawson', 'Abelard and Heloise', 'Crackers', Herman Bondi, 'The Tale of Tails', 'The Encyclopaedia of Ignorance', 'A Tribute to Ronald Duncan: by his Friends', the Jeremy Thorpe affair, 'The Seven Deadly Virtues', 'Mr & Mrs Mouse' and 'Hylas', among other things.
See also Rose Marie Duncan's correspondence [EUL MS 397/18/2] |