NORA K. STRANGE

I am searching for personal information about the novelist Nora K. Strange, who wrote about Kenya in the 1920s-30s. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Email: plorcin@umn.edu

Postal Address: DR PATRICIA LORCIN, University of Minnesota, History Department, 614 Social Sciences Building, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA

DAVID GASCOYNE

Sir, – I am currrently writing for the Oxford University Press a Life of the poet and translator David Gascoyne (1916–2001), whose net of influence and friendship spread far and wide. I would be interested to hear from those who knew him, or have papers relevant to my undertaking. I can be contacted at R.Fraser@open.ac.uk

ROBERT FRASER
English Department, Open University, Milton Keynes.

HUGH TREVOR-ROPER

Sir, – I am writing an authorized biography of the late Hugh Trevor-Roper (Lord Dacre), and I should be grateful to hear from anyone possessing letters of his, or with reminiscences to share. Please write to me at the address below, or email to as@adamsisman.com.

ADAM SISMAN
Lipyeate House, Holcombe, Bath.

COMMENTARY MAGAZINE

For a biography of Commentary magazine (1945–present), I would appreciate hearing from anyone with letters, documents, anecdotes, or recollections.

Benjamin Balint
Ha-Gdud Ha-Ivri 16/6
Jerusalem, Israel
benjamin.balint@gmail.com

W. G. INGRAM AND THEODORE REDPATH

I am seeking permission to reprint extracts from the 1964 edition of Shakespeare’s Sonnets edited by W. G. Ingram and Theodore Redpath (U. of London Press).

Anyone with contact information for the editors, their heirs, or other copyright holders please contact Dr Carl Atkins, 112 Voorhis Ave., Rockville Centre, NY 11570-2746, USA (e-mail catkins@alum.mit.edu).

NORMAN MAILER

For an edition of the selected letters of Norman Mailer that I am editing for Random House, I would be grateful for copies of his letters to correspondents.

Thank you, J. Michael Lennon, jmlennon1@comcast.net
4 Willow Drive, Unit 2, Provincetown, MA 02657, USA

REGGIE SMITH

I am researching and writing a biography of Reggie Smith, who passed into fiction on a train to Rumania in 1938, and emerged as “Guy Pringle” in the Balkans trilogy.

From Birmingham, Reggie joined the British Council, married Olivia Manning and with her escaped to Egypt. After the war he helped set up the Palestinian Broadcasting Service and later joined BBC Radio, making many distinguished programmes for the Third Programme and Home Service first in its Features Department and then in Drama.

A further career took Reggie into academia at the Universities of Ulster and Surrey, but his charisma and generosity of spirit outlive the re-inventions of his life. He died in 1985.

All information, particularly anecdotes, will be welcomed and acknowledged, and should be sent to Gerry Harrison, 3 Inkerman Road, London NW5 3BS, or to gerryharrison1@aol.com.

DOROTHY M. RICHARDSON

For a descriptive Calendar of letters by or relating to Dorothy M. Richardson (1873-1957), to be published by ELT Press in 2007, I would welcome information about letters in private hands, or in collections that have not yet come to my attention. This Calendar will supplement the work of Gloria Fromm in Windows on Modernism: The Selected Letters of Dorothy Richardson, and my own works on Richardson, published by ELT Press in 1996, 1999, and 2001.

George H. Thomson, 655 Echo Drive, Ottawa, Canada K1S 1P2
gthomson@uottawa.ca

LES MURRAY

I am editing the correspondence of the Australian poet Les Murray for publication, with Murray's support and help, and I would be most grateful to hear from anyone with Murray letters and cards.

Email: p.alexander@unsw.edu.au

Postal address: Professor Peter Alexander, Department of English, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia.

MARION PLARR

I am seeking information about Marion Plarr, daughter of the poet Victor Plarr (1863-1929), and author of Cynara (1933). I would appreciate hearing from anyone who knows the dates of her birth and death and any other biographical information.

Val Morgan (g.morgan3@ntlworld.com), 2 Robin Crescent, Stanway, Colchester, Essex CO3 8WR.

ANDREW P. WILSON

I am currently working on a critical biography of Andrew P. Wilson (1886-1950), Scottish playwright, director, actor and co-founder of the Scottish National Players. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has stories, correspondence, playbills, etc, about Wilson.

Dr Steven Burch (sburch@bama.ua.edu), University of Alabama, Dept of Theatre and Dance, Box 870239, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0239

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