THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

MRS. R. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, 10 HANOVER TERRACE, LONDON, N.W.1.

[24 July 1958]

Rehearsals¹ going splendidly.  We enjoyed the Menotti² & hated the Soldiers tale,³ (brilliantly produced though it was) Cheap, sentimental claptrap, then, old fashioned & tedious, with nasty music!
Gil will be here on Friday, I think – & no dinner jackets needed for Saturday.⁴  We loved seeing you so much.
All love from both.
U.

1.  For Sir John in Love (Catalogue of Works 1928/3)
2.  MK thinks this was a double bill of Menotti’s The Medium and Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale ; not yet identified.
3.  Stage work by Stravinsky (1918).
4.  First performance of the new production of Sir John in Love.