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 Menotti & hated the Soldiers tale,² (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.³  We loved seeing you so much.
All love from both.
U.

1.  For Sir John in Love (Catalogue of Works 1928/3)
2.  VW and UVW went to the first night, Tuesday 22 July, at Sadler’s Wells, of a joint production by the New Opera Company of Menotti’s The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore with Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale.
3.  Saturday was the dress rehearsal for Sir John in Love at Sadler’s Wells, which VW missed due to a medical emergency – see VWL3272. The first night of Sir John in Love at Sadler’s Wells was Tuesday the 29^th.