THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

13 Cheyne Walk
Chelsea, S.W.3.

[July 1927]

Dear Miss Sharp¹

I have, in intervals of other things which have been pressing, been preparing all my proposed emendations of Act I – which I will come & discuss with you soon if I may – then I hope to get on to Act II²
Yrs sincerely

R Vaughan Williams

1. Evelyn Sharp, sister of Cecil Sharp the folk-song collector.
2. Evelyn Sharp was preparing a libretto for the opera The Poisoned Kiss (Catalogue of Works 1936/2) whose plot was developed from a short story ‘The Poison Maid’ from Twilight of the Gods by Richard Garnett.