DL/A-Z//FOSS H - [Correspondence with Harlan Foss]

Reference code

DL/A-Z//FOSS H

Level of description

File

Title

[Correspondence with Harlan Foss]

Date/s

1988-1991

Quantity & Format

2 Letters (typescript)
1 Photographs (colour)
1 Documents

Creator

Foss, Harlan

Creator

Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013

Scope and content

4 items, some highlighted. Personal correspondence between Doris Lessing and operatic baritone Harlan Foss. Includes a photograph of Foss and Catherine Stapleton on their wedding day, and an announcement of their marriage.

DL/A-Z//FOSS H/001 [from Harlan Foss to Doris Lessing, 21/10/1988]

Letter, 1 leaf recto and verso, typed.
Discusses Houston and the relationship between Minoru and Eicho. Mentions the production of 'Cenerentola' by Rossini. Discusses performances and music. Mentions 'Planet 8'.

DL/A-Z//FOSS H/002 [from Doris Lessing to Harlan Foss, 15/01/1991]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes to Foss to ask him to "tear up the letters" that Lessing wrote to him about "Tim" (Timothy Breese). Calls herself a "maniac". Apologises for the apparent "awfulness" of her behaviour. Writes that she has decided to "forget" about opera as nothing is happening with 'Representatives' or 'Marriages' and is returning to her "proper pursuits", short stories.

DL - Doris Lessing Archive
- DL/2008 - Doris Lessing Archive 2008 deposit
  - DL/A-Z - [A-Z Correspondence of Doris Lessing]
    - DL/A-Z//FOSS H - [Correspondence with Harlan Foss]

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