DL/A-Z//MACE - [Correspondence with Helder Macedo]

DL/A-Z//MACE

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[Correspondence with Helder Macedo]

1975, 2004

7 Letters (typescript)

Macedo, Helder
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013

7 items, some highlighted. Personal correspondence between Helder Macedo and Doris Lessing regarding the Dom Pedro musical. Includes a letter from Phillip Rothwell, Portuguese Program Coordinator at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, regarding Macedo's retirement, and asks if Lessing will write a paragraph inspired by Macedo (item 006). Lessing's reply praises Macedo's devotion to teaching and Portuguese Literature (item 007).

DL/A-Z//MACE/001 [from Doris Lessing to Helder Macedo, 27/05/1975]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Discusses the Don Pedro musical and current political climate. Mentions "new Revolutions". Writes that she wishes to "waive" her rights in the musical, "legal, moral, or anything else". Writes that it was their (hers and Macedo's) fault for "imagining in a time of such virulent political feelings, it would be possible to write so lightly on a subject".

DL/A-Z//MACE/002 [from Helder Macedo to Doris Lessing, 28/05/1975]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes that he couldn't accept to present the musical as entirely his own when they wrote it together, and now he will "let the corpse lie dead, as it should". Mentions the Portuguese colonial wars.

DL/A-Z//MACE/003 [from Doris Lessing to Helder Macedo, 30/05/1975]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Discusses how she believes he should still put on the musical. Mentions how she is "finished with the theatre". Writes of his relevance and popularity in Portugal, and how this will help with publicity.