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LevelItem
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)LAdd/6543
TitleLetter to Sewell Stokes from Arthur S. Coward
Extent1 item
Date1929
DescriptionManuscript letter dated 20 February 1929 addressed to [Sewell] Stokes. Written by Arthur S. Coward [Noël Coward's father], 111 Ebury Street. On the subject of Noël Coward's youth, Arthur Coward states that it would be best for Stokes to write to him for this information.

Also see LAdd/6542
Access ConditionsAccess to all registered researchers
Access StatusOpen
Administrative HistoryNoël Coward's family moved through the suburbs of south London, before finally setting in Ebury Street, where his mother Violet acquired a boarding-house on the fringes of Belgravia.

The recipient of these letters, Sewell Stokes, was an author and broadcaster who also worked as a probation officer and prison visitor, writing several works on the British penal system. In collaboration with his brother, Stokes also produced a controversial and successful play (later film) about Oscar Wilde, with his friend Robert Morley in the lead role.
AcquisitionPurchased December 2024

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