2 typed letters signed.

New York and Pacific Palisades, California, 8 May 1949 and 21 - Jan. 1950.,

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Author

Mann, Thomas, Writer (1875-1955).

Publishers

New York and Pacific Palisades, California, 8 May 1949 and 21, Jan. 1950.

Keyword

Autographs: Literature

Languages

English

Description

8vo and 4to. Together 3 pp. In English, both to Jerome Bengis, on imprinted stationery of the St. Regis: "Although I have myself recently become a musician of sorts, music is not really my field and as a critic of the type of book the author of which you are I am hardly competent" (8 May 1949). On 21 January 1950 he writes: "I have now occupied myself with your play, and although I feel on quite uncertain ground in the dramatic field, I dare say quite generally that your idea is original and its treatment effective and poetic in parts. Of course, the obstacles to a performance are quite obvious to me, for the Church more influential than ever in this country will certainly not tolerate the person of the Redeemer to be brought on the stage, even though the action takes place in pre-evangelic times".