The Fawcett Library
(now the Women's Library) in London houses the Suffrage archives, including many of EP
's papers. A sound recording about her, originally an Argo
long-playing record, contains a reminiscence by Sybil Thorndike
Textual Production
Anne Ridler
Henry Bly was written for Martin Browne
's Mercury Theatre
, but only got as far as a read-through by the Poets Theatre Guild
before Browne's tenure of the theatre lapsed. Another of these plays,...
Saint Joan, a history play by GBS
responding to Joan
's recent canonization, had its London opening at the New Theatre
, starring Sybil Thorndike
. The role was crucial for Thorndike, who was...
death
Christopher St John
Vita Sackville-West
—although St John's death brought her the horrifying discovery of the love-journal recording their relationship—wrote to The Times celebrating her as a roaringly rumbustious character in the grand tradition of English eccentrics.
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.