[John Osborne, playwright] Autograph Letter Signed "Helen" [Osborne] to Hunter Davies, author, journalist and broadcaster, apparently reviewing an article Davies is seeking to publish & admitting that Osborne and herself are experiencing hard times.

[John Osborne, playwright experiencing difficult times] Helen Osborne, wife of John Osborne, playwright

Published by Headed "The Hurst | Clunton | Craven Arms Salop" minimal date "Sunday".With envelope

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Two pages, 21 x 20cms, fold marks but text clear and in good condition. "Dear Hunter, | Thanks. Have made a few corrections & also - | a) Could you play down the heal;th bit? Sometimes it's pretty good, but this sort of thing scares off commissions & bloody terrifies the bank manager. b) The subject of money. The position is frightful. If you saw the size of the overdraft & the back tax demands, you'd go white overnight. But, again, it gets up the nose of the afore mentioned Bank Manager & what Archie Rice [The Entertainer] called the Income Tax Man. We are treading on sliver-thin ice here. | Also, as I know from a previous Indie [The Independent Newspaper presumably] interview, with La Barber [Lynn Barber], it produced a wad of hate mail from your readers. Ditto the daughter. Which I have to answer. No thanks! | Hope we'll see you again - either here or in your ravishing looking house in the Lakes. Better mood then, I'd hope.[.]" Helen Osborne [nee Dawson] was herself a journalist [Wikipedia].

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• Title: [John Osborne, playwright] Autograph Letter Signed "Helen" [Osborne] to Hunter Davies, author, journalist and broadcaster, apparently reviewing an article Davies is seeking to publish & admitting that Osborne and herself are experiencing hard times.
• Publisher: Headed "The Hurst | Clunton | Craven Arms Salop" minimal date "Sunday".With envelope