Catalogue

A PASSAGE TO INDIA (1979)

Item id: DL/20/2

Description: Correspondence from Alec Guinness, (see also DL/10) i) Letter to David Lean, giving his views on characterisation in "A Passage to India" and expressing a wish to play the character of Godbole himself, 20 September 1982. ii) Letter to David and Sandy Lean, thanking them for his birthday flowers and giving his ideas on casting for "A Passage to India", 30 March 1983. iii) Letter to David Lean, written from the Connaught Hotel, reconsidering his wish to play Godbole, 10 April 1983. iv) Letter to David Lean, mentioning the British Film Institute Evening at the Guildhall, where he picked up an award on Lean's behalf, 8 October 1983. (See also DL/20/5 iii)) v) Letter to David Lean, expressing his concern that Lean may have been offended by some references to him in John Russell Taylor's book on Alec Guinness ("Alec Guinness: a Celebration", 1984.), 22 May 1983. vi) Letter to David Lean, congratulating him on "A Passage to India" and critising his own performance, 16 December 1984. vii) Letter to David Lean, regretting that he is unable to speak at Lean's imminent Life Achievement Award Ceremony, 12 January 1990.