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O'CASEY, Sean (1880-1964). Two autograph letters signed, the first to Lady Astor, Totnes, 27 October 1938, describing with relish a visit from a young lady who 'saw little and understood less. She hopped in & hopped out with tightened lips & a tilted nose, certain of seeing things in a way bound to please others', and who evidently disagreed with his progressive views on education, encouraging Lady Astor to come to see the Totnes Council School, mentioning friends including one who has been killed 'fighting the God-fearing Franco', and sending greetings to her family, two pages, 4°; the second letter to David Astor, Overstrand Mansions, 11 May 1935, enclosing a plan of 'where our tent is pitched in the wilds of Battersea', one page, 8°.
Nancy Astor was a close friend and generous supporter of O'Casey, who writes to her in his characteristically humourous and chatty style, mocking his visitor's endorsement of school examinations as 'the only way to test - There you are: a useless test is the only way to test a thing. Is this Roedean? Are these the 'intelligent (educated persons the Telegraph now calls them) persons' for whom there's no room in Russia?' (2)
Nancy Astor was a close friend and generous supporter of O'Casey, who writes to her in his characteristically humourous and chatty style, mocking his visitor's endorsement of school examinations as 'the only way to test - There you are: a useless test is the only way to test a thing. Is this Roedean? Are these the 'intelligent (educated persons the Telegraph now calls them) persons' for whom there's no room in Russia?' (2)