For award-winning, internationally-acclaimed author Rosemary Sutcliff (1920-92). By Anthony Lawton: godson, cousin & literary executor. Rosemary Sutcliff wrote historical fiction, children's literature and books, films, TV & radio, including The Eagle of the Ninth, Sword at Sunset, Song for a Dark Queen, The Mark of the Horse Lord, The Silver Branch, The Lantern Bearers, Dawn Wind, Blue Remembered Hills.
July 9th Saturday. M came and spent the evening with me while Ray took Joan to see ”Major Barbara” at the Festival Theatre. Hair wash.
The reference is to Chichester Festival Theatre, where the plays for the 1988 season were Major Barbara (by George Benrard Shaw), Hay Fever (by Noel Coward), Ring Around The Moon (by Jean Anouilh) and The Royal Baccarat Scandal (by Royce Ryton).
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July 9th Saturday. M came and spent the evening with me while Ray took Joan to see ”Major Barbara” at the Festival Theatre. Hair wash.
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 
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um, Jean Anouilh…
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