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John Christie Correspondence, General Correspondence, L Correspondents

Reference code: G/CC/1/2/13
Level: File
Title: John Christie Correspondence, General Correspondence, L Correspondents
Quantity & Format: 152 letters
Repository: Glyndebourne Archive
Creator(s): Christie, John
Scope and content: Contains correspondence to and from -
John Lade, The Musical Times, 1958 (1 letter + newspaper clipping from The Musical Times, July 1958, reviewing Falstaff and Alceste)

Dorothy Laird, 1960 (3 letters, including one from Clarence House)

E. Lane, 1959 (2 letters)

Estella Langdon, 1960 (1 letter)

Archbishop of Canterbury, Cosmo Lang, 1936 & 1941 (2 letters)

Tommy Lascelles, Buckingham Palace, 1934, 1936 and 1943 (4 letters)

Denise Lassimonne, 1958 (2 letters)

Ingrid Laudi, 1958 (2 letters)

Sidney Lawrence, 1958 (2 letters)

T.B.Lawrence. c.1942/3 (1 letter)

Henry Lea, 1960 (1 letter)

Margery Lee, 1960 (2 letters) 20 to here

H.S.Lee, 1958 (1 letter)

Walter Legge, The Gramophone Co. His Masters Voice, 1936 (4 letters)

D.F.Leney, 1960 (5 letters)

F. Lewis, 1936 (2 letters)

Norah Lewis, 1959 (2 letters)
Norah Lewis writes, “...you have given us that sense of occasion, that magic, that electric current of anticipation which, uniting company and audience, brings a warmth and response which I have never felt anywhere else….To every regular Glyndebourne goer you are a personal friend.”

John Christie writes, “It is very kind of you to write so good a letter to me. I am grateful. I get quite a lot but it is only the exceptional one that I answer., though I am grateful for all of them.”

Speden Lewis, 1957 and 1958, 1959, 1960 and 1962 (16 letters)
John Christie writes, 13 July 1960, “My George has effectively taken over my position, but I am free to add my assistance - if that’s the right word - without embarrassing or irritating any of our organisation…”

Joan Liddle, Workers Educational Association, 1960, 1961 and 1962 (5 letters)

Harry Lines, 1957 (1 letter)

Lois Lieff, Friends of the National School of Opera, 1959 (1 letter)

Name difficult to decipher, Lister & Co. Limited, 1957 (1 letter) the correspondent writes, “I am glad your are pleased with the curtains. I too thought they were xxxxx before the ‘rise’ and a flattering background to the performances after the ‘fall’."

Hugh Liversidge, 1958 and 1959 (7 letters)

Julian Livingstone Herbage, BBC, 1942 (1 letter) “Glyndebourne, with its meticulously rehearsed performances given in such a charming atmosphere.”

Major The Rt. Hon Gwilyn Lloyd George, Ministry of Fuel, 1942 (1 letter)

Edward Lockspeiser, Tribune, 1957 and 1958 (3 letters + a newspaper clipping from Tribune, 1 August 1958)
John Christie writes, “There seems to be so much trouble in the operatic world, whose only solution seems to be to get more money. Yet we have no state aid at all, and are building a rehearsal stage now which will cost us £12,000. Glyndebourne has never once been consulted on any point, and we have had the utmost hostility. The Arts Council have been trying to stop the Edinburgh Festival because it was my wife’s idea, and Glyndebourne is carrying it out.”

J.F.Lockwood, EMI, 1959, (2 letters)

O.W.Loeb & Company Ltd, 1943 (1 letter)

Sigmund Loeb, Wine Merchant, 1935-1937 (54 letters)

Mrs Lombard-Hobson, 1958 (1 letter) 126 to here

Editor, The London Chronicle, 1958 (1 letter + newspaper clipping from The London Chronicle, 19 July 1958)
John Christie writes, “The purpose of evening dress is to give the public trouble. This work must be based on respect; if it does not get respect, it must stop. That is hard, but true. The public can only show respect by taking trouble. We want to give them trouble in order to confirm this respect. It is the exact opposite of snobbishness. We take a great deal of trouble - and so must they.”

London Guild of Arts, John Gibson & Michael Wolff, undated (1 letter)

Paulise Lugg, 1959 (2 letters)

Sylvia Luling, 1958 (1 letter)

Thomas Lumley Works of Art, 1958 (6 letters)
John Christie writes, “I am sorry for not having sent this before but in the Glyndebourne struggle it was overlooked.”

Robert Lush (?), 1957 (1 letter)

Lisa Lustgarten, 1957 (1 letter)

Mrs Lyell, 1946 (1 letter)

Peter Lycett Green, 1936 (2 letters)

Sophie Lyle, John Christie's Cousin, 1943 (1 letter)

Richard Lynex, 1960 (1 letter)

George Lyttelton, 1957 (2 letters + a leaflet entitled ‘With all good wishes from Treago')

Oliver Lyttelton, The Viscount Chandos, 1957 or 1958, (1 letter)