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15th August 1917,
Seefeldstrasse, 73, III. Zurich, Switzerland.
Dear Mr. Joyce,
I have just received your postcard of the 8th. I am glad you have
written to Mr. Richards, for he needs all the pressure we can bring to bear.
I have not yet been able to get him to settle the details of the contract. I
drafted a contract and sent it to him; but he does not like my draft, and said
that he thought the contract should be simply a copy of the other. I do not
think this a reasonable view, and it would not meet your wishes on various
points, including the American side. He asked me to let him draft an
alternative contract and submit it to me, I have been waiting for this and
have not yet received it from him, in spite of repeated reminders. You
know how difficult he is to pin down. If I call he is never there, and it is
the same thing if one tries to get him on the telephone. One is therefore
reduced to writing.
I will find out when Mr. Grein[1] returns, and send him a copy of
the play.
I have relations with the Pioneer Players and with the Manchester Repertory
Theatre, but the latter is closed now, as Miss Horniman[2] does not apparently find it possible
to
keep it going in War time.
I will certainly take back [handwritten above del. take]
up
your appeal to Mr. Richards about dates.
I have heard from the editor of Poetry to say that they
hope to use your poems in their September or October numbers. They
would have liked to pay in advance she says, but at the moment
Poetry is too poor to be able to do this.
I have not yet received the royalty accounts from Huebsch.
