A Letter – believed to be to Hilary and Kiffer from Jacqueli...

A Letter – believed to be to Hilary and Kiffer from Jacqueline du Pré, 2 pages only of 4 page letter, "I've been asked whether I ever play topless!" "Embarrassing incident…a phenomenally beautiful & delicately structured cake…specially for me…put into my hands to worship…" "…and I dropped the damn thing onto the hostesses carpet where it splayed out like hot cow dung!" "I won't attempt to describe the next few minutes!!" "One poignant incident…at Carnegie Hall…shake your hand…never see you again…off to Vietnam" "This country feels in such a mess somehow." Murder in a toilet Also; A photocopy* of a Letter - to Mum and Dad (Dearest Mum and Dad) From Jacqueline (Me). 23 Feb 1970, 7 pages, "The concerts have all gone quite well and I have been called alternatively and angel, a tom boy and a sucker up to Rostropovich by our friends the critics.,," "…see if I care!, specially since all I want to do is get out of there and come home." "I bumped into Cliffird Curzon in the street today and he sent you his love and greetings above the din and stink of 57th street." Describes seeing Zubin and Nancy "and a perfect maquillaged face." Describes the ties she's bought for Dad, as just "...specimins of elegant beauty and taste and are bought as a reflection of my character." Describes driving on the steep hills in San Francisco and trying to get out of cars elegantly! Also; a photocopy* of the Letter to Mum, Dad and Gran and Bar from Jacqueline (J). No date, 4 pages, Describes her large suite, "…chintz curtains and lots of dainty old-fashioned furniture." "I just had an interview for the Women's section in the NY Times and they asked me to oblige and put on an elegant dress from my 'collection'! How do you like that?..." "…So I wore a dirndl which foxed them as they had never seen one before." "…the hostess had prepared a gigantic cake [for Danny]. She also made a stunner for me with a cello drawn with chocolate icing…" "…and the whole thing built on chocolate tiers. Before we could eat the beautiful thing…disaster struck when I dropped it!!..." "…and it splayed out with a heavy squigey splat on the floor like cow dung!" "I won't attempt to describe the next few minutes!!" "…All the decoration and the cello dissapeared and so did the smile on the hostesses face!! You can imagine the next few minutes…" "Did I tell you that someone asked me if I was the girl that plays topless?..." "I have … to rehearse Lalo with a man known professionally as 'Stiff-Elbows' because he looks so awkward when he conducts." (3)

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