<> Boyd Letters Boyd Estate 1971 Sep 19th Linen Hall Library Wednesday, March 16, 2016 TIFF Boyd066 Letter Friel, Belfast, Canada English https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/boyd066 Linen Hall Library Linen Hall Library Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Boyd066_1.jpg LHL Archive 19 September 1971 Dear Desmond: Sorry for the delay in commenting on the Friel chapters. I have two excuses: the first is the IRA (presum- ably) bombed us out of Bedford Street rather effectively on the day before I started on three weeks leave which I am now enjoying! In Belfast!! I have read the chapters. They seem to me first class. I have got from them many insights into Brian's plays and I thought I knew the plays reasonably well. I am going to re-read the chapters and I shall write to you again. Brian is doing a 'Self Portrait* pro- gramme for me which may be very interest- ing indeed. I will write to you again when I get my wits gathered. With best wishes to Joy and to all my friends in York. Ever (John Boyd) Professor D.Maxwell, 79 Royal Orchard Boulevard, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada. JB/FJ Text