[{"node":{"title":"Boyd097","Collections":"Boyd Letters","Contributor":"Boyd Estate","Coverage":"1978 Jun 22nd","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Wednesday, March 16, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Boyd097","Item Description":"Letter","Keywords":"Oxford, University","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/boyd097","Publisher":"Linen Hall Library","Relation":"Linen Hall Library","Rights":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA","Scanned image":{"src":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Boyd097_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeffProfessor Dodds\n\n22nd June 1978\n\nProfessor E. R. Dodds,\nCromwell's house,\nOld Farston,\nOxford,\nENGLAND\n\nDear bodes,\n\nYes, they did include that silly shot of undergraduates\ndrinking champagne. They should, of course, have\nrespected your wishes as the clip was completely out\nof context. However, BBC Directors tend to think of\nthemselves as Moguls.\n\nIf you would like to read one of my plays here is\nTHE FLATS,  which i wrote, some years ago. It is my most\npopular play, but I don't think it my best. I haven't\nread it since 1 wrote it, so I don't now whether it\nmakes good reading. I do know that it makes good\ntheatre.\n\nWe are all very tired of the almost daily assassinations,\nbut what can we do! I envy you Oxford.\n\nBy the way, did you ever come across an old friend\nof mine called Jack Kells, who was Reader in Classics\nin London University.\n\nWith best wishes,\n\n(John Boyd)\n","Type":"Text"}}]