Thurs[RG] May 13th Coronation Day[RG] Thursday[RG].

Fine, then much rain.
Another version of The Stranger & 2 versions of the resuscitated poem. The Last March1
Work on Ghost.
Laura doing poems.
She has bad nights again
Arthur Barker writes that the Claudius film is almost certianly being abandoned.
First news of[RG] D [sic: d]amage to destroyer Hunter: it looks like an incident rather than an accident.

Editorial Notes

1this could be a superseded title on draft(s) of "Defeat of the Rebels" (check drafts in Buffalo for this title). DW; see also "The Victory" (March 23rd entry) eds.

Hands Referenced

    • Annotation: ink correction
    • Character: regular
    • Ink: black

People Mentioned

  • Laura

    Riding, Laura
    (1901-91) American poet. Laura Riding (née Reichenthal; then Laura Gottschalk).

  • A.B.

    Arthurby

    Barker, Arthur
    Owner and director of Arthur Barker Ltd., the English publisher of I, Claudius and Claudius the God. Arthurby was L.R.'s nickname for him.

Organizations Mentioned

  • Hunter

    Hunter
    British destroyer eds.

Bibliography

    • Title: The Swiss Ghost [formerly The Kind Ghost] [novel]
    • Author: Graves, Robert/ Riding, Laura
    • Date: 1937-04-22
    • Title: Collected Poems [1938]
    • Author: Riding, Laura
    • PubPlace: London, Toronto, Melbourne & Sydney
    • Publisher: Cassell and Co. Ltd
    • Idno: A35
    • Date: 1938
    • Title: The Strangers [poem became The Stranger]
    • Title: Collected Poems [1938]
    • Author: Graves, Robert
    • PubPlace: London, Toronto, Melbourne & Sydney
    • Publisher: Cassell and Co. Ltd.
    • Idno: A48
    • Date: 1937-05-09
    • Title: The Last March ["resuscitated" poem] [could be a superseded title on draft(s) of "Defeat of the Rebels" (Check drafts in Buffalo for this title). DW]
    • Author: Graves, Robert
    • Date: 1937-05-13
    • Title: Defeat of the Rebels [poem: in Complete Poems, Vol. II, p. 98. DW]
    • Title: Collected Poems (1938)
    • Author: Graves, Robert
    • PubPlace: London, Toronto, Melbourne & Sydney
    • Publisher: Cassell
    • Date: 1938-11
    • Title: Claudius [the film: based on I, Claudius, directed by Alexander Korda, starring Charles Laughton. It was never completed.]