[ Sinclair Beiles, South African beat poet. ] Typed Letter Signed ('Sinclair') to 'Dear Emperor of France & Asturias' (David de Keyser?), with title-page only of play 'Mort à la Campagne | Une comédie en trois actes | de SINCLAIR BEILES'.

Letter: 1p., 8vo. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper. 34 lines of text. A playful (stoned?) communication. He thanks him for 'giving me the Sahara right up to the North African Coast', and explains his plans for making the area 'fertile by piping into it water from the Mediterranean'. He asks him to forward 'photocopies of this letter' to Alec Natas ('a very powerful electrician'), and to Linda Talbot. There are also references to 'Marion', Ivan Katzen, 'Lord Levy' and 'the Imperial Dentist, Sol Philips'. 'Emperor Heathcote & Empress Jean' are the poet Heathcote Williams (b.1941) and his partner the model Jean Shrimpton. Beiles has also blocked off parts of the letterhead to give the words 'ROTTER', 'TERD' and 'KANT [...] SHOW [...] LOVE', as well as typing the words 'tampons' and 'iron'. Title-page: On grey paper. Heavily worn and chipped. Features cast list ('Personnages'). There is no record of the play having been published. No other copy traced, either on COPAC or OCLC WorldCat.