Author:
Sinclair Beiles (1930-2000), South African beat poet, associate of William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin and pioneer of the 'cut-up' technique [ David de Keyser (b.1927), English actor ]
Publication details:
Letter: on 'Necotex' letterhead, Amsterdam, Holland; 2 April 1970. Title-page of play: without date or place. ('Tout renseignements | David de Keyser, Ltd. | 77, Dean Street 77 | London W.1'.
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'.
