{"value"=>"<p>This series includes a variety of requests ranging from letters seeking Hepburn’s participation in productions to those asking her to serve as an honorary board member of a regional theater. There are also several requests regarding possible awards, which Hepburn usually declined.</p> <p>Correspondents range from aspiring playwrights to established theater professionals such as Guy Bolton, Hume Cronyn, A.R. Gurney, director Jules Dassin, Daniel Frohman, James Goldman, producers Richard Barr, Frederick Brisson, Alexander Cohen, Ellis Rabb, and Diana Rigg.</p> <p> Theaters represented include the Cleveland PlayHouse [sic], Goodspeed Opera House, Ivoryton Playhouse, Westport Country Playhouse, and several British theaters and producers.</p> <p>At the request of the Eugene O’Neill Foundation at Tao House, Hepburn wrote to the San Francisco department store, Gumps, which was in possession of the bed. Her letter to Gumps succeeded in obtaining the bed (a Chinese opium table) for the foundation in northern California. Of particular note is a handwritten letter (ca. 1959-1960) from Pamela Travers, telling Hepburn that she was the author’s only choice to play Mary Poppins on television.</p>"}