| My deepest indebtednesses are to the late John Sutro, who encouraged me by his pleasure in the thought of a biography of his uncle, shared many personal memories with me, and put me in touch with the Deans; to Winton Dean, whose fine collection of letters (mostly unpublished) to Alfred Sutro from various correspondents provided so much of the substance of this account; to Winton's mother, the late Mrs. Esther (Dean) Bagger, who knew Alfred and Esther Sutro well and whose clear recollections were invaluable; and to Stephen Dean, who most generously annotated, emended, and criticized. |
| I also gratefully thank the following people: Colonel and Mrs. Jon Sutro, for permitting me to see and transcribe manuscripts in their possession; Freda Vincent, who deciphered and transcribed one of them (the play Orlando and the Princess); Martin Dean, Mrs. Marjorie Watts, Mrs. Charles Sutro, Mrs. Edward Sutro, the Marquess of Reading, Lord and Lady Zuckerman, Sir John Gielgud, and Anthony Powell; the secretaries of the Garrick, Savage, Beefsteak, and National Liberal Clubs; the Humanities Research Center of the University of Texas; Danny Friedman and Eileen Robinson of the Theatre Museum of the Victoria and Albert; Karl Beckson; the University of Colorado, which granted me a sabbatical leave during which this book was seriously begun; everyone who contributed to my access to the collections of the British Library; the University of Kent, which provided a grant; Lorraine Collins; and Carolyn Dameron, Marjorie Urban, Janice Colbert, and Nancy Kovacic who typed and retyped the text; and to Carol Humphrey and Luther Wilson of the University Press of Colorado for their very material assistance and support. |
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