[Gwen Watford, English actress.] Autograph Card Signed to [Kenneth] Sephton, standing up for Jeffrey Archer (in a London production of whose ?Beyond Reason Doubt? she is acting).

Watford?s obituaries noted her sensitive acting style, and ranked alongside Peggy Ashcroft. On both sides of a 14.5 x 10 cm card, with no printing but for the name ?GWEN WATFORD? in red at the head of recto. Addressed to ?Dear Mr Sephton? and with good firm signature ?Gwen Watford?. In good condition lightly aged. Twelves lines of neatly written text. She has ?just finished another mid-week matinee?, and is writing thank him for his ?most encouraging letter?, which she will ?treasure?. ?The critics are never kind to Jeffrey Archer, but his actors are enormously grateful for the parts he has written, & the chances he gives us to use our skills?. (Watford was playing Lady Metcalfe in Archer?s ?Beyond Reasonable Doubt?, at the Queen?s Theatre in London.) She ends with seasonal greetings. From the papers of Kenneth Sephton.