[Patric Dickinson, poet, translator and broadcaster.] Copy of printed order of service for memorial service of Patric Dickinson, including printed text of his last poem '80th'.

Patric Dickinson has not received his due. A self-styled ‘poet and impresario of poetry’, Dickinson occupied a central position in the cultural landscape of post-war Britain. As an editor and broadcaster he worked with poets such as Dylan Thomas, Cecil Day Lewis and Roy Campbell, actresses Flora Robson, Peggy Ashcroft and Jill Balcon, and actors Robert Donat, Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud. See John Mole’s obituary in the Independent, 31 January 1994. From the papers of Dickinson’s mistress Sarah Emmeline Hamilton. (His extraordinary correspondence with her, including 171 original and mostly-unpublished poems, 474 autograph letters and 349 post cards, is offered separately). The present item is 2pp, 8vo. With the first page on the recto of the first leaf and the second page on the verso of the second leaf. The first page reads: 'PATRIC DICKINSON / 26th December, 1914 - 28th January, 1994 / MUSIC / David Maundrell / READING / John Field / VALEDICTORY / David Maundrell / MUSIC / February 4th, 1994 Charing, Kent'. Possibly a proof, since Sarah Hamilton has written in ink 'Mozart? (Wye choir 3)' and 'for Geat[en?] by? / opera by P. D.' The second page carries Dickinson's last poem: '80th' by 'P. D. / 24th January, 1994'.