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Property from the Estate of Dame Diana Rigg
Lot 177

Diana Rigg: A Charity Christmas Book selected and introduced by Dame Diana Rigg,
2017,

17 November 2021, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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Diana Rigg: A Charity Christmas Book selected and introduced by Dame Diana Rigg,

2017,
A Fine Old Christmas for Macmillan Cancer Support, hardback, 119 pages, containing poems and extracts selected and introduced by Dame Diana Rigg, published in support of MacMillan Cancer Support's Guards' Chapel Christmas Carol Concert Anthology, together with a handwritten article by Diana Rigg for the live reading, and a thank you letter signed by author Gervase Phinn, accompanied by a provenance certificate,
8in (20.5cm) square

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A proportion of the proceeds from this Lot will benefit Macmillan Cancer Support.

Many actors are asked to attend carol concerts each year, and Diana Rigg wanted to collate a book containing the best speeches and readings from these regular occasions. She drew from her career of over sixty years attending such concerts, and in support of Macmillan who had looked after her brother previously.

Diana Rigg was patron of the readers for Macmillan's Annual Christmas Carol Concert. In her introduction, she writes that 'I hope it proves useful to readers and charities alike... adding further enjoyment to their Christmas festivities. "And so... as Tiny Tim observed, God bless us, everyone" '.

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