ALS signed “Ingrid,” one page both sides, 6 x 7.75, La Grange Aux Moines, Choisel letterhead, March 28, 1968. Letter to Panamanian theatre director and producer José Quintero, in full: "I sit in sunshine by the table where I signed the contract for you. It's not possible to imagine, that I've been gone 8 months and it's almost a year since you were here. The old house is in pieces, and I have worked and carried and cleaned, so now I have difficulties holding a pen in my lame hand. That's why I wanted the vacation in Barbados first, so I would be strong enough for this life! But it is heaven here, the birds sing and I have no performance! But my thoughts go to you, wondering and worrying how the play is, how did it go? And how you stand up under the terrible strain? You never gave me the letter from Carlotta—didn't you say you were saving something for the end of the play? I went to say goodbye to her. She said: 'You're the only woman I have ever loved, and now you leave me. But won't live log.' You do call her, and I've asked Ruth to see her sometimes, too. My love to Tennessee and Mick, but most of it goes to you." In fine condition. Quintero directed Bergman in a Broadway production of the Eugene O'Neill play More Stately Mansions, which opened on October 31, 1967, at the Broadhurst Theatre, and closed after 142 performances. Actress Carlotta Monterey was the third and final wife of playwright Eugene O'Neill. At this particular period, Quintero was directing the Tennessee Williams play The Seven Descents of Myrtle, which opened on Broadway on March 27, 1968, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.
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