July 7th, Sunday. Bullfight
PublicPage from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
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- 1 page : 12 x 19.5 cm or smaller
- The diary is written on quarto sheets, folded horizontally to form octavo booklets, one recto page devoted to each day.
- Robert Graves Diary, 1935-1939
- Accession Number: 1969-003, Item: Gr-1-136
- Special Collection finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/robert-graves-collection
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1935-07-07.html
- July 19, 2002
- July 7th, Sunday. Bullfight To Posada, Antonio & Paco, Murcianos , laying s clearing cement of stones in patio. Put up mirrors etc. Found a lavatory seat cover. On return went over Tom's novel. Solomon has dysentry. To Palma in new car with Honor, Gordon, Julian, Mary, Joan; Laura, Karl, Juan. Belmonte, Lalanda, Cayetano (Niño de la Palma). Fair haired girl slightly hurt by taxi in Calle Arabi; on the way to Alhambra. Juan pessimistic about bull-fight. We all felt that something would happen to Belmonte. His first bull, black, awkward, knowing. A few passes & Belmonte got tossed. Thought he was killed but not blood, only the red of his coat (covered with lace work except in two patches). Tried to fight but gave up because of the pain. Lalanda finished the bull which was hissed. President's fault for not allowing the picadors to tire the bull. Belmonte himself complaining. Also Belmonte was clearly in bad form pale, perhaps affected by the sea-voyage. Lalanda's second bull bad too; only bright spots: Lalanda's unusually energetic work in second bull, some banderilleroing of Cayetano's and one or two good things in his first bull. Two nice mariposas by Lalanda, and one in rivalry by Cayetano whom we didn't like. Last bull was Cayetano's. He messed it and we came away before the kill. Letter from Korda: Claudius delayed owing to Laughton's illness until Feb. or March. And it was owing to Arnie Lawrence that he didn't continue plan of scenario with me. Wrote to him; all right. But asked him to answer Laura about Fantasia , Troy & No Decency Left . Wrote to H.S. asking him whether I should continue C.F.V. If he cabled, I would. In a moment of bullfight emotion Laura broke her topaz & diamond ring. Didn't notice it until an hour later: solid,too.
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