A telegram from playwright Noel Coward and a bill for 'ladies' delicates' sent to author Agatha Christie more than half a century ago have been discovered - in the back of an old bureau. Stunned furniture restorer Clive Payne, 46, was fixing up the valuable 18th century piece, bought at auction in 2006, when the two crumpled letters fell out. Coward's telegram, sent from Bermuda and dated September 1957, congratulated the author on her play The Mousetrap breaking the record for the longest running West End show. Long lost: The telegraph sent by Noel Coward to Agatha Christie more than half a century ago
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Coward: 'Much as it pains me, I really must congratulate you on breaking the long run record...'
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Christie's play had beaten his Blithe Spirit, the previous record holder
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