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Pictured: The Diana Rigg sale includes her school and RADA reports.<br />
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Hilarious letters from showbusiness greats to the late Dame Diana Rigg documenting the times they were panned by critics have been unearthed.<br />
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The original correspondence was sent from the likes of Ronnie Barker, Ian McKellen, Charlton Heston, Julie Christie and John Cleese in response to the British actress' requests for lines from their most memorable reviews.<br />
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In 1980 The Avengers star was putting together a book on the 'worst theatrical reviews in history' and reached out to her circle of celebrity friends for help.