Letters and postcards signed to and from Bernard Shaw [manuscript], 1898-1928.

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Letters and postcards signed to and from Bernard Shaw [manuscript], 1898-1928.

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17 autograph and typed letters and postcards signed and initialled, and 1 visiting card. Correspondents: Alexander Bakshy, Edith (Nesbit) Bland, C[harles?] Charrington, E.S.R. Clark, Sidney Dark, William S. Douglas, Osman Edwards, George Slater of John O'London's Weekly, William Poel, Grant Richards, P. Macer-Wright of The Westminster Gazette, and the editor of a new paper. 3 of the letters to Shaw bear his replies. The letters discuss questions of theatrical interest, such as the writing and producing of plays, including Shakespeare's. The postcard to Mrs. Bland (2) touches on the Bacon-Shakespeare debate and has a parody (in her hand?) beginning "The picture that has here been put"; two letters to O. Edwards and W. Poel (9 and 12) discuss King Richard III and a rehearsal of Macbeth. The visiting card (5) bears a note of Hannen Swaffer. Also, a poem written on the occasion of Ellen [Terry's] "golden wedding" as an actress, [1906], beginning, "Oh, Ellen was it kind of Fate." Poem listed in Folger card index of first lines.

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Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950

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Born in Dublin, Ireland, on July 26, 1856, George Bernard Shaw was the only son and third and youngest child of George Carr and Lucinda Elizabeth Gurly Shaw. Though descended from landed Irish gentry, Shaw's father was unable to sustain any more than a facade of gentility. Shaw's official education consisted of being tutored by an uncle and briefly attending Protestant and Catholic day schools. At fifteen Shaw began working as a bookkeeper in a land agent's office which required him t...

Richards, Grant, 1872-1948

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English publisher and author; full name: Franklin Thomas Grant Richards. From the description of Grant Richards papers, 1897-1936. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 319637744 British author and publisher. From the description of Grant Richards collection of A.E. Housman material, 1898-1947 (bulk 1910-1942). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980264 Epithet: publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/...

Poel, William, 1852-1934

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William Poel was an English Shakespearean actor. He was founder and director of the Elizabethan Stage Society. His name was originally spelled William Pole. From the description of Letters to Horace Howard Furness, Jr., 1916-1928. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155884645 ...

Charrington, Charles

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Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928

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British actress. From the description of Dame Ellen Terry correspondence and calling card, 1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980587 Epithet: actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x000002 Dame Ellen Terry was a 19th century British actress, who for many years performed opposite Henry Irving at the Lyceum Theatre, London. She was made a Dame Grand Cross in 1925. Fro...

Clark, E. S. Ritherdon, 19th/20th cent.

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Macer-Wright, P., 19th/20th

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Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626

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Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, 1561-1626, English philosopher, statesman and essayist best known for theories on scientific experimentation; knighted in 1603, created Baron Verulam in 1618, and created Viscount St Alban in 1621; Lord Chancellor, 1618; died 1626. From the guide to the A Coppy of a letter Conceived to bee writt to the late Duke of Buckingham..., c1650-1700, (Senate House Library, University of London) ...

Edwards, Osman, 1864-1936

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Dark, Sidney, 1874-1947

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English biographer of W.S. Gilbert. From the description of Typewritten letter signed : 20 Princes Street, Hanover Square, W.1, [London], to Nancy McIntosh, 1923 July 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125486 ...

Douglas, William S., 19th/20th cent.

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Clark, E. S. Ritherdon, 19th/20th,

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Nesbit, E. (Edith), 1858-1924

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Swaffer, Hannen, 1879-1962

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Epithet: journalist and dramatic critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x00039f ...

Slater, George, 19th/20th cent.

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Bakshy, Alexander, 1885-

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...

John O'London's Weekly.

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