Papers pertaining to "Pygmalion" and the actor Edmund Gurney, 1914-1928, n.d.

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Papers pertaining to "Pygmalion" and the actor Edmund Gurney, 1914-1928, n.d.

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The collection contains a note to Gurney on whether "Pygmalion" will go to America, 1914 June 11. There is also a portion of an article on Shaw and the production of "Pygmalion" by Mrs. Gurney with corrections by Shaw. The article contains a letter to Gurney from Shaw, 1914 March 6, on Gurney's role as "Doolittle" in which Shaw states that he wrote the part for Gurney. The collection also contains two letters from W.E. Redway for the firm of Frank Hollings to Ashton L. Carr pertaining to the sale of the Edmund Gurney "Pygmalion" collection, together with a draft of a catalog notice for the collection, 1928.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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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...

Carr, Ashton L. (Ashton Livermore), 1876-1931

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Gurney, Edmund

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Epithet: fellow of Trinity College Cambridge, writer on psychical research British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x000266 ...

Redway, W. E.,

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