Letters : to E. W. Lummis, 1930.

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Letters : to E. W. Lummis, 1930.

The typescript from Lummis is a synopsis of a theory about Shakespeare's Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, on which Lummis had written the draft of a book; the correspondence mentions Lummis' theory, with frequent discussion of the character Falstaff, and Lummis' desire for Shaw to write an introduction to the book.

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