Autograph letter signed "G. Bernard Shaw", April 4, 1901. 1901.

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Autograph letter signed "G. Bernard Shaw", April 4, 1901. 1901.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/628845211

An interesting look at the business end of early twentieth-century playwrighting. Shaw says that "'You Never Can Tell' and 'Captain Brasshound's Conversion' should be introduced to the public & press in New York & Brooklyn by professional productions"

1 p.

University of Guelph. McLaughlin 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...

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