Three autograph letters signed : Ayot St. Lawrence [Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England] and Parknasilla-on-Sea [Sneem, Kerry, Ireland], to [Louis] Calvert, 1912-1917.

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Three autograph letters signed : Ayot St. Lawrence [Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England] and Parknasilla-on-Sea [Sneem, Kerry, Ireland], to [Louis] Calvert, 1912-1917.

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In the first of these letters, Shaw derides Calvert's abilities: "You are a wretched actor -- a perfect disgrace to me [...] What are you thinking of half the time? You have the most fatally discursive mind." In the second, he discusses possible roles for him but warns, "If I make a contract with you, the first shark you meet will simply swallow you, play, contract, and all [...] Your noble nature was not built for business." In the third, he declines to write a preface for Calvert's book (Problems of the Actor, 1919), as the publisher has requested, because he is resentful that "It is all a publisher's game to catch my circulation."

3 items (3 leaves, 6 p.) ; 12-21 cm.

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 8116833

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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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...

Calvert, Louis, 1859-1923

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