GEORGE BERNARD SHAW - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED 04/26/1923 - HFSID 153570
Price: $600.00
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
Playwright Bernard Shaw sends an autograph note asking a
question.
Autograph Letter Signed: "GBS", 1p, 4½x2. The Malhorn
Hotel, Great Malhorn, Worcester, 1923 April 26. On card imprinted "With
Bernard Shaw's compliment". In full: "Tell me what the enclosed is all
about: I haven't time to read it. You need not translate it for me. From what
you say I conclude that the pictures are worthless." The plays of Irish
dramatist George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) were characteristically
instructional, often including a teacher role model, such as Henry Higgins in
the popular Pygmalion (1913), which was later adapted as the musical,
My Fair Lady (1956; film 1964). Shaw began writing plays in 1892.
His first, Widowers' Houses, voiced his opinions on society and world
reform. Throughout his 58 years as a playwright, Shaw, who received the
Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925, covered many topics, letting his humor
speak for itself. His other major works include You Never Can Tell
(1895), Man and Superman (1902), Major Barbara (1905), The
Doctor's Dilemma (1906) and Saint Joan (1923). Mid-vertical tear
repaired with tape not near initials. Slightly soiled. Lightly creased and worn
at corners. Overall, fine condition.
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