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SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD. Typed letter signed to a Mrs. Cunningham, London, 6 April 1911, 1 page, 4to, double-spaced, on a proposed "amateur" production of one of his plays: "...Your performance seems to me to be a regular professional one; and I have certainly not authorized anything of the kind. If you have simply procured an authorization for an amateur performance and are availing yourself of it to give a professional one, you are committing the blackest crime possible in theatrical business..."; Typed letter signed to a Mr. Graves of the Educational Cinematograph Association, London, 17 July 1915, 1 page, 4to, double-spaced, with a 6-word holograph marginal comment, questioning the activities of the Association: "..Some time ago Mr. Dainow managed to round up Dr. Lyttleton, Sir Albert Rollit, myself and a contumacious teacher of the mentally defective in Hoxton, and to make a meeting of us, in the course of which it transpired that I and the shepherd of the mentally defective were the only persons present who had ever been inside a picture theatre, or ever intended to. We left in a dazed condtion..."; Autograph letter signed (initials) to "My dear Dorothea," London, 10 June 1927, 1 1/2 pages, oblong 8vo, in pencil, fold crease: "...I have not been at the F.S.S. [Fabian Society] for some years, and see no chance of my going there next time...for I'm almost worked to a standstill, and yet must finish my long book on Socialism [The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism, 1928] and get moved from this house to another (a fearful convulsion at my age)... Where does one get lactic oats? I am up against a case of cancer said to be incurable and (fortunately) inoperable; and am at my wits end for quackeries to amuse the patient -- the wife of a friend"; Cyclostyled typed letter signed (signature original), a campaign letter to St. Pancras voters (addressed "Dear Sir"), London, 31 October 1900, 2 pages, small 4to, in blue, some margins trimmed, a little fraying at three edges, pasted to two brown sheets of paper (with newsclippings on verso), Laurence A44 ("...appealing to registered voters on the issue of the urgent need to establish qualifications for appointments to the official staff by the St. Pancras Borough Council"); And a receipt signed by Shaw for author's fees received for performances and a Charlotte Shaw ALS regarding theatrical rights. (6)

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SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD. Typed letter signed to a Mrs. Cunningham, London, 6 April 1911, 1 page, 4to, double-spaced, on a proposed "amateur" production of one of his plays: "...Your performance seems to me to be a regular professional one; and I have certainly not authorized anything of the kind. If you have simply procured an authorization for an amateur performance and are availing yourself of it to give a professional one, you are committing the blackest crime possible in theatrical business..."; Typed letter signed to a Mr. Graves of the Educational Cinematograph Association, London, 17 July 1915, 1 page, 4to, double-spaced, with a 6-word holograph marginal comment, questioning the activities of the Association: "..Some time ago Mr. Dainow managed to round up Dr. Lyttleton, Sir Albert Rollit, myself and a contumacious teacher of the mentally defective in Hoxton, and to make a meeting of us, in the course of which it transpired that I and the shepherd of the mentally defective were the only persons present who had ever been inside a picture theatre, or ever intended to. We left in a dazed condtion..."; Autograph letter signed (initials) to "My dear Dorothea," London, 10 June 1927, 1 1/2 pages, oblong 8vo, in pencil, fold crease: "...I have not been at the F.S.S. [Fabian Society] for some years, and see no chance of my going there next time...for I'm almost worked to a standstill, and yet must finish my long book on Socialism [The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism, 1928] and get moved from this house to another (a fearful convulsion at my age)... Where does one get lactic oats? I am up against a case of cancer said to be incurable and (fortunately) inoperable; and am at my wits end for quackeries to amuse the patient -- the wife of a friend"; Cyclostyled typed letter signed (signature original), a campaign letter to St. Pancras voters (addressed "Dear Sir"), London, 31 October 1900, 2 pages, small 4to, in blue, some margins trimmed, a little fraying at three edges, pasted to two brown sheets of paper (with newsclippings on verso), Laurence A44 ("...appealing to registered voters on the issue of the urgent need to establish qualifications for appointments to the official staff by the St. Pancras Borough Council"); And a receipt signed by Shaw for author's fees received for performances and a Charlotte Shaw ALS regarding theatrical rights. (6)