Lot 965
Shaw, George Bernard (1856- 1950) Irish dramatist, literary critic, and socialist; he was awarded a Nobel Prize (1925) for his contribution to literature and an Oscar (1938) for Pygmalion. He was also a great wit. Autograph letter signed ("G. Bernard Shaw"), 2pp, 7 x 5", Maybury Knoll, Woking, Jan. 2, 1904. To A.B. W. [London Times critic A.B. Walkley], "It's totally impossible: you have selected the one date that is out of the question. On that fatal Friday I shall have to fight the Fabian manifesto on the Fiscal question through a general meeting of the Society. No two of them agree on the subject; and I have had to draft a tract which I shall have to persuade them all to accept by subtlety, flattery, oratory, fraud, force & what other shifts I can compass. Couldn't you make it Thursday? Wyndham doesn't matter: he is only a Cabinet Minister: he can come anytime. But a Fabian Minister has something serious to do…." Minor foxing, else fine.
Estimated Value $500 - 600.
Mel Smith Collection, ex Kenneth Rendell Autographs, 1972.
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