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Add MS 45923

Record Id:
032-002018835
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002018835
MDARK:
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LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 45923
Title:

'ST JOAN', the play by George Bernard Shaw, first performed in New York on 28 Dec. 1923 and in London at the New Theatre on 26 Mar. 1924. The autograph draft, in shorthand with occasional phrases and names of characters in full, written 29 Apr.-24 Aug. 1923 (ff. 1-68), together with the Preface (ff. 69-101), written 8 Dec. 1923-28 Jan. 1924 and published with the play in June 1924. Accompanying the manuscript, which includes additions and corrections by the author and differs in detail from the published text, are:-(1) an autograph postcard from Shaw to H. I. Bell (knt. 1946), then Keeper of Manuscripts in the British Museum, dated 26 May 1944, describing his working methods and promising to present a manuscript to the Museum. f. i;-(2) autograph notes by Shaw on the dates of composition of the present manuscript and on its presentation, 2 June 1944, f. ii. Further material relating to the play is in Add. MSS. 50633, 50634 and 50644. Paper; ff. iii + 101. Folio. 1923-1944. Presented by the author in June 1944.

Scope & Content:

Shorthand: G. B. Shaw, 'St Joan', in I. Pitman's system: 1923.: Autogr.

George Bernard Shaw, author: 'St Joan': 1923.: Autogr. Shorthand.

Drama: G. B. Shaw, 'St Joan': 1923.: Shorthand. Autogr.

includes:

  • f. i George Bernard Shaw, author: 'St. Joan': letter describing working methods: 1944.
  • f. i Sir Harold Idris Bell, Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum: Correspondence of G. B. Shaw of Sir Harold Idris Bell: 1944.
  • f. i George Bernard Shaw, author: Letters, etc., to Sir H. I. Bell: 1944.
  • f. ii George Bernard Shaw, author: Notes by: 1944.
  • ff. 1-68 George Bernard Shaw, author: 'St. Joan' : shorthand by George Bernard Shaw: 1923-1924.
  • ff. 69-101 George Bernard Shaw, author: 'St. Joan': shorthand Preface by George Bernard Shaw: 1923-1924.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
Hierarchy Tree:
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002018835
Is part of:
not applicable
Hierarchy:
032-002018835
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1923
End Date:
1944
Date Range:
1923-1944
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

George Bernard Shaw, author: Presented: 1944.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Bell, Harold Idris, papyrologist and scholar of Welsh literature, 1879-1967
Shaw, George Bernard, author and playwright, 1856-1950,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000080436250