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Add MS 89243

Record Id:
032-003377457
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003377457
MDARK:
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LARK:
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89243
Title:
Correspondence between George Bernard Shaw and Herbert Marshall
Scope & Content:

Five autograph postcards, three typed letters and one autograph note, all signed, from George Bernard Shaw to Herbert Marshall on subjects relating to theatre and film, including advice to Marshall, opinions of his productions, and refusal to provide a recorded interview to introduce a film on the siege of Leningrad, or to be the subject of a documentary film:

  • Autograph postcard signed, 19 July 1940 (autograph)
  • Autograph postcard signed, undated (postmark 30 August 1940) (autograph)
  • Autograph postcard signed, undated (postmark 4 September 1941)
  • Autograph postcard signed, 5 October 1941
  • Autograph postcard signed, 31 May 1947
  • Typed letter signed, 12 August 1940, with handwritten heading in red ink 'Very Private Indeed'
  • Autograph note signed, 18 October 1942. Response written in red ink on a typescript letter by Herbert Marshall, 14 October 1942
  • Typed letter signed, 16 December 1947
  • Typed letter signed, 14 January 1948.

Typescript letter from Blanche Patch, Shaw's secretary, to Herbert Marshall, 24 July 1941.

Autograph letter from F.E.L. (Fritz Erwin Loewenstein, Shaw's assistant), Ayot St. Lawrence, 23 May 1946.

Three envelopes originally carrying the letters, postmarked 12 Aug 1940, 19 Oct 1942, 14 Jan 1948.

Two envelopes unposted, formerly containing the postcards and letters.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
Hierarchy Tree:
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003377457
Is part of:
not applicable
Hierarchy:
032-003377457
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:

1 file (16 items)

Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1940
End Date:
1948
Date Range:
Jul 1940-Jan 1948
Era:
CE
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User Conditions:
Physical Characteristics:
11 leaves and 5 envelopes
Former Internal References:
deposit 11012
Source of Acquisition:
Purchased at Forum Auctions 24 May 2017 (auction catalogue: Forum Auctions 'Important Books and Manuscripts', page 43, item 79)
Publications:

Typed letter signed, 12 August 1940 printed in Dan H. Laurence, Bernard Shaw theatrics: selected correspondence of Bernard Shaw (1995), no. 155, p. 210-211

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Marshall, Herbert, writer and director, 1906-1991
Shaw, George Bernard, author and playwright, 1856-1950,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000080436250
Subjects:
Cinema
Theatre