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Add MS 50618
- Record Id:
- 040-002084244
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002084074
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001356.0x000075
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 50618
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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G. B. SHAW PAPERS: SERIES II. Vol. XXVI (ff. 238). 'Major Barbara', screen version prepared for publication; 1941. At ff. 2-15 are printed galley proofs in a different font, and with some different wording from the published versions of 1945-1949. Folios 16-150 are page proofs for pp. i-xxxvii and 1-147 of the 1945 edition. Folios. 151-238 are the published playscript, circa 1930, with autograph corrections subsequently incorporated in the published screen version.
includes:
- f. 1 William Maxwell, printer: Letters, etc., to G. B. Shaw of William Maxwell: 1931-1949: Partly imperf.
- ff. 2-15 George Bernard Shaw, author: 'Major Barbara': printed galley proofs of published screen version by George Bernard Shaw: circa 1945.
- ff. 151-238 George Bernard Shaw, author: 'Major Barbara': published script (1930?) with autogr. amendments [for film version?] by George Bernard Shaw: 1930?-1945?.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002084074
033-002084179
036-002084180
040-002084244 - Is part of:
- Add MS 50508-50743 : BERNARD SHAW PAPERS
Add MS 50593-50743 : SHAW PAPERS: SERIES II 50593-50743. Purchased from the residuary legatees of George Bernard Shaw, 9 April 1960, and…
Add MS 50593-50649 : A. PLAYS OF G. B. SHAW. 50593-50649. Playscripts, in autograph longhand unless otherwise stated, with rehearsal notes…
Add MS 50618 : G. B. SHAW PAPERS: SERIES II. Vol. XXVI (ff. 238). 'Major Barbara', screen version prepared for publication; 1941. At ff. 2-15… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002084074[0002]/033-002084179[0001]/036-002084180[0026]/040-002084244
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 50508-50743
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1941
- End Date:
- 1941
- Date Range:
- 1941
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Maxwell, William, printer
Shaw, George Bernard, author and playwright, 1856-1950,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000080436250