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Add MS 89008/6
- Record Id:
- 040-002359102
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002358520
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000885.0x000234
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89008/6
- Title:
- Postcards, Programmes, Correspondence, and Notes Relating to G. B. Shaw's Plays
- Scope & Content:
-
This file contains material relating to Shaw's plays, including: commercial postcards for a number of plays such as Man and Superman, Pygmalion, and Back to Methuselah (6 items); programmes for various performances (7 items); a small number of letters addressed to Shaw; a few shorthand notes by Shaw; and odd pages from scripts. In addition, there is a typescript of a short speech given by Shaw, entitled 'Speech by G. Bernard Shaw used in Once Upon a Time', and a booklet: Some Bibliographical Notes on the Novels of George Bernard Shaw by Maurice Holmes, which has the sub-title, With Some Comments by Bernard Shaw (c 1929).
Also in this folder is a separate sleeve containing five auction slips from Bonhams (2009), which describe eight items of correspondence (letters, postcards, and notes written by Shaw) that were not received as part of this collection. See slips for details.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002358520
040-002359102 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89008 : G. B. Shaw Papers Collected by Dr F. E. Loewenstein
Add MS 89008/6 : Postcards, Programmes, Correspondence, and Notes Relating to G. B. Shaw's Plays - Hierarchy:
- 032-002358520[0006]/040-002359102
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89008
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folder
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1878
- End Date:
- 1944
- Date Range:
- 1878-1944
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)