Shaw, George Bernard, 1856-1950

Souvenir program containing articles about the Theatre Guild and program notes on the play "Back to Methuselah" and its five cycles.

G.B. Shaw.

Ellmann requests a meeting with Shaw; Shaw's response. Includes a copy of "Bernard Shaw's Battle with the Censor...."; obituary.

Transcribed excerpts and notes.

"Dear Madam, In answer to your letter of the 30th July, Mr Bernard Shaw has asked me to say that he would prefer to see the proofs with the index. The publishers will be glad to send them as they are likely to be nervous about personalities..."

"I am like most of the others: I don't know. I should ask Rosamund. Or what about Edith's widower? if he is still extant. By the way, she is just as likely to have tried his persuasion for a change, if he had any..."

"If you are passing at Whitehall Court tomorrow (Thursday) at 5.30 I shall be there until 6 and will be glad to see you. The matter is one about which is impossible to write about at any reasonable length..."

"Dear Madam, Mr Bernard Shaw asks me to say that he would like to have all quotations from his letters, and even all references to him, submitted to him, as the subject is a difficult one, and he may be able to help a little..."

"Dear Madam, Mr Bernard Shaw desires me to say that as Edith was an audaciously unconventional lady and Hubert an exceedingly unfaithful husband he does not see how a presentable biography is possible as yet; and he has nothing to contribute to a mere whitewashing operation..."

Photocopy of the original letter.

A note on the photocopy indicates that it is from Columbia University Special Collections and must be returned upon completion of use.