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SHAW George Bernard (1856-1950)

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SHAW George Bernard (1856-1950)

L.A.S. "GBS", Ayot St. Lawrence, Welwyn, Herts. February 21, 1923, at Kenneth Richmond, Saint Merryn (Cornwall)| map in-12 at his address with address on back| in English.
Against the Everyman Theatre of Hampstead (which had reprised, since 1920, You never can tell and several of his plays).
Hampstead is the most desperately Philistine suburb in England.
Nothing artistic ever succeeds there. No inhabitant has ever crossed the threshold of the Everyman Theatre, with the exception of ELGAR, and he no longer lives there... ("Hampstead is the most hopelessly Philistine suburb in
England. Nothing artistic ever succeeds there. No inhabitant has ever been known to croos the threshold of the Everyman Theatre, except
Elgar| and he no longer lives there.")