SHAW GEORGE BERNARD: (1856-1950) Irish Playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1925. ...

SHAW GEORGE BERNARD: (1856-1950) Irish Playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1925. A.L.S., G. Bernard Shaw, to the verso of a picture postcard of William Shakespeare's Memorial in Stratford-on-Avon church, Ayot St. Lawrence, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, 22nd September 1922, to R. H. Tawney. Demonstrating his wit, Shaw writes, in full, 'Do you suppose I should be alive now - at 66 - if I opened bazaars? On your life, make an iron rule never to open anything, least of all that most loathsome of bourgeois mediocrity institutions, a bazaar. Tell the South Tottenham enthusiasts to go to Bath.' To the recto of the postcard, beneath the image of Shakespeare's Memorial, Shaw has observed 'He's exactly like Samuel Butler in this'. Hand addressed by Shaw. A letter of fine content and association. One light horizontal crease to the centre, not affecting the text or signature, and most noticeable to the image on the recto. Otherwise about VG

R. H. Tawney (1880-1962) English economic historian and social critic, an important proponent of adult education. Samuel Butler (1835-1902) English author, of whom Shaw was a great admirer, and whose works included The Way of All Flesh (1903)