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G.B.S. : Stage & Screen
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William Archer
Royal Court Theatre. A Record and Commentary of the
Vedrenne-Barker Season, 1904-1905.
[London: David Allen & Sons, Ltd., 1905]
During the 1904-1905 opening season at the Royal Court Theatre under
the joint management of John Eugene Vedrenne and Harley Granville
Barker, five of Shaw’s plays were mounted. These were: John Bull’s
Other Island, Candida, How He Lied to Her Husband, You Never Can Tell,
and Man and Superman.
In the photographs of Man and Superman shown below, note
Granville Barker as John Tanner and Lillah McCarthy as Ann Whitefield.
Barker and McCarthy were husband and wife at the time. Their subsequent
divorce caused Shaw some difficulties since he was closely associated
with both.
Sidney P. Albert -- George Bernard Shaw Collection
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Royal Court Theatre
Vedrenne-Barker Matinées
Program for the first production of Major Barbara, A
Discussion in Three Acts, by Bernard Shaw.
[London: W. T. Haycock & Sons Ltd., 1905]
The first production of Major Barbara ran from November
28 through December 15, 1905. The cast included Annie Russell as
Barbara Undershaft, her husband, Oswald Yorke, as Bill Walker,
Rosina Filippi as Lady Britomart Undershaft, Louis Calvert as
Andrew Undershaft, and Granville Barker as Adolphus Cusins.
Sidney P. Albert -- George Bernard Shaw Collection
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George Bernard Shaw
The Doctor’s Dilemma.
Royal Court Theatre, 2nd run, beginning December 31, 1906.
The first production of The Doctor’s Dilemma began at the
Royal Court Theatre on November 20, 1906. Lillah McCarthy created the
role of Jennifer Dubedat. This copy of the program includes a slip
announcing that Evelyn Weeden would replace her, as she did for the
entire run of the second production.
Sidney P. Albert -- George Bernard Shaw Collection
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George Bernard Shaw
Author’s Fees for Professional Productions, with license to
perform on verso for Fanny’s First Play, authorizing six
performances by the Welwyn Garden City Theatre Society, signed by Shaw
on June 2, 1923.
Sidney P. Albert -- George Bernard Shaw Collection
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Little Theatre, London
Fanny’s First Play.
Program, London, Kingsway Theatre, ****** [date]
This is the program for the second production of Fanny’s First
Play, at the Kingsway Theatre. The first production, presented at
the Little Theatre during April, 1911, was directed by Shaw himself
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Sidney P. Albert -- George Bernard Shaw Collection
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Wyndham Theatre
Major Barbara, By Bernard Shaw.
[London: John Waddington Ltd, 1929]
This program for the 1929 revival of Major Barbara is signed by
Sybil Thorndike.
Sidney P. Albert -- George Bernard Shaw Collection
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George Bernard Shaw
Memorandum of Agreement with Penguin Books Ltd. for the
publication of Major Barbara.
Typed document, signed by Shaw, February 7, 1944.
Shaw himself drafted many of his contracts. He was an astute
man of business. This 'Memorandum of Agreement' was also signed by
Sir Allen Lane on behalf of Penguin Books, and Blanche Patch and
Eunice E. Frost as witnesses.
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George Bernard Shaw
Major Barbara: A Screen Version.
New York: Penguin Books, [1945].
Sidney P. Albert -- George Bernard Shaw Collection
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United Artists
George Bernard Shaw’s Major Barbara.
Three Lobby Cards, [n.p., 1941]
Starring Wendy Hille, Rex Harrison, and Robert Morley.
Sidney P. Albert -- George Bernard Shaw Collection
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RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Gabriel Pascal presents Bernard Shaw’s "Androcles and
The Lion"
Poster, [n.p., 1952]
Starring Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, Maurice
Evans, and Alan Yound. Directed by Chester Erskine.
Sidney P. Albert -- George Bernard Shaw Collection
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United Artists
The Devil’s Disciple. One Devil of a Motion Picture!
Lobby Card, [n.p., 1959]
Starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier,
Janette Scott, and Eva LeGallienne. Screenplay by John Dighton and
Roland Kibbee.
Sidney P. Albert -- George Bernard Shaw Collection
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United Artists
Bernard Shaw’s "Caesar and Cleopatra"
It’s a Temptation in Technicolor.
Lobby Card, [n.p., 1946]
Starring Vivien Leigh and Claude Rains.
Sidney P. Albert -- George Bernard Shaw Collection
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