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George Bernard Shaw letter
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RC0778
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6 June 1939 (Creation)
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(1856-1950)
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George Bernard Shaw, playwright, was born on 26 July 1856 in Dublin, Ireland and educated at the Wesley Connexional School. He began his writing career as a novelist. His first play, Arms and the Man, was produced in 1894. He went on to become a prolific playwright and the chief dramatist of the twentieth century in the English language. He died at his home, Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire, on 2 November 1950.
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Letter to Rachel Mahaffy written by Bernard Shaw, 6 June 1939.
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