[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce Rough Proof of TOO TRUE TO BE GOOD with Manuscript Corrections and Additions by George Bernard Shaw

[Charles Agvent]

One of MANY fine GEORGE BERNARD SHAW items (letters, manuscripts, signed 
books, photographs, etc.) in our inventory which can be seen at 
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[SHAW, George Bernard]. TOO TRUE TO BE GOOD: A COLLECTION OF STAGE 
SERMONS BY A FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE. n.p.: Privately 
Printed, 1932. First Edition. Printed wraps. Laurence AA16d. This is one 
of five different states of the "ROUGH PROOF-UNPUBLISHED" of this play 
typically used as rehearsal or prompt copies. This particular state 
includes the coda written at Malvern, where the play premiered on 8 July 
1932, for its star Cedric Hardwicke on the birth of his first son on 7 
August 1932. According to Laurence, "No rehearsal copies of this proof 
state were printed. Only five copies are noted." It is not known if this 
is one of those five or an unrecorded copy. This copy contains numerous 
alterations and additions in both pencil and blue pencil to the dialogue 
as well as added prompts and drawn stage diagrams. There are also five 
clear instances of changes and/or additions made by Shaw himself in his 
hand including a piece of paper glued in at the margin of page 31. All 
of Shaw's changes are in the final printed copy of the play, though two 
are slightly different from what he has written. It is unclear as to 
whose copy this was, though if not Shaw's himself certainly that of the 
director or a performer. Though there is no evidence of ownership, this 
copy came from the collection of Harold Ackert. Spine quite frayed with 
the front cover detached about halfway down. Good copy of a scarce piece 
with manuscript corrections by Shaw. (#013109)        $7,500.00

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