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The Dark Lady of the Sonnets: an Interlude by Bernard Shaw, written for the Shakespear National Memorial Theatre

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Title: The Dark Lady of the Sonnets: an Interlude by Bernard Shaw, written for the Shakespear National Memorial Theatre
Creator: Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
Date Created and/or Issued: 1910-06-20
Publication Information: Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections at https://library.claremont.edu/scl/
Description: The unpublished rough proof of Shaw's short comedy in which William Shakespeare, intending to meet his lover Mary Fitton, a young lady of the royal court he refers to as the "Dark Lady", accidentally encounters Queen Elizabeth I and attempts to persuade her to create a national theatre. Handwritten marginalia and annotations, possibly by Shaw, included.
Type: text
Format: tiff
Identifier: phl00848
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/phl/id/5105
Language: English
Subject: Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Two gentlemen of Verona
Place: London (England)
Source: Printed play: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph Letters box 16, folder 21; 12 pages
Relation: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/phl

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