SHAW | autograph letter signed, to Ben Turner, 1923

SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("G. BERNARD SHAW"), TO BEN TURNER 

requesting help in finding "a few published stories in north country dialect", as he is "writing a play about Joan of Arc; and it is no use making the girl talk like Dr. Johnson", 2 pages, 8vo, headed stationery of 10 Adelphi Terrace, W.C.2, 27 June 1923 

[together with:] autograph note signed ("G.B.S."), to Turner, a "hearty thanks" for the 12 books returned, headed note stationery "With Bernard Shaw's compliments", 14 July 1923

"I AM WRITING A PLAY ABOUT JOAN OF ARC"

Shaw wrote Saint Joan during the middle months of 1923, finally completing its preface in January of the following year. The play was an immense success in New York and London. Arguably his greatest work, Shaw was awarded the Nobel Prize the following year for "for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty."

Ben Turner was an author, union leader and Labour MP for Batley and Morley, West Yorkshire.

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