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Very Good. 1950. Manuscripts/paper collectibles. Single sheet, single-sided 6.25" X 8.25" typed letter addressed to "Kit" (Katharine Cornell) dated June 26, 1950. 2nd paragraph reads: "About the play: certainly I should be the last to urge you to do something you haven't a wholehearted enthusiasm for. That would be as wrong for you as it would be for me to write something I didn't fundamentally believe in. I am sorry of course because working with you and Guthrie is quite special, even unique. But if you haven't got the feeling of doing Jane by this time you never will and I am wiring Harold to proceed with it elsewhere." Katharine Cornell was an American stage actress and Guthrie McClintic was a theatre director/producer. Signed in faded ink "Fond love to you both. Sam. " The name "Behrman" is pencilled next to the signature. Single horizontal fold, slight soil, paper clip rust. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .
Professionally Revealing Typed Letter Signed by BEHRMAN, S. N. (1893 - 1973) - 1948
by BEHRMAN, S. N. (1893 - 1973)
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Professionally Revealing Typed Letter Signed
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Tucson, 1948. unbound. 1 page on oversize custom fold-out personal letterhead, 16.5 x 5.5 inches, (Tucson) February 22, 1948. In this letter, Behrman responds to a teacher about his literary influences and explains in detail that George Bernard Shaw was his major influence, in part: "...It was all G.B.S., I think, not only the plays themselves, but The Prefaces...it was not merely Shaw's wit; it was the social uses to which he put it. That, I think, was the whole thing...I have found myself wishing that Shaw were young in this inky time..." Accompanied by the original typed envelope. The letter is in near fine condition. Behrman was a playwright, screenwriter, and New Yorker contributor, best known for his Broadway plays that commented on contemporary issues.
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New York, 1951. unbound. very good. Fine content T.L.S. 8vo. 1 page, New York, December 20, 1951, reminiscing about his life-long friend Siegfried Sassoon, in full: "I am very much interested that you refer to our meeting with Sassoon. I am getting old and my memory evidently is not what it used to be. I would love to recall that meeting with you and I'll drop in on you as soon as I get a chance. At the minute I have a play in rehearsal and it takes up most of my time. But I'll look in; I want to meet you and reminisce. I shall wear, when I enter your establishment, reinforced coat lapels." *A newspaper article Behrman conducted with Sasson, when the British poet was visiting New York after World War I, led to a lifelong friendship and many visits to Sassoon's country house when he was in England. Boldly signed and in excellent condition.<br/> <br/> American playwright, screenwriter, and longtime writer for The New Yorker.<br/> <br/>
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