ALS signed “G. B. S.,” one page on the reverse of a 4 x 5.75 personal postcard, May 28, 1946. Letter to J. Tierney, in full: “My statement is correct. John Shine, the younger brother, played the juvenile lead in Irish plays until he drank himself to extinction. Matthew, hopelessly middle aged, and a much better actor, specialized in character parts. He played Barney Doran in John Bull’s Other Island to the life. His brother struggled as best he could with the lines of Larry Doyle, which he remembered with great difficulty and eked out with startling inventions of his own. Still, he was not as bad as Urster Liebhaber in Irish (or pseudo-–Irish) melodramas of the Colleen Bawn type. He was good looking, Matthew wasn’t.” Addressed on the reverse in Shaw’s own hand. In fine condition, with slight creasing and edgewear. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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