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Theatrical Capitalism: The Syndicates and the Shuberts

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Abbreviations

CL :

Bernard Shaw, Collected Letters. Ed. Dan H. Laurence. 4 vols. New York: Viking Penguin, 1965–1988.

CPP :

Bernard Shaw, Collected Plays with Their Prefaces. Dan H. Laurence, Editorial Supervisor. 7 volumes. London: Max Reinhardt, the Bodley Head, 1970–1974.

HRC:

Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Bernard Shaw Collection.

LSE:

London School of Economics, Bernard Shaw Business Papers.

Yale:

Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Theatre Guild Archives).

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Conolly, L.W. (2022). Theatrical Capitalism: The Syndicates and the Shuberts. In: Bernard Shaw on the American Stage. Bernard Shaw and His Contemporaries. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04241-6_5

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