SHAW GEORGE BERNARD: (1856-1950) Irish Playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1925. D.S., G Bernard Shaw, two pages, 4to, London, 23rd September 1926. The partially printed document, largely completed in Shaw's hand, is the playwright's license for The Penrith Players to perform Arms and The Man at the Playhouse, Castlegate, on 14th & 15th December, subject to various terms and conditions which detail Shaw's fees of 15% if the receipts exceed £300, 10% between £100 and £300, 7.5% between £50 and £100 and 5% for any amount less than £50 and also includes a clause stating 'The licence does not empower the licensee to record any performance or rehearsal for reproduction by the cinematograph or any other method, nor to broadcast it'. With a few ink calculations in an unidentified hand to the left margin of the first page indicating that the receipts over the two performances totalled £92 and a 5% fee was paid to Shaw. Some light age wear, otherwise VG