446677
- TitleFrank Summers - papers concerning the Shavian alphabet, 1962-1983
- Creator
- Call numberMLMSS 7556
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
1962 - 1983 - Type of material
- Reference code446677
- Physical Description1 box - 0.18 Meters
Textual Records
Textual Records - (typescript)
Clippings
Textual Records - (printed) - ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
The Shavian alphabet is named after George Bernard Shaw and was devised by Kingsley Read. Under the terms of his will Shaw provided for the design and publication of a new and more efficient alphabet. A competition was held in 1958 and Kingsley Read's system was chosen as the winner out of the 467 entries.
Shaw's will also stipulated that his play Androcles and the Lion should be printed in the wining alphabet. Few other texts were printed and the new alphabet was never seriously considered as an alternative for writing English - Scope and Content1963-65, 1982-83; Correspondence in English and Shavian. Correspondents include Kingsley Read, Sir James Pitman and Henry L. Kirchner.
1960s; Newscuttings and other printed material
undated; Miscellaneous documents
1962; George Bernard Shaw. Androcles and the Lion, with a parallel text in Shaw's alphabet, Penguin, 1962 - General note
See also the papers of Pearl Marion Smith - MLMSS 2230 and MLMSS 2327 & ADD-ONs 495, 468, 662. - Creator/Author/Artist
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