Letter from Clement Shorter to George Bernard Shaw, 7 July 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Clement Shorter

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Letter from British literary critic Clement King Shorter (1857-1926) to playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950). Shorter was married to Dora Sigerson (1866-1918), a friend of Casement's, and in the letter he asks Shaw to sign a petition compiled by Sir R. Conan Doyle for a reprieve for Casement. The campaign, he writes, hoped for support from 'moderates'. Shaw himself became heavily involved in the campaign.The letter was written while Sir Roger Casement (1864-1916) was imprisoned in London after he had been arrested while landing on the coast of Kerry in a submarine on the eve of the Easter Rising. A campaign was launched featuring many prominent figures such as W.B. Yeats and George Bernard Shaw to secure a reprieve for Casement but he was hanged on 3 August 1916.

 National Library of Ireland Roger Casement Papers, Collection List No A15, Ms. 13,078 /7 https://letters1916.ie/item/1296 English Clement Shorter 1916-07-07 Knockmoroon, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, UK George Bernard Shaw Male Easter Rising Ireland 1916

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 Telephone No. P.O.9 Cnoc Mo Rúin Knockmaroon, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire. July 7 1916 My Dear Bernard Shaw Although you do not usually answer my letters I hope you will answer this one to the extent of signing the enclosed petition. It is far from being my own view but Sir R Conan Doyle wrote it & it represents a view that may help me to get signatures from 'moderates' & I am led it is likely to have an effect. Yours very truly Clement Shorter George Bernard Shaw Letter from Joseph Michael Stanley to George Bernard Shaw, 28 March 1916Letter from George Bernard Shaw to Gertrude Bannister, 12 July 1916Letter from Clement Shorter to George Bernard Shaw, 7 July 1916Letter from George Bernard Shaw to Mabel FitzGerald, 25 May 1916 Clement Shorter Letter from Clement Shorter to George Bernard Shaw, 7 July 1916 Knockmoroon, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, UK Letter from Clement Shorter to George Bernard Shaw, 7 July 1916