Toby Jones reads a melodramatic letter George Bernard Shaw wrote to a woman who had rejected him
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- Опубликовано: 1 июн 2023
- In August of 1913, George Bernard Shaw discovered that actress Stella Campbell, with whom he was infatuated and wished to grow old together, was to marry British Army Major George Cornwallis-West. Judging by this melodramatic letter, Shaw did not take the news well.
Toby Jones gave this hilarious reading of Shaw's letter at Letters Live at London's Royal Albert Hall in 2022. 
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The howling, wounded ego hurling blistering insults, the genius theatrical pause over “funk” - what a brilliant reading. And beneath the humor, a menacing undertone. Can you imagine life with this man? Clearly she was right to leave him.
Oh, hell yeah.
Hell...yes 😂
I am astounded by the linguistic tone of this youtube comment! Quite lovely phrasing, and expressive wording!
He seems to be taking it well.
Can't imagine why she didn't want to marry him.
Quite 😂😂
I was just thinking of her writing a response. "If this is what you think of me then why did you ask me out in the first place?"
Yeah, seems like a nice guy…
Exactly what I was going to say 😂
That was a massive, written red flag. In her position, I would feel any last vestige of uncertainty in my choice of spouse leave my body all at once. If she felt sorry for him before reading that letter, I have no doubt she was no longer burdened with that feeling afterwards. 🤣
By not marrying Shaw, the lady did not "dodge a bullet," she escaped a monstrous cannonball of ego. But, perversely, I wondered if he wrote such a scathing letter in some, perhaps misguided, attempt to stifle any regrets on her part...nah, he was just an angry bitter person, witty, but bitter.
OMG TOBY Jones is BRILLIANT !!!!
P.s. Where the devil are my slippers?
Exactly. I always hated that line. No i love you, no welcome back, no showing of grace or gratitude or affection. Toad.
I agree, I think G.B.Shaw was a self centred misogynist
This letter was hilariously and brilliantly delivered by Toby Jones. Such a brilliant actor. Thank you, I love this channel 🇦🇺❤
Oooof. Sounds like the lady in question dodged a bullet.
Hell hath no fury like the playwright scorned.
How Stella must have thanked her stars after reading that diatribe. She got out just in time.
Let’s not forget Shaw was a polemicist and he wrote several plays specifically for “Miss Pat” and when she gave him the “flick” he refused to let her perform any roles again he had written for her….probably because the affair was unconsummated and that got him in a twist too…….Toby Jones what a treasure he is….loved the way he read the letter it was befitting he was the chosen one..❤️👏 also befitting…the badge Toby is wearing….Choose Love…brilliant.😂
Yeeeah. Girl made the right choice lol
Yeah, even the greatest genius can be the biggest jerk.
Genius and jerk are often positively correlated
Passionate words showing a relationship rejected
With the rejected sending a letter he sent his rage from the ego
Voice .
Priceless delivery ❤
That was one angry man who wrote this. Hopefully the woman got away fine.
I can hear Henry Higgins.
Absolutely Right!
This has me screaming with laughter. The whole thing reads like cut lines from Pygmalion!
One of the better readings of the series, well done.
Toby knocked it out of the park.
My goodness, so much like a modern bloke rejected on Tinder. Or even one left hanging for ten minutes while she answered the door.
Wonderful performance.
Sounds like she had a lucky escape! I'd have sent the letter back to him with a small addendum: "Saucer of milk?".
Love Toby's rendition though, especially that "funk... FUNK" part! 😂
All in all, she was an independent woman who refused to kow tow to the genius of a man.
Part of me wants to believe they were close enough for her to know he was joking, but he did want to confess that he had feelings for her. The other part of me knows that this letter is excellent evidence as to why George was a lonely man.
Awesome delivery 😂 👍
Great reading by TJ. I bet Stella was glad she'd walked!!
What an perfect way for her assure herself she did Precisely the Right thing!
Wow. And I thought I ended things badly with some of my women.
Capt. Mainwairing would be and is proud of Toby.
Daylight blinds you😂
Jeez...sour grapes much???!!!😂😂😂😂
“Whatever, you ugly anyway”
Love this series
I love the way he paused over "funk" to make sure he was reading the right word.
some of these lines he put straight into his screanplay of My Fair Lady
She dodged a bullet!
Wonderful reading.
I love Toby Jones.
Original Incel! :-D I love this too much.
Much better than a cursing rant fit. You don’t have to bleep anything out -even funk- and it was funny. ❤
Shucks, it's all about HIM isn't it? She's probably still running!
Ain’t love grand?
I've punched men in the face for less... 😂
Toby Jones is a national treasure - just like his dear dad Freddie Jones.
Thank you I hadn't made the connection
I love you,Toby Jones!❤❤❤
Well done Mr Jones, Shaw would approve heartily. 😮
Oh, the humanity!
If I were a woman and a guy wrote me a letter like that, I would get a restraining order.
That lady dodged a bullet!
Big cinema..! 🤠
GBS… “you can’t dump me… I’m dumping you!”
This is the most poetic incel diatribe I've ever heard lol
Always Toby!
Lies and do little
Pygmalion author wrote
“Knot a real part…”
#haiku #myfairlady
....and that's why you're single 🤣🤣💀💀
Anyone else spot Greg Davies in the audience?
Aaaah, those were the days when real English was spoken ...... 🧐. Well presented.
someone should have a chat with the lighting designer.
So Wicked! ( reference intended).
A bisexual man about town, has had his vanity wounded?
Please, hand me my pearls that I may clutch them!
Absolutely precious.
Shaw was a nice guy.
A 20th century simp...
How refreshing
I saw him on Graham Norton's show and I thought then that someone simply hadn't told him his hair looked messed up before he came on stage. I thought it was rude of some producer to allow him to sit on the couch all f'd up.
See how wrong I was!?😅
Sounds to me like he’s used to getting his way
GBS wasn't bitter.
Good ole George- he never appreciated a feminist 😂
And thus ... The first incel was created
So they went out on a date. The cheap bastard took her for a walk for miles. She got exhausted and said can we sit somewhere. He asked her out again, And he wrote a turn-of-the-century fuckboi letter to her when she said no.
I don’t know who is the bigger ham. George Barnard Shaw for writing it or the actor who performed it.
Sounds so much like the way some fragile-ego'd men who are rejected on dating apps respond these days.
:)
Oh god. Ye olde incel. 😂
Though he is a great writer and poet , his manner is Cavalier at best and judgmental,
That was hilarious.
Remember people. Though it is tempting to turn pain into hate - as hate lies that it can cover over your pain - it is even harder to live with and certainly immoral, as Jesus would inform you.
Forgive, reflect, and move on.
Shaw was always an ahole about women; also spent his time encouraging people to bad mouth Captain Scott after he was dead because he weirdly thought this would improve his chances with his widow
Sweet burn😅😂
Toby awesome, Shaw incel? And I swear that's Jesse Buckley in the audience