Shaw once wrote to Churchill:
“Here are two tickets for the first night of my new play. One for yourself and one for a friend – if you have one.”
“Here are two tickets for the first night of my new play. One for yourself and one for a friend – if you have one.”
Churchill replied:
“Dear Bernard, I’m sorry, but a previous engagement prevents me from accepting your kind offer. However, I shall come to the second night — if there is one.”
“Dear Bernard, I’m sorry, but a previous engagement prevents me from accepting your kind offer. However, I shall come to the second night — if there is one.”
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| Sir Winston Churchill |
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| George Bernard Shaw |
