Benedict Cumberbatch reads George Bernard Shaws hilariously grumpy letters

Irish playwright and critic George Bernard Shaw sent somewhere in the region of 250,000 letters and postcards during his lifetime, the majority in response to strangers seeking either advice, money, a photograph, an autograph, or Shaw’s presence at an event. Despite his hectic schedule, Shaw generously took time to personally turn down the vast majority, grumpily and with barely any tact. Benedict Cumberbatch read just a few of Shaw’s replies at Letters Live at the Royal Albert Hall in October 2022.