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Seven Plays of the Modern Theatre
by Clurman, Harold (Introduction)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Hopewell, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1962. First Edition, First Printing.
An important collection of seven cutting-edge plays of the late 1950s, with an insightful introduction by drama critic and director Harold Clurman.
The works featured here are: Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot," Brendan Behan's "The Quare Fellow," Shelagh Delaney's "A Taste of Honey," Jack Gelber's "The Connection," Jean Genet's "The Balcony," Eugène Ionesco's "Rhinoceros," and Harold Pinter's "The Birthday Party."
PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches; 235 x 155 mm), xii, 548 pages, in half cloth over boards, in an unclipped, printed dust jacket (hard cover).
CONDITION: A couple of bumps to boards, bookplate and small ink name to front free end paper. Otherwise, Near Fine in a Very Good or better dust jacket that has a couple of tiny nicks, minor rubbing, and light toning.
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- Bookseller
- Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 831
- Title
- Seven Plays of the Modern Theatre
- Author
- Clurman, Harold (Introduction)
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grove Press, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Theatre; Grove Press; Performing Arts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Theatre;
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About the Seller
Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA
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