DECORATING CLEMENTINE" A FANTASTIC COMEDY IN THREE ACTS. By Robert de Flers & Gaston Armand De Caillavet. by Unger, Gladys [Buchanan] [translator & adaptation] - 1910

New York: Charles Frohman, 1910. Three volumes. [3],43;[1],50;[1],35 leaves. Quarto. Original and carbon typescripts, with red rules, bradbound in steno service wrappers, each bearing the large rubber stamp of producer Charles Frohman. Some soiling, discolorations and fraying to wrappers, internally very good. A three act theatrical script associated with the premiere production of this comedy. The script for Act II bears the signature of Joseph Allenton, who played the lead, and the denotation "Original." Those for acts one and three are stamped "Latest Corrected Copy." The play opened at the Lyceum on 19 September 1910 and closed after 48 performances. One of the scripts is dated "10/20/10" in the corner of the upper wrapper, and there are a few corrections and annotations in the texts. Prominent theatrical producer Charles Frohman (who was lost on the Lusitania in 1915, while demonstrating exemplary courage) produced the play. This was a quite early writing credit for Unger (1885-1940), who had an active career spanning three-decades as screenwriter and playwright.