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FRONT AND CENTER
by Houseman, John ; [SIGNED] ; [Roger Stevens copy]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0671243284
- ISBN 13
- 9780671243289
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Autograph; 512 pages; Inscribed and SIGNED on ffep "For Roger [Stevens] / with admiration, gratitude and / affection. Nov 1979 / John Houseman" Also laid-in is a typed letter signed by Margot Harley on letterhead for The Acting Company relaying the book to Stevens. Illustrated with 48 pages of b/w photographs. Chronology. Dust jacket designed by Paul Gamarello. PROVENANCE: Roger Lacey Stevens (1910 – 1998) was an American theatrical producer, arts administrator, and real estate executive. He was the founding Chairman of both the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (1961) and the National Endowment for the Arts (1965). In politics, he made a mark as chairman of the Democratic Party's finance committee in 1956. He produced more than 100 plays and musicals over his career, including West Side Story, Bus Stop, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. In 1971, he received Special Tony Award for his body of work. He became known for introducing plays by such adventurous writers as Harold Pinter, Arthur Kopit and Tom Stoppard. Stevens was the General Administrator of the Actors Studio as well as one of the producers of the Playwrights Company, a member of the board of the American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), and one of the members of a Broadway producing company he founded in 1953 with Robert Whitehead and Robert Dowling. In 1961, he was asked by President John F. Kennedy to help establish a National Cultural Center, and became Chairman of Board of Trustees of what was eventually named the Kennedy Center from 1961 to 1988. In 1965, he received an appointment from President Lyndon Johnson as first Chairman of the National Council on the Arts later named the National Endowment for the Arts. In 1986, Stevens was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.On January 13, 1988, Stevens was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Ronald Reagan. In 1988, he was also awarded the National Medal of Arts. ; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Antiquarian Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43831
- Title
- FRONT AND CENTER
- Author
- Houseman, John ; [SIGNED] ; [Roger Stevens copy]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671243284
- ISBN 13
- 9780671243289
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- 8vo.
- Keywords
- Roger Stevens, Broadway Producers, Theater Production, Stage Actors
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana and American History;
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At The Antiquarian Book Shop, located in Georgetown - an historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. we have been buying, selling & appraising rare, interesting and scholarly books in Georgetown for more than 30 years. Over those many years we have taken great pleasure from satisfying our customers' eclectic literary requirements in the shop and hope to continue in that tradition now that we have moved our operation on-line.Currently, our catalogued inventory includes about 4,000 books from the sixteenth century through the twentieth century in a variety of subject areas. Our stock comprises antiquarian books, collectible books and scholarly books, as well as a selection of antique prints and ephemera.The books listed here represent only a small portion of our total inventory. We are in the process of cataloguing the extensive holdings in our warehouse (15,000+ books) and hope to flesh out these pages over the months to come. Our new format allows us to expand & update our listings frequently. We have included images of many items listed to better convey their quality and condition.
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