The Increased Difficulty of Concentration: a play in two acts
by Havel, Vaclav, translated by Vera Blackwell
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About This Item
New York: Samuel French Inc, 1976. 58p. + backlist, 5x7.25 inches, good acting edition reprint in stapled red wraps with Drama Books SF label on cover. Not in any way a first of this script which was produced in Czechoslovakia in 1968 and first translated to English and published in hardcover and paperback in 1972 by Jonathan Cape. Samuel French playscripts were mass-produced as needed for production. However an early printing of the script in the US. From the Samuel French site: "This classic farce done in thirty scenes with no chronological sequence concerns a doctor of philosophy who has a wife, a mistress, and a secretary whose beautiful legs make it difficult for him to concentrate when she is taking dictation.
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- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 231319
- Title
- The Increased Difficulty of Concentration: a play in two acts
- Author
- Havel, Vaclav, translated by Vera Blackwell
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Samuel French Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor; 1960S; Czechoslovakia; Exile literature; Theater, theatre;
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About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.