TEA AND SYMPATHY
by Anderson, Robert
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- Seller
-
Salisbury, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
NY: Random House, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. Apparently unread book in very good, moderately soiled dw. SIGNED BY ANDERSON on the ffe. Catholic Actors Guild stamp with Manhattan address on pastedown. Before the Boys in the Band, this was about it. Still, it endures. The Catholic connection adds a nice, ironic touch.
Reviews
On May 9 2011, EarlEDoors said:
A play in three acts by Robert Anderson, which opened in London in 1957In a New England boys’ boarding school the only intimacy encouraged between the pupils and the masters’ wives is ‘tea and sympathy’. Laura though has more than sympathy for young Tom; he reminds her of her first husband-a sensitive boy who died in the Second World War proving his courage and manhood. Tom is persecuted for being different and is labelled a homosexual. In fact he is quite normal and is secretly crazy about Laura whose marriage to second husband Bill is distinctly rocky.Rejected by father friends and teachers tom tries to prove himself with the local whore but is impotent and tries to kill himself. For this act he must leave the school but on his last day Laura declares that she is leaving Bill whose persecution of Tom has made her see what Bill is covering up. She goes to Tom and finds him doubting himself so much that she offers herself – and he responds.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011168
- Title
- TEA AND SYMPATHY
- Author
- Anderson, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1953
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CALIFORNIA-VBF ,
Terms of Sale
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
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About the Seller
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
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Salisbury, Connecticut
About Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.