Washington DC: Anderson House. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. [front hinge a little weak, slight fading to cloth at edges of covers and spine, attractive full-page vintage bookplate on half-title page; jacket spine is browned, jacket has some shallow chipping along top and bottom edges, minor paper loss at corners]. (endpaper maps) Historical drama about the difficulties endured by General George Washington's army during the Winter of 1777-78, "the dark days [when] the fortunes of the rebellious colonists were at their lowest ebb and defeat at the hands of Great Britain's trained mercenaries seemed inevitable." After a month or so of out-of-town tryouts and tinkering, the play opened on Broadway in December 1934, but ran for only 58 performances. It was reported at the end of its run that a movie version was in the works at Columbia Pictures, but nothing ever came of it, although a couple of live television versions were broadcast in the early 1950s, and a "Hallmark Hall of Fame" TV-movie adaptation was produced in 1975. .

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Bookseller: ReadInk (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 22027
Title: Valley Forge; a play in three acts
Author: Anderson, Maxwell
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dj
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Anderson House
Place of Publication: Washington DC
Date Published: 1934
Keywords: Revolutionary War, George Washington, Historical Drama, Theatre And Plays

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