Search Results: the fugitive art dramatic commentaries 1947 1951 by worsley t c

London: John Lehmann Ltd, 1952. Hardcover . Very Good/No Jacket. no dust jacket; some wear on boards and bleaching along spine; pages have moderate yellowing with age; binding in good condition; name inscribedin ink on front free end page

London: John Lehmann, 1952. 263pp, frontispiece and 8pp b/w plates, index. Presentation card taped to the front flyleaf. Page edges foxed. Or cl boards in price-clipped dust-jacket which has some loss of colour at a tear owards the upper edge of the front panel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

John Lehmann, 1952-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. John Lehmann 1952 first edition. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to dust jacket, owner inscription on first page.

London: John Lehmann, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. 8vo. Boards. Pp. 264. Illustrated. Index. This is a selection of the author's dramatic criticism which appeared in "The New Statesman and Nation" at a period, after the War, when plays by T. S. Eliot and Christopher Fry were being presented in the West End.

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London: John Lehman, 1952. A near Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which has three small repaired closed tears and a little wear to edges and is not price clipped. 263 pages. 16 illustrations. In the three years in which he has contributed dramatic criticism to The New Statesman and Nation, T.C. Worsley has won for himself a reputation among those interested in the theatre. This selection of articles covers the years 1947-1951, a period when the English theatre was in a lively state of ferment. The conventional three-act drama seemed to be passing out of favour: actors and audiences alike seemed to rejoice in the return of verse to the theatre as in the plays of T.S. Eliot and Christopher Fry: the producer was becoming a dominant figure and the names of Tyrone Guthrie, Peter Brook, Michael Benthall were as well known as the actors: the taste was for large-scale, lavishly mounted productions of the classics. 2. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

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