Softcover
1946
by CHOATE, Edward and John F. Matthews
1946. Softcover. Very Good. Second special mimeograph edition, limited to 100 copies. Preface by Margaret Webster. Quarto. Approximately 300pp. Illustrated with printed photographs throughout. Claspbound stiff paper wrapper with typed label on the front wrap. Very good with dampstains and creasing to the front wrap and some loss to the edges of the rear wrap. Inscribed to Tony and Obie Award-winning actress Marian Seldes by stage director Edward Choate: "For Marian who loves the theatre almost as much as I do. Eddie Feb. 2, 1948 the 49th performance of "C. and P." A voluminous "Report and Reaction" of the American tour of the Old Vic by Choate and John F. Matthews, as well as an examination of "the artistic, economic, moral, social and critical atmosphere which both theatrical workers and their audiences function in this year, 1946." Content includes reviews of the various Old Vic performances ("Where Angles Fear to Tread," "Uncle Vanya," "Oedipus," etc.), as well as the salaries of stage hands, musicians, and agents; the history of the Old Vic; critical reviews; and theater-related statistics. An unusual artifact of the American stage.
(Inventory #: 419913)