first edition Hardcover
1945 · New York
by YORDAN, Philip
New York: Random House, 1945. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated from photographs from the Broadway production. A bit of foxing to the boards else about fine in near fine dustwrapper, a bit spine faded and with a single very short tear. A play originally written about a Polish-American, Yordan decided to switch the play to Harlem and an all-Black cast. It was originally staged by the American Negro Theater of Harlem. Filmed in 1958 with Eartha Kitt and Sammy Davis, Jr. (Inventory #: 3323)