first edition Softcover
1936 · London
by BRIDIE, James
London: Constable & Co, 1936. Softcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Small octavo. 94pp. Card wrappers with printed applied orange dustwrapper. Theatre-themed bookplate of Theodore Johnson, some sunning on the wrappers, else near fine. Play by a Scottish writer and frequent film collaborator with Alfred Hitchcock. Adapted from Bruno Frank's *Sturm im Wasserglas.* This version was the basis for the 1937 film directed by Ian Dalrymple and Victor Saville, and featuring Vivien Leigh and Rex Harrison. The German version was made into several films. Scarce. (Inventory #: 410274)