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“The Flower in Drama,” a 1923 collection of essays and dramatic criticism by eminent theatre historian, playwright, director, and literary scholar Stark Young.
A unique and marvelous addition to anyone’s theatre library, and a great Gift for Opening Night, Christmas, Birthday or any time for a devoted theatre person.
Stark Young (1881-1963) studied at Columbia University under Brander Matthews, the top drama critic in the country. Ultimately, for 20 years Young was weekly drama critic for the New Republic, except for one year when he held that post at the New York Times. He quit after that single year because he couldn’t stand the quickie nature of reviews (“plot summaries,” he called them) written the same night he had seen the plays; he returned to the New Republic, and also became an editor of Theatre Arts Magazine.
“The Flower in Drama” was his first book for the theatre; it includes some of his essays from The New Republic and from Theatre Arts Magazine.
Some of the titles of his articles here are:
· Acting
· Dear Mr. Chaplin
· The Voice in the Theatre
· The Prompt-Book
· Letter to Duse
. . . .. and many more . . . ..
5 ½” x 5 ¼”
162 pages
This MAY be a First Edition. I'll let you judge:
On the copyright page is printed:
"Copyright, 1923, Charles Scribner’s Sons"
"Printed in the United States of America"
"Published February, 1923"
The exterior of the book, as is evident in this photo, is showing its age – but only in that there’s some discoloration and spotting on the covers. There’s some major puckering on the first page (several pages before any printing appears) where it looks as if a book plate or something similar was at one time gummed into place. There are two identical book plates, bearing the name of the original owner, one on the inside front cover and the other a page later. And there a very few underlinings in the text (The book originally belonged to a college professor of theatre) and a few creases and a few spots and a few small rips on a few pages. Otherwise, the book is in good condition, with the pages solidly attached, and a Lot of good theatre commentary from 85 years ago.
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