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DUKES, ASHLEY - Jew Suss a Tragic Comedy in Five Scenes (Based Upon the Romance of Lion Feuchtwanger)

 1565789978,
London, England: Secker & Warburg, 1929. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has noticeable toning / darkening, and there are spots of foxing mostly to the rear dust jacket panel, but one are two also on the front panel. "In 1933, he founded the Mercury Theatre in London and wrote plays that appeared in the West End of London and on Broadway in New York. The Ashley Dukes Company was an important interwar promoter of serious drama, and a training ground for actors. Dukes mounted the first theatrical performance of Murder in the Cathedral at the Mercury, driving down to Canterbury with T. S. Eliot to collect scenery and costumes. (He rejected W. B. Yeats' dramatic oeuvre for the same stage much to Yeats' annoyance. ) Other plays he wrote included Man with a Load of Mischief. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 | £UK 19 | JP¥ 3602] Book number 46131

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