O'NEILL, EUGENE G.
The Moon of the Caribbees and Six Other Plays of the Sea.
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919. 1st editon. First issue with the called for errors to pp.30 and 108. Pp.217, with the ownership signature of the actress Lady Martin Harvey, dated 1924 to front free endpaper and her bookplate(by K.Cameron) to inside front board. Small losses to the lower edge of contents page,half-title page and character list where the pages have been roughly cut, not affecting text. Small bookseller's inkstamp (Frank Shay Plays, New York City) to rear endpaper. Brown cloth spine with brown paper-covered boards, rubbing to edges. Printed display information card with ink notations loosely enclosed. Good. The other six plays are: Bound East for Cardiff; The Long Voyage Home; In the Zone; Ile; Where the Cross is Made; and The Rope. ** "Nell de Silva (a.k.a. Nell Dasilva, Nina de Silva, and Lady Martin-Harvey) was an English actress who was the wife of John Martin Harvey (later styled Sir John Martin-Harvey) and the mother of actor Michael Martin Harvey and actress Muriel Martin-Harvey. She was born Angelita Helena Margarita de Silva Ferro on August 28, 1869 in Chile and became a "friend" of Lewis Carroll when she was a young girl, after her family moved to England. She met her husband when both were members of Henry Irving's famous acting company at the Lyceum Theatre."(IMDb).** "O’Neill clearly thought The Moon of the Caribbees was his best work to date, often carrying a copy of the script with him and judging people’s aesthetic depth by their response to it."(provincetownplayhouse).
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Keywords: Eugene o'Neill Moon Caribbees Plays Sea Bound East Cardiff Long Voyage Home in the Zone Ile Cross Made Rope Lady Martin Harvey Nell de Silva Actress Drama 42531 Drama