Alan Bennett; Peter Cook; Jonathan Miller; Dudley Moore
Beyond the Fringe
New York, Random House, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this comedy stage revue written and performed by Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, and Dudley Moore. First edition. With a frontispiece. A British comedy stage revue that debuted at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival and went on to play in London's West End and then in America, both on tour and on New York's Broadway. Because of its success the play and its writers are widely regarded as seminal to the "satire boom" or the rise of satirical comedy in 1960s Britain. Written by Alan Bennett, an English playwright, author, actor and screenwriter; Peter Edward Cook, an English comedian, actor, satirist, playwright and screenwriter; Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller, an English theatre and opera director, actor, author, television presenter, humourist and physician; and Dudley Stuart John Moore, an English actor, comedian, musician and composer. In the original quarter black cloth binding with blue cloth boards. Externally, very smart with minor discolouration to the board edges. Original unclipped dust wrapper is smart with light wear and sunning to the extremities. The odd mark to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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