Title: Oliver M. Sayler's Lamplight Volume I, No. 1. A Weekly Literary Review. Broadcast Mondays... . over Station Wgbs, New York City, Under the Auspices of American Book Bindery--Stratford Press, Inc. Together with a Pond Bureau Brochure Promoting a Sayler Lecture.
Description: New York: WGBS, 1930. 1930. - A sheet of tan paper has been folded once to form 4 sides, each 9 inches high by 6 inches wide. There is a short tear to the edges of sides 1 & 2. Together with a reproduction of a page from the New York Times Book Review of December 14, 1930 discussing Sayler's book. "Revolt in the Arts". Inserted in the space below the article is a Pond Bureau ad promoting the opportunity to hear Sayler in person. The newspaper page is folded once with a small, light stain to its bottom right corner. Near fine.
Oliver Sayler's WGBS radio program was originally titled "Footlight and Lamplight" and included reviews of plays as well as books. In this first issue of his literary review Sayler writes about Dorothy Parker's "Lament for the Living", a collection of short stories and sketches, and Stefan Zweig's political biography "Joseph Fouche".
The New York Times article discusses Sayler's book "Revolt in the Arts: A Survey of the Creation, Distribution and Appreciation of Art in America". The Pond Lecture Bureau uses the Times article to promote a personal appearance by Sayler.
Drama and literary critic Oliver M. Sayler [1887-1958] began his career as a journalist on the staff of the Indianapolis News [1909-1920] and a correspondent for the Boston Evening Transcript [1909-1920]. In 1914, he started to study European theatre and spent time in Russia, resulting in two books, "Russia, White or Red' and "The Russian Theatre under the Revolution". He collaborated with Morris Gest to organize the Moscow Art Theatre's U.S. tour in 1923 and 1924. During the 1920s he wrote the theatre column "The Play of the Week" for the Saturday Review.
Rare. Very good .
Keywords: LITERATURE; THEATRE; LITERARY CRITICISM; DRAMA CRITICISM; LITERARY CRITIC; DRAMA CRITIC; OLIVER M. SAYLER'S LAMPLIGHT VOLUME I, NO. 1.; POND BUREAU BROCHURE PROMOTING A SAYLER LECTURE; DOROTHY PARKER; LAMENT FOR THE LIVING; STEFAN ZWEIG; JOSEPH FOUCHE
- Book number: 35096
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