Author: Davies, Hubert Henry & Walpole, Hugh [introduction]
Title: The Plays Of Hubert Henry Davies [ 2 volumes complete ]
Description: Chatto & Windus, 1921, 1st edition. Buckram, VG. 2 volumes, xxii+282pp, vi+287pp, b/w frontis to each volume, top edges gilt the rest untrimmed, light foxing to the preliminary & final pages of each volume, cloth a little rubbed, but a nice set. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ Contains - Mrs Gorringe's Necklace - Cousin Kate - Lady Epping's Lawsuit - Captain Drew On Leave - The Mollusc - A Single Man - Doormats - Outcast. Hubert Henry Davies [ 1869 - 1917 ] leading British playwright and dramatist of the early 20th century, after serving as a hospital orderly during WWI he had a nervous breakdown & was found dead as Robin Hoods Bay. Of these plays all bar 'Outcasts' are comedies.

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