Trial of a Judge
Faber & Faber, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Very Good / Very Good. Item #005501641
Very Good condition; Very Good condition dust jacket. First edition, second impression. Includes a copy of 'The Aim of the Group Theatre' pamphlet. Spender wrote this play for that company. Tight binding. Crisp, clean pages. 115pp. As the British Library says: 'This pamphlet advertises the Group Theatre, one of the most influential experimental theatre companies in the 1930s. The company was founded in 1932 by Rupert Doone and Robert Medley, and it soon managed to attract a remarkable group of writers and artists. It produced plays by Shakespeare, T S Eliot, W H Auden, Christopher Isherwood, and Stephen Spender, among others, and also organised a range of cultural activities. Artists such as Henry Moore and Duncan Grant designed sets for the productions. The Group Theatre performed the three plays written collaboratively by Auden and Isherwood: The Dog Beneath the Skin (1935), The Ascent of F6 (1936), and On the Frontier (1938). The composer Benjamin Britten began collaborating with the company in 1935, writing incidental music for many of its productions.' Full title: The aim of the Group Theatre : directors: production: Rupert Doone ; literary: Stephen Spender ; music: Benjamin Britten, Brian Easdale ; decor: Robert Medley, John Piper.
Price: $65.00