The Cocktail Party (Signed by Eight of Nine Members of Original Broadway Cast Including Principals Alec Guiness and Irene Worth)

Eliot, T.S.

Published by Harcourt Brace and Company, 1950

About this Item

A copy of the T.S. Eliot play signed by eight of the nine original cast member of the original Tony Award winning Broadway production. This copy is signed on the characters list page by principals Alec Guiness and Alice Worth as well as other cast members Robert Flemyng, Donald Bain, Eileen Peel, Catherine Nesbitt, Ernest Clark and Grey Blake. Only the player of the most minor character -- the nurse secretary-- did not sign. Apparently the copy of the period actress Frances Clare who wrote her name as well as the name of the luxury ship S.S. Berengaria beneath the character list. This copy is an early printing of the First Edition with a b.3.1950 publisher's code on the copyright page. Black cloth, 191 pages. The book has tanning of the page edges. The dust jacket has several shallow chips at the edges, clipped corners on the flaps and a notation from the previous owner on the back flap.

Seller Inventory # 011200

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Cocktail Party (Signed by Eight of Nine Members of Original Broadway Cast Including Principals Alec Guiness and Irene Worth)
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace and Company
• Publication Date: 1950
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good+
• Signed: Signed by Subject