ALL THE KING'S MEN. A PLAY IN THREE ACTS. TYPESCRIPT

Original Publisher's Copy 4to. pp 27, 26 & 19 , typed recto only in blue and red type with a few handwritten corrections, one being to the title itself where the typed word 'horses has been changed in ink to 'men.' Address on label at rear of the London typing agency Ethel Christian (Southampton Street WC2) with a handwritten date, possibly 1925. Loose typed sheets in beige folder with red linen tape spine and small red typed title label and the blind stamp of Ethel Christian. Play set amongst upper-class types at Eyton Manor in a hot summer with a country party , cricket, a butler ,romantic elements some criminal elements mention of a safe and a break -in. Probably never performed. Major George Frederick Myddleton Cornwallis-West (1874–1951) was a British Army officer, author, and prominent society figure,best remembered for his 1930 memoir Edwardian Hey-Days: Or, A Little About a Lot of Things, and his high-profile marriages to Lady Randolph Churchill and actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell. Life. .Career: Served as a British Army officer. He went on to work as a financial consultant, but suffered severe financial difficulties and was declared bankrupt in 1916 before later repaying his debts. Major Works Edwardian Hey-Days (1930): An entertaining, anecdotal memoir of high-society life, notable figures, and his own experiences in early 20th-century Britain. Barbara Huxley, his co-writer, is not traceable and not mentioned in Eileen Quelch's biography of Cornwallis-West 'Perfect Darling.' Ethel Christian's tyewriting agency was widely advertised in literary annuals as "The Smartest in London," with high-profile endorsements from prominent contemporary writers. They offered private dictation rooms and on-demand stenographers available by the hour, day, or week. Very good. Slight edgewear.…