The Rock. A Pageant Play Written for Performance at Sadler's Wells Theatre 28 May - 9 June 1934 on Behalf of the Forty-Give Churches Fund of the Diocese of London

ELIOT, T.S. (1888-1965)

Published by London: Faber and Faber, 1934

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[Drama] LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.86 [2]. Soft grey covers lettered in black to front cover and spine with printed price of 'one shilling net' to front cover. Toning to edges of textblock, toning to covers, wearing to spine. Very good. Written in aid of a church-building fund, The Rock made the building of a London church its central action, relating that contemporary event to the long history of the Church's struggle in England and to current events that threatened it (especially the challenge of the rival but godless creeds of fascism, communism, and capitalism), emphasising that such building is essentially a spiritual enterprise that encounters constant testing of the faith. "The Rock" itself, first Christ and then Peter, reappears throughout to bolster the faith. A vastly important catalyst production, it was performed at Sadler's Wells Theatre 28th May- 9th June 1934. This edition of the play was limited to 2000 copies (only 1000 of these came in dust-jackets - this copy does not have a dust-jacket).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Rock. A Pageant Play Written for Performance at Sadler's Wells Theatre 28 May - 9 June 1934 on Behalf of the Forty-Give Churches Fund of the Diocese of London
• Publisher: London: Faber and Faber, 1934
• Dust Jacket Condition: dj
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry & Drama