Two Screenplays: The Blood of a Poet; The Testament of Orpheus. Translated from the French by Carol Martin-Sperry

Jean COCTEAU

ISBN 10: 0714505803 / ISBN 13: 9780714505800

Published by London: Calder & Boyars, 1970

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Wrappers. Spine slightly creased, a little darkened and rubbed. First UK edition (translation first published by Grossman, 1968).

Seller Inventory # 35M100052

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Two Screenplays: The Blood of a Poet; The Testament of Orpheus. Translated from the French by Carol Martin-Sperry
• Publisher: London: Calder & Boyars
• Publication Date: 1970
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0714505803
• ISBN 13: 9780714505800
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dimensions: 1.02W x 13.34H x 20.32D centimeters 1.02 centimeters width by 13.34 centimeters height by 20.32 centimeters depth
• Weight: 204 grams

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Synopsis

Including Cocteau's celebrated works The Blood of a Poet and The Testament of Orpheus.

About the Author

Born in France in 1889, Jean Cocteau was a visionary poet, filmmaker and artist. His films include the avant-garde masterpiece The Blood of the Poet and his later meditation on art and mortality, The Testament of Orpheus, both published by Marion Boyars as Two Screenplays. He died in 1963