Based Novel Thomas Wolfe (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dj. Illustrated by (dj photo) Alfredo Valente (illustrator). 1st Edition ("A"). [nice book with only minor shelfwear; the jacket has a small chip at the top of the spine (extending slightly into the rear panel) and a short closed tear at the bottom front corner of the spine]. (one B&W photograph) "With this powerful and vital play, Ketti Frings has achieved what was for Thomas Wolfe a forceful but unrealized dream." (This is in reference to the fact that Wolfe's novel of the same name had its genesis in two unproduced plays, "Mannerhouse" and "Welcome to Our City," that Wolfe wrote while at Harvard; all this is explained in the Introduction by Edward C. Aswell.) Very oddly for a published playscript, this book makes no reference to the original Broadway production (which opened in November 1957 and ran for well over a year, and starred Anthony Perkins and Jo Van Fleet); the only illustration in the book is a double-page photograph of the (empty) stage set designed by Jo Mielziner.