About Those Roses or How Not to do a Play and Succeed and the Text of The Subject Was Roses
Published by Random House, New York, 1965
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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First edition thus, and the first hardcover edition of the play (preceded by a paperback acting edition). "Sunday Theatre Section of Faculty Woman's Club" stamp on front fly along with a tipped in printed policy of the theatre's play exchange, penciled check marks and production notes in the margins of several pages, light foxing on endpapers, very good in a very good dust jacket with nicks and creased tears, and foxing on both sides. Text and story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play *The Subject Was Roses* that originally featured Jack Albertson, Irene Daily, and Martin Sheen. Sheen and Albertson reprised their roles for the 1968 Gilroy-scripted film version, with Patricia Neal replacing Daily and featuring songs by Judy Collins and Sandy Denny. Albertson won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar, Neal, recovering from a near fatal stroke, was nominated for Best Actress.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- About Those Roses or How Not to do a Play and Succeed and the Text of The Subject Was Roses
- Author
- GILROY, Frank D.
- Publisher
- Random House, New York
- Publication year
- 1965
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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