CL;ARENCE DAY'S 'LIFE WITHOUT FATHER' MADE INTO A PLAY

First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo.pp.208. Signed presentation from the author:"To Barrett H. Clark. Affectionately Hoard Lindsay." Theatre play, for a cast of sixteen; set in the late 1880s in the Morning Room of the Day's house on Madison Avenue. First performed at the Empire Theatre, New York City, on 8th November, 1939. Original cast included Katherine Bard, Dorothy Stickney, John Drew Devereaux, and Ruth Hammond. Directed by Bretaigne Windust. Designed by Stewart Chaney. Introduction by Brooks Atkinson. Good b/w production photographs illustrate the script. Original publisher's binding in Royal Blue with bright lettering at spine. Theatrical dust jacket design in black,white, and red on a metallic gold ground features a b/w production photograph. / Writer, editor, and actor, Barrett Harper Clark (1890-1953) was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. / Howard Lindsay, born Herman Nelke, (1889-1968) was an American theatrical producer, playwright, librettist, director and actor. He is best known as part of the collaboration of Lindsay and Crouse, and for his performance, with his wife Dorothy Stickney, in the long-running play Life With Father. Very good indeed in near very good dust jacket. Dust jacket slightly used but protected by a clear sleeve. Decent copy. …