AFTER THE DANCE. A PLAY IN THREE ACTS.

First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp 176. Recently rebound in half red Morocco over marbled boards, lettered gilt at the spine with five raised bands. The 1996 Nick Hern reprint says of the play: After the Dance First seen in 1939 but then largely ignored until a 1994 BBC production, After the Dance is regarded as one of the great, lost plays of the 20th century. As interest in Rattigan has revived so too has the play's reputation and it is now considered by many to be one of the great works of a master dramatist. As the world races towards catastrophe, a crowd of Mayfair socialites parties its way to oblivion. At its centre is David, who idles away his sober moments researching a futile book until the beautiful Helen decides to save him, shattering his marriage and learning too late the depth of both David's indolence and his wife's undeclared love. But with finances about to crash and humanity on the brink of global conflict, the drink keeps flowing and the revellers dance on. Both an insightful, witty critique of a generation and a profound dissection of the depths of human emotion. Ownership signature on the title page of the British stage and screen actor, Veronica Rose (1922-1968). Very good. Small 'withdrawn' library stamp on verso title page. Original publishers slightly used but sound, printed yellow wraps bound in.…