Drinkwater (John, 1882-1937). English poet, playwright and critic. Autograph Manuscript Signed of John Drinkwater’s play Laying the Devil, A Play in Three Acts, 1927, written in a neat hand with authorial alterations on rectos of 86 numbered leaves (the Acts numbered separately), concluding 'Finished / October 30th 1926 / John Drinkwater’, contemporary half calf, 4to, together with a published copy of the exhibition catalogue John Drinkwater. An exhibition to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death, The Times Bookshop,1962, 51 pages, pencil underscoring, original printed wrappers, some marks, 8vo (Qty: 2) The play Laying the Devil was first published by Sidgwick & Jackson in 1933 and performed for the first time at the Playhouse in Liverpool on 2nd May of the same year. It received its first London performance at the Shaftesbury Theatre exactly two months later. The present manuscript can be found as item 121 of the enclosed catalogue of the exhibition, having been previously owned by Drinkwater’s widow, the violinist Daisy Kennedy (1893-1981).
Drinkwater (John, 1882-1937). English poet, playwright and critic. Autograph Manuscript Signed of John Drinkwater’s play Laying the Devil, A Play in Three Acts, 1927, written in a neat hand with authorial alterations on rectos of 86 numbered leaves (the Acts numbered separately), concluding 'Finished / October 30th 1926 / John Drinkwater’, contemporary half calf, 4to, together with a published copy of the exhibition catalogue John Drinkwater. An exhibition to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death, The Times Bookshop,1962, 51 pages, pencil underscoring, original printed wrappers, some marks, 8vo (Qty: 2) The play Laying the Devil was first published by Sidgwick & Jackson in 1933 and performed for the first time at the Playhouse in Liverpool on 2nd May of the same year. It received its first London performance at the Shaftesbury Theatre exactly two months later. The present manuscript can be found as item 121 of the enclosed catalogue of the exhibition, having been previously owned by Drinkwater’s widow, the violinist Daisy Kennedy (1893-1981).
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