[Item #56385] The Subway. A Play in Nine Parts. Elmer RICE.

The Subway. A Play in Nine Parts

New York: Samuel French, 1929. First Edition. First printing. 12mo (19cm). Cloth-backed paper-covered boards, titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; red top-stain; 153pp. Fine, in somewhat spine-sunned dustwrapper (portions printed in red are nearly illegible) with a few closed tears, about VG.

A working-class tragedy, one of two early Rice plays to clearly borrow from the Expressionist theatre movement in Germany (the other was The Adding Machine, 1923). The play debuted on Broadway at the Masque Theatre, Feb. 5th, 1929, directed by Adele Gutman Nathan and with Jane Hamilton in the leading role of Sophie Smith. Uncommon in dustwrapper.

Price: $150.00

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