Alternate Roots: Plays From The Southern Theater (UNIQUE FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY LINDA PARRIS-BAILEY [ONE OF THE CONTRIBUTORS] TO JAN RYAN)

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA: Heinemann, 1994. VG+. First edition, first printing. Paperback. xxv,340pp. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY LINDA PARRIS-BAILEY TO JAN RYAN, on half-title page. Inscription reads, 'For Jan Ryan/Hope you enjoy/the book. (Particularly "D.C."/Linda Parris-Bailey'. 'Alternate Roots', of the book title, is an organisation in Atlanta, Georgia which supports the creation and presentation of original art that is rooted in the community. This book is an anthology of seven plays: 'Blind Desire' (Road Company Ensemble), 'Red Fox/Second Hangin' (Dudley Cocke and Don Baker), 'Junebug Jabbo Jones' (John O'Neal), 'Mr Universe' (Jim Grimsley), 'Dark Cowgirls and Prairie Queens' (Linda Parris-Bailey), 'Blood On Blood' (Rebecca Ranson), 'A Preacher With A Horse To Ride' (Jo Carson).This collection also includes thought-provoking essays by John Egerton, Dr Betty Jean Jones, and Ruby Lerner on regional theater in general and Southern theater in particular. Linda Parris-Baily is a playwright and Executive Artistic Director of The Carpetbag Theatre in Knoxville, Tennessee. Jan Ryan is founding Director of UK Arts International. The play by Linda Parris-Bailey tells the story of black women in the American West. Couple of pages corner creased; else a very good plus copy of a UNIQUE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY LINDA PARRIS-BAILEY TO JAN RYAN.. Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed. First edition, First Printing. Paperback. Very Good Plus.