Merrily We Roll Along A Play. With "good luck" note from Kaufman. Nancy Pyper copy by Kaufman, George S.; Hart, Moss - 1934

New York: Random House. Good with no dust jacket. 1934. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. vii, 211 pp. In green cloth which is sunned at the spine, and rubbed around the edges. With a note from George S. Kaufman, on his stationery, wishing "Miss Pyper" good luck on her production, signed by him, attached at the back with a straight pin. This is Nancy Pyper's working copy of the play, which she produced at Hart House in Toronto 1936/1937. Her signature and the date are on the first blank, she has pasted in clippings from a few other products on the end papers, and the text is filled with her notes on casting, staging, line changes, etc., mostly in pencil, a few in pen. Nancy Pyper (1893, Ireland -1985, Toronto) was an Irish actress, friend of Yeats, who came to Canada and became very involved in theatre there, both in Toronto, at Hart House, and earlier in Manitoba. The book is a bit shaken and the paper is soft, but a wonderful example of a working play, one that made Toronto history, with a nice note from Kaufman. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1934 pages; Signed by Author .