People's Theatre: The Story of Unity Theatre
by [Unity Theatre]
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Hopewell, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Progress Publishing Co. Ltd. for Unity Theatre Society Ltd., n.d. [1945]. First Edition, First Printing.
12mo (7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches; 184 x 121 mm), 11, [1] pages, in pictorial stapled wrappers (soft cover).
A short history of the Unity Theatre, a left-wing theatre group founded in London in 1936. With four pages of black-and-white photographs of some of the theatre's productions. The striking cover photograph is from Sean O'Casey's "A Star Turns Red."
In 1938, Paul Robeson played the role of a labor organizer in Ben Bengal's strike play, "Plant in the Sun." Moreover, Unity staged the British premieres of plays by Maxim Gorky, Bertolt Brecht, and Jean-Paul Sartre. Branches of Unity Theatre were established around the U.K.
OCLC shows only six institutional holdings of this pamphlet: Michigan, Wisconsin, Waterloo, Auckland, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, and the National Library of Scotland. SCARCE.
CONDITION: Mild external wear, some soiling to lower wrapper, staple rusted but internally clean and unmarked. First page stamped "Made in England." A Very Good copy.
12mo (7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches; 184 x 121 mm), 11, [1] pages, in pictorial stapled wrappers (soft cover).
A short history of the Unity Theatre, a left-wing theatre group founded in London in 1936. With four pages of black-and-white photographs of some of the theatre's productions. The striking cover photograph is from Sean O'Casey's "A Star Turns Red."
In 1938, Paul Robeson played the role of a labor organizer in Ben Bengal's strike play, "Plant in the Sun." Moreover, Unity staged the British premieres of plays by Maxim Gorky, Bertolt Brecht, and Jean-Paul Sartre. Branches of Unity Theatre were established around the U.K.
OCLC shows only six institutional holdings of this pamphlet: Michigan, Wisconsin, Waterloo, Auckland, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, and the National Library of Scotland. SCARCE.
CONDITION: Mild external wear, some soiling to lower wrapper, staple rusted but internally clean and unmarked. First page stamped "Made in England." A Very Good copy.
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- Seller
- Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 2153
- Title
- People's Theatre: The Story of Unity Theatre
- Author
- [Unity Theatre]
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Progress Publishing Co. Ltd. for Unity Theatre Society Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- n.d. [1945]
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Theatre; Robeson; Radicalism; Scarce; London; Theater
- Bookseller catalogs
- Theatre;
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