The cocktail party : a comedy / by T.S. Eliot
by Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) (1888-1965)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
New York : Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy (boards somewhat stained), in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Copy is not price-clipped. Physical description: 190 p. ; 8�. Notes: In verse. ""One-Eyed Riley"" (words with melody): p. [191] Contains the cast of the first production at the Edinburgh Festival, 1949. Summary: 'The Cocktail Party' focuses on a troubled married couple who, through the intervention of a mysterious stranger, settle their problems and move on with their lives. The play starts out seeming to be a light satire of the traditional British drawing room comedy. As it progresses, however, the work becomes a darker philosophical treatment of human relations. Subject: Cocktail parties - Married people - Drama. DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Genre: Drama.
Synopsis
A modern verse play about the search for meaning, in which a psychiatrist is the catalyst for the action. “An authentic modern masterpiece” (New York Post). “Eliot really does portray real-seeming characters. He cuts down his poetic effects to the minimum, and then finally rewards us with most beautiful poetry” (Stephen Spender).
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Details
- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230135
- Title
- The cocktail party : a comedy / by T.S. Eliot
- Author
- Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) (1888-1965)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- New York : Harcourt, Brace & Co.
- Date Published
- 1950
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