New York: Random House, (1951).
Price: $750.00
Hardcover. First edition. Tiny tears at the crown, very good in attractive good dustwrapper lacking the bottom 1.25" of the spine and some overall soiling. Bookplate of actress Ruth Gordon and directro Garson Kanin on the front fly. Laid in is an ivouce from The Drama Book Shop made out to Kanin in 1953, listing this play, along with *Of Thee I Sing, Pal Joey, Wonderful Town* and *South Pacific*. Also laid in are two typed pages summarizing the number of scenes, sets, songs, dances, number of spoken lines, number of people in the cast, and musical numbers. Additionally there are a few very light pencil check marks in an unknown hand in the list of the cast. The Rodgers and Hammerstein play version is the basis for the 1956 Walter Lang-directed film featuring Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner (reprising the stage role that made him famous and winning an Oscar). A very scarce play – the consumption of musical plays in book form is limited, as they seem to lack an important ingredient (the music), and usually results in very limited print runs - with a significant association.
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Richard and Oscar Rodgers and Hammerstein
birth name: Richard and Oscar Rodgers and Hammerstein