Martin Harvey . Some Pages of His Life

Edgar George

Verlag: Grant Richards Ltd, London, 1912

Beschreibung

Blue cloth boards with bright gilt titling/decoration to to the spine and to the front cover. An Oval black and white portrait tipped on to front cover with gilt borders. Head/tail of spine slightly 'bumped' from storage only. Rough-cut page edges, a few pages roughly opened. Top edge of pages Gilt. The former owner's name/address in ink written on the front free endpaper with some light foxing (Light yellow-tan spotting/patching) to endpapers, and to the prelims mainly, and to the page edges and fore-edges. The main text is clean and tight. (2) + 340pp. Black/white tissue guarded frontispiece. "(John) Martin Harvey joined Sir Henry Irving's Lyceum Theatre company in 1882. For many years he played only minor parts in Irving's productions, but later becoming the lead. After Sir Henry Irving's death in 1905, Martin Harvey continued to revive his old manager's plays, often using Irving's own props which he had bought. His early successes included Pelleas in Maeterlinck's Pelleas and Melisande, with Mrs. Patrick Campbell as Melisande and incidental music written for the production by Gabriel Fauré. Maeterlinck wrote the Foreword to this book. Martin Harvey and his wife Angelita worked on an adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities, later involving playwright Freeman Wills, this was titled 'The Only Way' . This play was made into a film in 1927 shot at Twickenham Studios and was a commercial success. It starred Martin Harvey in the lead role". Overall a Very Good, Crisp, tight, pretty clean and bright copy. See Images. ; 106859; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 114375

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Martin Harvey . Some Pages of His Life

Verlag: Grant Richards Ltd, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1912

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket

Auflage: First Edition.