Author: ELIOT, T. S. (THOMAS STEARNS) (1888-1965)
Title: The cocktail party : a comedy
Description: New York : Harcourt. Brace & Co. 1950. First Edition. 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. by T.S. Eliot. Physical description: 190 p. ; 8º. 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. Weight in Kg appr.:

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