The cocktail party : a comedy / by T.S. Eliot
1950, First Edition. New York : Harcourt, Brace & Co. 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. Item #230135
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.
Price: €12.95