The Rock - A Pageant Play written for performance at Sadler's Wells Theatre 28 May-9 June 1934 on behalf of the forty-five churches fund of the diocese of London

Eliot, T.S.

Published by Faber & Faber, London, 1934

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Third impression, September 1934 (first published May 1934). Grey paper-covered boards with title in blue on spine. Condition: Good, covers are generally lightly shelfworn. A couple of pages have light foxing. Front endpaper has some light browning to inner edge of the front endpaper. Inscribed on front endpaper "Barbara from Joan 7.X.36". Binding sound. Dustjacket condition: Good with general light shelfwear and light sunning to rear of jacket. Half-inch repaired vertical tear to centre of lower front cover of jacket. Front inner flap of jacket has a fold to the outer edge. Not price-clipped. 86pp. Eliot's writing for the theatre began with the satirical 'Sweeney Agonistes' fragments. Eliot wrote this play, "The Rock" ,the London churches' pageant play' in 1934, and the choruses are preserved in Collected Poems. Putting it into chronological context, the following year, 1935, he was commissioned by the Canterbury Festival to write "Murder in the Cathedral", about the martyrdom of St Thomas à Becket. Seller Inventory # 008060

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Rock - A Pageant Play written for ...

Publisher: Faber & Faber, London

Publication Date: 1934

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Good