Harvard Plays

Published by Brentanos, New York, 1918

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First Edition. Large 12mo. Hardcover, gray paper binding with stamped, black lettering and design to front cover. Stamped, black lettering to spine. Former owner signature to front endpage. Plays of the Harvard 47 workshop, including: "Three Pills In A Bottle," by Rachel Lyman Field, "The Good Men Do," by Hubert Osborne, "Two Crooks And A Lady," by Eugene Pillot, and "Free Speech," by William L. Prosser. Baker graduated in theHarvard Universityclass of 1887, served as Editor-in-Chief ofThe Harvard Monthly, and taught in the English Department at Harvard from 1888 until 1924. He started his 47 workshop class in playwriting in 1905. He was instrumental in creating the Harvard Theatre Collection atHarvard University Library. In 1908 he began the Harvard Dramatic Club, acting as its sponsor, and in 1912 he founded Workshop 47 to provide a forum for the performance of plays developed within his English 47 class. He was elected a Fellow of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciencesin 1914. Good interior with Near Fine covers. Significant soiling to covers. Stains to covers, as well. Corners rubbed and bumped. Ripping and sunning to spine. Some water staining to interior. Sunning to page edges.

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Title
Harvard Plays
Author
BAKER, George P. (Editor)
Publisher
Brentanos, New York
Publication year
1918
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition.

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