Theater - Theatre in the Round (first printing) from its beginnings in Ancient Greece to making it work today; step by step

Jones, Margo

Published by Rinehart & Co., New York, 1951

About this Item

Rinehart & Co., New York. 1951. 244 pages. First edition, first printing. Requisite Rinehart colophon present on copyright page. Book is tight. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Black cloth is bright and clean. Pages and endpapers are clean. Underneath DJ flap is the previous owner's name neatly written on the front pastedown. Shelf-rubbing to cloth at tips. Original DJ with $3.00 price intact on flap. DJ shows shallow chipping along edges and tips. Slight sunning to red hue on spine. DJ shows light soiling. The author, Margo Jones, aka "Texas Tornado", was both a stage director and producer, largely responsible for the American regional theater movement. Of note, Margo Jones green lit Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee's widely rejected play, giving it its World Premier at her Dallas theater, under her direction. That play was Inherit the Wind, and would go on to live in infamy. Later that same year, in 1955, Margo Jones would suffer a tragically bizarre death. And despite her premature death at age 43, she was instrumental in helping launch the careers of Tennessee Williams, William Inge, Joseph Hayes, Jerome Lawrence, and Robert Edwin Lee; of which Lawrence and Lee established the Margo Jones Award, in her honor. Theatre in the Round is Margo Jones first and only book; her experiences of theatre-in-the-round from its early beginnings in Ancient Greece to making it work today; step by step, and filled with anecdotes. An uncommon first edition, first printing, in DJ. VG+/VG.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Theater - Theatre in the Round (first printing) from its beginnings in Ancient Greece to making it work today; step by step
• Publisher: Rinehart & Co., New York
• Publication Date: 1951
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fine Arts
  • First Edition
  • Plays, Drama & Theater