The king's henchman : a play in three acts / by Edna St. Vincent Millay
1927, 21st Edition. New York and London : Harper & Brothers, c1927. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some minor loss) and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 131 pages; Physical desc. : 131 p. ; 22 cm. Subject: Edgar, King of England, 943 or 4-975 - Drama. Aethelwold, Earl of East Anglia, d. 962 - Drama. American drama - Verse drama - 20th century. The author was commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera House to write a libretto for an opera composed by Deems Taylor. The result, The King's Henchman, drew on the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle's account of Eadgar, King of Wessex, and was described as the most effectively and artistically wrought American opera ever to reach the stage. Within three weeks her publishers had run through four editions of the book. Item #185911
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