Hammersmith hoy : a book of minor revelations / Nigel Playfair
1930, 1st edition. London : Faber & Faber Limited. Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands worn; panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Boards water-stained. Text remains clear and without blemish. Item #405039
Physical description; 310 pp., 1 leaf, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : portrait frontispiece, black and white photographs ; 23 cm. Contents; Childhood -- Harrow -- Oxford -- The bar : an interlude -- The decisive step -- At home and abroad -- The Hammersmith venture -- "The Beggar's Opera" : the play's history -- "The Beggar's Opera" : the 'Lyric' production -- Congreve and Sheridan -- Further adventures -- Yesterday and to-day. Subjects; Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. Playfair, Nigel 1874-1934 actor and theatre manager. Biography. Actors Great Britain. Theatrical producers and directors. Correspondence, reminiscences.
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