The Lark by Jean Anouilh Translated by Christopher Fry (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. 12mo. First American edition. Book is clean and solid in pale green cloth boards. Unclipped dust jacket has several small chips but the period artwork is intact. Price on jacket flap is $2.75. A retelling in dramatic form of the story of Joan of Arc. 103 pp. In protective Mylar.

Condition: NEAR FINE. First US printing. Play about Joan of Arc by this important modern French writer, translated by Christopher Fry, who is himself a well-known and respected playwright. Later adapted for the stage by Lillian Hellman and produced with Julie Harris in the starring role. 103 pp preceded by a note that appeared in the program of the original French production: "The play that follows makes no attempt to explain the mystery of Joan." Near fine in very good dust jacket (overall edgewear to dj.).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 12 mo., hardcover, VG in good yellow and white pictorial dj. Second printing, 1956. 103pp. A French play. Author notes a little boy discovers his mechanical duck is make of screws, wheels and springs in her introduction to the play. Book.

First English edition. 8vo, v,103pp. Edges slightly yellowed. Cloth, d/j, discoloured and torn. VG/G.

Pbk prelims + 103pp.VG+.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jacket by Jean-Denis Malcles (illustrator). 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression. Some edge wear, chipping, closed tears and small loss to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners rubbed with small loss, some slight overall browning. Price clipped, interesting inscription to ffep 'Martin, The regret for a lost opportunity lasts a long time - but the regret for incurring enmity will last for eternity. Nano, June 1955'. (oh dear!). Internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 103pp. French dramatist Jean Anouilh's (1910-87), play about Joan of Arc, was presented on Broadway in English in 1955, starring Julie Harris as Joan and Boris Karloff as Pierre Cauchon. It was produced by Kermit Bloomgarden. Lillian Hellman made the English adaptation and Leonard Bernstein composed the incidental music. The two stars of the play reprised their roles in a 1957 television production of the play, as part of the anthology series Hallmark Hall of Fame.

Publisher's original blue and white card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 73 printed pages with monochrome stage design illustrations and archive photographs to the rear. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0573012253 PLAYS (Theatre Performance).