Sinclair Lewis's Dodsworth; dramatized by Sidney Howard

[some spotting/foxing to cloth, otherwise a solid decent copy with only light shelfwear; jacket browned at edges and spine, minor paper loss at spine ends]. (B&W photographs) Dramatization of Lewis's 1929 novel, with an Introduction by the playwright and a lengthy essay, "The Art of Dramatization," by Lewis himself, which takes up almost one-quarter of the book and incorporates a lengthy (about 40 pages) excerpt from the novel and a reproduction of a page of the working script for the play, with annotations by director Robert Sinclair. The play ran a respectable 147 performances in its original Broadway production (February-June 1934), and was almost immediately revived for another 168-performance run which ended in January of the following year. In mid-1935 it was announced that Samuel Goldwyn had bought the film rights for a then-record $150,000; the movie version, directed by William Wyler and with star Walter Huston brilliantly reprising his stage role, was released in September 1936. Wyler, Huston and playwright-turned-screenwriter Howard were all nominated for Academy Awards.

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Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company

Year: (c.1934)

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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