British and American Playwrights | Plays by Augustin Daly: A Flash of Lightning, Horizon, Love on Crutches
Daly, Augustin [Edited by Don B. Wilmeth and Rosemary Cullen] John Augustin Daly (July 20, 1838 - June 7, 1899) was one of the most influential men in American theatre during his lifetime.
(Book #ID 92611)
Published by Cambridge at the University Press First Edition 1984. 1984.
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains [xi] 208 printed pages of text with 8 monochrome illustrations including photograph of Augustin Daly. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with age sunning down the spine and to the edges, not price clipped. Drama critic, theatre manager, playwright, and adapter, Augustin Daly became the first recognised stage director in America. He exercised a fierce and tyrannical control over all aspects of his productions. His rules of conduct for actors and actresses imposed heavy fines for late appearances and forgotten lines and earned him the title "the autocrat of the stage." He formed a permanent company in New York and opened Daly's Theatre in New York in 1879 and a second one in London in 1893. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0521240905
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