[ Emile Cammaerts; unpublished play; annotated by author; typescript ] The Mistress of the Beeches

Author: 
Emile Cammaerts (1878-1953), Belgian playwright, poet (including war poet) and author who wrote primarily in English and French
Publication details: 
[Return address] 35 Albemarle Street, London W1 [1927]
£1,000.00
SKU: 17361

Typescript, Paginated 76pp. but a few added, eg p.25a, cutting in places), 4to, clipped into brown folder (label partly removed '"The Play Box", Plays Placed, etc'), chipped, fold marks, sunned. Text dulled and stained in parts, but clear. With extensive additions and corrections in Cammaerts' hand, virtually every page, ranging from excising lines and paragraphs to one or two words to sentences to four lines. Note: "The International Theatre's production of M. Emile Cammaerts's " The Mistress of The Beeches," [was] at the Rudolf Steiner Theatre (May 24th-28th [1927])." No other performance traced. Apparently unpublished.