[ Rudolph de Cordova and Alicia Ramsay, playwrights and actors. ] Typescripts of three plays: 'The Earthquake', 'The Hand of Vengeance' and 'A Game of Nap' (the last by de Cordova alone), and of a short stoy by de Cordova, 'The Man in Mourning'.

De Cordova was a voluminous author (see his entry in Who Was Who). Several of the couple's works were adapted for the cinema during the silent era. Of the four items present here, 'The Man in Mourning' was published in the Green Book Magazine, February 1916, and de Cordova's entry in Who's Who 1914 lists 'The Earthquake' among 'seven sensational dramas for the London Hippodrome'. No record has been found of the other two pieces. Four duplicated typescripts. In fair condition, with some wear and aging. ONE: '"The Earthquake" A Dramatic Sketch by Alicia Ramsey and Rudolph de Cordova'. A play. Attached by brass studs in purple wraps with manuscript label on front cover. [2] + 30pp., 4to. A play. TWO: 'The Hand of Vengeance adapted from a story by Rudolph de Cordova by Alicia Ramsey and Rudolph de Cordova'. [2] + 22pp., 4to. A play. With a few minor manuscript emendations. Stapled in red wraps with front cover detached. THREE: 'A Game of Nap by Rudolph de Cordova.' [3] + 13pp., 4to. A two-hander play. Attached by brass studs in red wraps. Creased. FOUR: 'The Man in Mourning by Rudolph de Cordova'. [1] + 26pp., 4to. A short story. Attached by brass studs in red wraps.