Written on a lark by Mencken, with only a little assistance from his friend and Smart Set co-editor George Jean Nathan, in order to prove to themselves how easy it was to write a successful play. The result bears an uncanny resemblance to Mel Brooks' hit, The Producers. Of it Mencken wrote in 1937: ..".the hero should be a man universally disreputable, and...there should be nothing in the play save time-honored theatrical buncombe. Every sort of novelty in the plot was to be barred, and the so-called psychology was to be as ...
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Written on a lark by Mencken, with only a little assistance from his friend and Smart Set co-editor George Jean Nathan, in order to prove to themselves how easy it was to write a successful play. The result bears an uncanny resemblance to Mel Brooks' hit, The Producers. Of it Mencken wrote in 1937: ..".the hero should be a man universally disreputable, and...there should be nothing in the play save time-honored theatrical buncombe. Every sort of novelty in the plot was to be barred, and the so-called psychology was to be as transparent as possible." Despite their deliberate artlessness, they received numerous offers to stage the play, turning down a $10, 000 bonus and later the entreaties of John Barrymore's agent.
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Good. No Jacket. Book Hardbound, no dust jacket. Limited edition #1729/2000. 1st edition. Previous bookstore sticker on lower edge of front fixed end page.
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Fair. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall A lovely hardcover copy in fair condition, sunning to spine, rubbing to cover, former owner's bookplate on front paste down, bumped corners. No. 683/2000 first edition copies. Missing DJ.
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Good. Good hardcover+. No DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with light rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight, strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
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Good- No Dust Jacket. Good-hardcover copy, no dust jacket. Of two thousand copies made this is number 1795. Moderate wear to extremities, sunning to spine and edges (spine rendered mostly illegible). Boards are rubbed. Hinges shaken, though binding remains sound.
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Fair. Edition limited to 2000 numbered copies. This is number 1961. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Slight shelf wear to boards with minor bumps to corners. Previous owner's name inked to endpapers. Spine is faded, and binding is loose, but with all pages present. A few minor stains to a few pages, otherwise an Acceptable reference copy of the First Edition. No dustjacket. Not ex-library.; 8vo; 183 pages.
