Abraham Lincoln – A Play – 1927 – John Drinkwater

Description: Abraham Lincoln – A Play – 1927 – John Drinkwater – Hardcover Condition: Book – Very Good++ Title: Abraham Lincoln – A Play With Introduction and Study Helps Author: John Drinkwater Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston Copyright Date: 1919, renewed 1927 Binding: Hardcover Book Condition: Very Good++ Pages: 130 Dimensions: 7” x 4½” x ½” Language – English A rare depiction of events in the life of a U.S. President by a British playwright, Abraham Lincoln was a great success in its day. The play covers events in Lincoln's Presidency from his election in 1860 to his assassination but omits most of the events in his private life. Abraham Lincoln was first produced in October 1918 at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, of which John Drinkwater was the artistic director. Arnold Bennett and Nigel Playfair acquired the play and its company for the suburban Hammersmith Playhouse, where Abraham Lincoln became a sensational success with London audiences. The Broadway production of Abraham Lincoln opened December 15, 1919, at the Cort Theatre, and ran for 193 performances. Abraham Lincoln was adapted as the sixth episode of the CBS Radio series The Mercury Theatre on the Air, broadcast August 15, 1938. On May 26, 1952, the play was presented on television on the anthology series Studio One. John Drinkwater (1 June 1882 – 25 March 1937) was an English poet and dramatist. He was known before World War I as one of the Dymock poets, and his poetry was included in all five volumes of Georgian Poetry. After World War I, he achieved fame as a playwright and became closely associated with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Shipping by media mail.

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