Ross. A Dramatic Portrait (Inscribed first edition)
- London: Hamish Hamilton, 1960
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1960. First edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed by the author "To David Brass/With every good wish,/Terence Rattigan." A Near Fine copy in like dust jacket. Small octavo (7 1/4 x 4 13/16 inches; 180 x 123 mm.). [1]-122 pp. Bound in publisher's red paper cloth over boards, spine lettered in silver. Original pictorial dust jacket, spine slightly darkened and with a few short tears at extremities.
Terence Mervyn Rattigan (1911–1977) was a popular English playwright. His play’s themes ranged from satire to social issues and relationships. Incredibly prolific, he wrote such plays as the French Without Tears, The Winslow Boy, Follow my Leader, The Deep Blue Sea, and Separate Tables, among many others (ODNB). T. E. Lawrence was the inspiration for his 1960 play, Ross, starring Alec Guinness as Lawrence, with Harry Andrews as Allenby and Gerald Harper as Dickinson. Not only was the show well reviewed, but it ran for almost two years. Ross was Rattigan's second most commercially successful play. Attempts were made to adapt the play into a film, but preparations were halted due to the production of Laurence in Arabia.
David Brass is an antiquarian bookseller whose shop at E. Joseph in Charing Cross Road, London was frequently visited by Terence Rattigan in the sixties. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.
Terence Mervyn Rattigan (1911–1977) was a popular English playwright. His play’s themes ranged from satire to social issues and relationships. Incredibly prolific, he wrote such plays as the French Without Tears, The Winslow Boy, Follow my Leader, The Deep Blue Sea, and Separate Tables, among many others (ODNB). T. E. Lawrence was the inspiration for his 1960 play, Ross, starring Alec Guinness as Lawrence, with Harry Andrews as Allenby and Gerald Harper as Dickinson. Not only was the show well reviewed, but it ran for almost two years. Ross was Rattigan's second most commercially successful play. Attempts were made to adapt the play into a film, but preparations were halted due to the production of Laurence in Arabia.
David Brass is an antiquarian bookseller whose shop at E. Joseph in Charing Cross Road, London was frequently visited by Terence Rattigan in the sixties. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.