skip to main content
Strange Interlude
NY, Boni & Liveright, 1928. The publisher's presentation edition of the third of O'Neill's four Pulitzer Prize-winning plays. One of 25 copies in vellum reserved for use by the publisher, of a total edition of 775 copies, signed by the author. A large paper edition, printed in two colors to distinguish spoken words from thoughts, an experimental technique O'Neill used in this play in which the actors spoke in soliloquies representing their inner thoughts. Pages uncut. Vellum foxed, as usual, thus a very good copy, without slipcase. Laid in is a small pamphlet printing reviews of the play, mostly from the New York media, and advertising tickets in advance of its run at the Hartman Theatre in Columbus. The play ran to over four hours in length and the pamphlet announcement indicates there will be a dinner intermission of an hour and twenty minutes. The play was scheduled to begin at 5:30 and final curtain to be at 11 PM. A rare issue of a Pulitzer Prize-winning play, with interesting ephemera laid in. [#029954] SOLD

All books are first printings of first editions or first American editions unless otherwise noted.

See more items by O'NEILL, Eugene