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Synopsis

A play by t. s. eliot.

Item Description

FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. 134 + [1] pp. + [1] pp., The Cast of the First Production at the Edinburgh Festival, August 23-September 5 1953. Bound in original blue cloth, gilt. Some foxing of flyleaves and edges, but otherwise a very good copy. 1955 signature of J. Romilly Roget on first free endpaper. A drama of mistaken identity, which involves an illegitimate son being taken into a household of a wealthy entrepreneur in the guise of a confidential clerk, while his wife later becomes convinced that the clerk is actually her own son.