O MISTRESS MINE.
Rattigan, Terence:
[New York: John C. Wilson, Producer, ca. 1946]. [4],53,[1],43,[1],46,[1],12,[1],2,2,[2] leaves. Quarto. Carbon typescript on onionskin paper, text on rectos only. Bradbound in service bureau mimeographed wrappers, with producer's label. First two leaves detached from brads, light use, but about very good. An unspecified (but likely close to production) draft of this script for the U.S. premiere production of Rattigan's play, O MISTRESS MINE, produced by John C. Wilson and the Theatre Guild at the Empire Theatre, under the direction of Alfred Lunt. The New York production enjoyed 482 performances, opening 23 January 1946, and continued on the road to Chicago and other points. This play was an adaptation of Rattigan's earlier play, LOVE IN IDLENESS (1944), and the final version was not published in book form until the Samuel French edition of 1949. The supplementary leaves are devoted to props and inventories. The wrapper bears the error carried over from earlier drafts, showing the title as "Oh Mistress Mine."
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