RATTIGAN, Terence ~ Cause Celebre

FIRST UK PRINTING. Hamish Hamilton, London: 1978

8vo., dark blue boards, typographically lettered in gilt to spine with publisher's device to foot; together in the unclipped pink and black printed dustwrapper (£4.95 net) featuring a photograph taken from a scene within the play; THE BOOK near-fine, with even toning to the text block; THE WRAPPER also near-fine, sunned to backstrip with evidence of small circular sticker having been removed from the front panel. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. First UK edition, first printing. The final play by the English author Terence Rattigan, inspired by the trial of Alma Rattenbury who, with her teenage lover, murdered her third husband Francis Rattenbury in 1935. Subtitled 'A Woman of Principle', the play was Rattigan's first foray into radio drama, and was first broadcast on 27 October 1975 on BBC Radio 4. In 1987 a television adaptation appeared, starring Helen Mirren as Alma. A lovely example.

BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Near Fine
JACKET: Near Fine