PINTER, Harold (1930-2008). The Homecoming . London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1965. First edition, presentation copy inscribed by Pinter to Noël Coward ‘August 6. 1965 / To Noel / with great / admiration & / affection. / Yours / Harold’. The two playwrights enjoyed a strong mutual appreciation. Pinter praised what he called Coward’s ‘objectivity of the stage’ ( Hoare , p.458) while Coward lauded Pinter’s originality, whose writing he believed was ‘quite unlike anyone else’s’ ( Diaries , p.436). In August 1965, Coward saw a performance of The Homecoming and greatly admired it, calling it ‘an extraordinary play, fairly obscure, superbly done and professionally acted… I was never bored for an instant’ ( Diaries , p.605). Octavo (182 x 121mm). Original black cloth, spine lettered in silver, original pictorial dust-jacket (minor marks to rear panel). Provenance : Noël Coward (1899-1973; author’s presentation inscription, bookplate).
PINTER, Harold (1930-2008). The Homecoming . London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1965. First edition, presentation copy inscribed by Pinter to Noël Coward ‘August 6. 1965 / To Noel / with great / admiration & / affection. / Yours / Harold’. The two playwrights enjoyed a strong mutual appreciation. Pinter praised what he called Coward’s ‘objectivity of the stage’ ( Hoare , p.458) while Coward lauded Pinter’s originality, whose writing he believed was ‘quite unlike anyone else’s’ ( Diaries , p.436). In August 1965, Coward saw a performance of The Homecoming and greatly admired it, calling it ‘an extraordinary play, fairly obscure, superbly done and professionally acted… I was never bored for an instant’ ( Diaries , p.605). Octavo (182 x 121mm). Original black cloth, spine lettered in silver, original pictorial dust-jacket (minor marks to rear panel). Provenance : Noël Coward (1899-1973; author’s presentation inscription, bookplate).
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