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Sir Arnold Wesker (1932-2016), playwright and author [Aubrey Hodes, Israeli author; Centre 42; New Wave; Kitchen Sink Drama; AngBiblio.com

Sir Arnold Wesker playwright. Two Typed Letters Signed both 'Arnold Wesker' to Israeli author Aubrey Hodes regarding his touring festival Centre 42 the English attitude to 'culture outside the commercial framework' and Israeli arts funding.

2204420 Fitzroy Square London N1. 17 October 1962. Both 1p 4to and in good condition lightly aged and folded once. Both letters addressed to Hodes at Beit Rosenberg Keron Heyesod Street Herzlia-on-Sea Israel. The subject of the letters is Centre 42 the touring arts group Wesker formed to bring culture to the masses on his release from prison following a sentence for civil disobedience with the Committee of 100 in opposition to nuclear weapons. The group moved to the Roundhouse in London in 1964. The first letter begins: 'Emersed as I have been in the festivals I have only just got around to answering your letter and I find in it that you ask me to send some material to a friend in Ramat Chem. I am afraid it is too late to send him material now as he has probably returned. I am sorry about this but I hope that the enclosed material will give some indication of the scope of the festivals.' The first three festivals have been 'mounted with varying success but the project as a whole has gained a great deal of public attention though not always sympathy. There is something inherent in the English personality that considers culture outside the commercial framework to be an enfringement of a basic democratic principle.' He concludes: 'Plenty of Israeli theatres appear to have wanted my plays – none of them have yet done so. sic God knows why.' The second letter is on Centre 42's stylish letterhead in grey and red and begins with reference to a meeting between the two men in Israel and 'Megged's book' a copy of which he has received from the publisher Gollancz. 'Concerning Centre 42 I have sent all the information about us to Dov Vardi and I understand he is going to write about us'. Wesker is sending 'a set of literature' to Hodes adding: 'However it strikes me as very strange that anyone in Israel should be interested in this sort of movement since as far as I understand the Histadruth spends over a million pounds on the Arts and cultural activity in Israel and this is what we dream of happening here in England. … We even quote Israel as an example of the situation we should like to see.' 20 Fitzroy Square, London, N1. 17 October 1962. unknown

Raphaelson, Samson Introduction By Joseph Wood Krutch Signed By Author, By Dorothy Gish And By Sidney RossBiblio.com

Young Love. A Comedy By Samson Raphaelson Author Of " The Jazz Singer

1929049478New York City Ny: Brentano's 1929. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Xii I 122 Pp. Green Cloth Faux-Wood Boards. First Printing. Signed By Author Samson Raphaelson; By Dorothy Gish The Lead Actress For Its Opening In Boston And Signed "Compliments Of Sidney Ross- May 1 1929". Worn Front Hinge Cracked Spine Cloth Foxed And Damp Stained With Lettering Readable. Samson Raphaelson 1894 -1983 Was A Leading American Playwright Screenwriter And Fiction Writer. While Working As An Advertising Executive In New York He Wrote A Short Story Based On The Early Life Of Al Jolson Called The Day Of Atonement Which He Then Converted Into A Play The Jazz Singer. This Would Become The First Talking Picture With Jolson As Its Star. He Then Worked As A Screenwriter With Ernst Lubitsch On Sophisticated Comedies Like Trouble In Paradise The Shop Around The Corner And Heaven Can Wait And With Alfred Hitchcock On Suspicion. His Short Stories Appeared In The Saturday Evening Post And Other Leading Magazines And He Taught Creative Writing At The University Of Illinois. Raphaelson's Second Play Young Love Was Banned In Boston When Authorities Found It Too Racy. It Starred Dorothy Gish One Of The Leading Actresses Of The Day. Three Of His Subsequent Six Plays Produced On Broadway Were Chosen For Publication In The Annual Ten Best Plays Of The Season Compiled By Burns Mantle The Widely Read Critic Of The New York Daily News At The Time The Largest Circulation Daily In The U.S. They Were Accent On Youth 1934 Skylark 1939 And Jason 1941. Accent On Youth Was A Critical And Popular Success Both On Broadway And In London's West End Where The Young Greer Garson Played The Leading Role. Skylark Another Substantial Hit Starred Gertrude Lawrence. Jason Was Less Successful Commercially But Won High Praise From The New York Critics. One Called It "The Best Play Of The Season" And Added That It Contained "Some Of The Finest Writing To Grace A Stage In Several Years." Another Commenting On One Main Character Inspired By The Colorful Writer William Saroyan Wrote: "Many Authors Have Tried To Put Into Their Plays Characters That Possess The Picturesque Qualities Attributed To Saroyan But Mr. Raphaelson Is The First To Do The Thing Successfully." His First Wife Was Rayna Simon From Chicago Who Also Studied At The University Of Illinois. She Became A Legendary Figure Rayna Prohme Thanks To Vincent Sheean's Bestselling Book Personal History In The 1930S. She Played A Role In The Chinese Revolution And Died In Moscow In 1927. Raphaelson Was Married For 56 Years To Dorothy Wegman Known To Friends And Family As Dorshka. The Name Was Given To Her By Her Friend Marion Benda A Fellow Dancer In The Ziegfeld Follies In The Early 1920S. Dorshka Raphaelson Published Two Novels: Glorified An Account Of Her Life In The Follies And Morning Song A Highly Praised Story About Growing Up In New York's Washington Heights. Brentano's hardcover

Arroyo Seco Books · États-Unis251,37 $US≈ 212,68 €

[O'Hara, Frank; LeRoi Jones; and Diane di Prima]Biblio.com

The New York Poets Theatre

19643067New York: The American Theatre for Poets n.d. 1964. A rare playbill from the New York Poets Theatre announcing plays by LeRoi Jones "The Eighth Ditch" Diane di Prima "Murder Cake" and Frank O'Hara "Loves Labor an eclogue. Jones later Amiri Baraka and di Prima were two of the founders of the New York Poets Theatre which operated in locations on the Lower East Side. "The Eighth Ditch" was Jones's first play and was originally presented at the New York Poets Theatre in 1961. The play derived from his larger work "The System of Dante's Hell" which ignited enormous controversy because of its explicit sexual content. In fact Jones and di Prima were arrested in 1961 on charges of sending obscenity through the mail after they had published "The Eighth Ditch" in their literary magazine "The Floating Bear." They also had published Williams S. Burroughs's "Routine: Roosevelt after Inauguration" in the same issue of June 1961. In any case the charges against Jones and di Prima were eventually dropped. See Steven Clay and Rodney Phillips A Secret Location on the Lower East Side page 75. The playbill presents biographies of the writers and listings of casts. There are also brief commentaries on each of the plays by directors Alan Marlowe on Jones and James Waring on di Prima. The playbill includes O'Hara's comments on his own play. Playbills of the New York Poets Theatre are extremely uncommon in the market. Many were cheaply printed and probably thrown away. In addition OCLC shows no institutional holdings of this playbill. None in commerce. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Printed wrappers measuring 8.5 x 7 inches 217 x 177 mm 8 mimeographed pages unbound. CONDITION: Sunning to extremities vertical crease. About Very Good. The American Theatre for Poets

Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA · États-Unis250,00 $US≈ 211,52 €

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