Description
For sale is a Fine paperback edition, early printing of Dream on Monkey Mountain and Other Plays by Derek Walcott with a remainder mark. First [Paperback] Edition unstated, 1970 Noonday Press. Thirteenth Printing 1994 stated.
The exterior of the paperback edition is in Near Fine condition, with clean, bright covers with no creases and with a remainder mark on the top page block, mild surface wear, strong title on a square spine, a tight binding with no spine cracks, strong spine ends, mild edge wear and lightly rounded corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
First published in 1970, Dream on Monkey Mountain and Other Plays is an essential part of Walcott’s vast and important body of work. The play was awarded the 1971 Obie Award for a Distinguished Foreign Play when it was first presented in New York, and Edith Oliver, writing in The New Yorker, called it “a masterpiece.”
Three of Derek’s Walcott’s most popular short plays are also included in this volume: Ti-Jean and His Brothers; Malcochon, or The Six in the Rain; and The Sea at Dauphin. In an expansive introductory essay, “What the Twilight Says,” the playwright explains his founding of the seminal dramatic company where these works were first performed, the Trinidad Theatre Workshop.
hips promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
