Arnold BENNETT (1867-1931) (1867-1931) English writer... - Lot 202 - Varenne Enchères

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Arnold BENNETT (1867-1931) (1867-1931) English writer... - Lot 202 - Varenne Enchères
Arnold BENNETT (1867-1931) (1867-1931) English writer and journalist Signed autograph manuscript, The Love Match, a play in five scenes, 1920; 150 pages in-4, midnight-blue morocco binding, gilt net frame, inner lace (Bagguley, Newcastle-under-Lyme). Complete manuscript of this comedy in five scenes, created at the Strand on March 21, 1922, published the same year in New York, by George H. Doran. The play, written during the month of July 1920, was not a success. The manuscript consists of a title page, a list of characters, a note on the characters, an indication of where the action of each scene takes place, a note on the divisions of the play (scenes rather than acts), and the five scenes. Perfectly legible, it presents numerous erasures and corrections. Bennett dated the beginning and end of each scene, and sometimes also indicated stops and resumptions of his writing which, except between scenes 3 and 4, had only brief interruptions: Scene 1 was written between July 1 and 6, 1920, Scene 2 between July 9 and 11, Scene 3 between July 14 and 15, Scene 4 between July 23 and 26, and Scene 5 between July 29 and 31. The author also made an approximate calibration by counting the lines, and planned the performance of his work to last 130, then 150, then 140 minutes. EXPERT: Mr Thierry BODIN
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