Collected Plays

Johnston (Denis).    Jonathan Cape,  1960 First Edition  Two volumes   Fine copies in faded and frayed dust-wrappers. The DEDICATION COPIES: each bears the printed dedication “To my dear Betty, who can’t abide some of the parts I write for women”. Beneath the first the author has written: “Certified corect. Love from Denis” and beneath the second: “Absolutely. Love from Denis”  “This collection ... presents ... Johnston’s famous plays [including The Moon in the Yellow River] in their definitive form, each with a new preface. The author married the actress Betty Chancellor in 1945. 

Price: £150