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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