Another Part of the Forest: A Play by Lillian Hellman [FIRST EDITION] 1947 • The Viking Press

Another Part of the Forest: A Play by Lillian Hellman

FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING [1947] THE VIKING PRESS

Hardcover First Edition; sans Dust Jacket.  Book is in Very Good shape.  Cloth cover is clean [one small spot on back] binding is tight, pages are clean and bright w. subtle tanning.  *Flyleaf page inside cover has name of orig. owners written in the center. 

The play takes place in the 1880s. Marcus Hubbard, rich, despotic and despised, made a fortune during the Civil War by running the blockade and worse. In his family life he is equally injurious: one son he bulldozes while the other he holds in contempt for his frailty. By Marcus's side stands his mentally deranged wife and, finally, Regina, the adored daughter amoral, conniving, and beautiful as an evil flower. Marcus, it would seem, has been on the top of the heap long enough and someone must depose him. Turning the tables on a tyrant has always made for high drama, and when Hellman puts her brilliant talents to work on such a theme the result is a play of great theatrical intensity.