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The rescue : a melodrama for broadcasting, based on Homer's Odyssey / by Edward Sackville-West ; orchestral score by Benjamin Britten ; with six illustrations to the text by Henry Moore.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection EC9 Sa143 945r
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sackville-West, Edward, 1901-1965.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Radio plays--England--20th century.
- Radio plays.
- England.
- Homer. Odyssey--Adaptations.
- Homer.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Physical Description:
- 96 pages, 6 leaves of plates : illustrations (part. color) ; 23 cm
- Manufacture:
- London and Edinburgh : Made and printed in Great Britain by Morrison and Gibb Ltd.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Secker and Warburg, [1945]
- Notes:
- With a half-title.
- Without the music.
- "This Edition, printed on hand-made paper, is limited to 850 copies."
- "First published May 1945."
- "Performed by the British Broadcasting Corporation on November 25th (Part I) and 26th (Part II), 1943."
- Culture Class Collection copy is no. 271.
- Bound in light blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed.
- OCLC:
- 2279576
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