1936 Sp

Copies examined

Curwen Press:

F76

Title page

[1]₂^r

Imprint

[1]₂^v

Collation

[1-4]⁴ [5]⁶; inserts after [1]3 [5]2 and [5]4, conjugate pairs around [2] and [4].

Pagination

[6] 1-35 [+3].

Technical description

4¾" × 3½", trimmed, white wove, no mark, inserts of loaded paper; 8(+6)pt. Baskerville; halftone illustrations on loaded leaves; casing, blue cloth on thin card boards, upper cover gold-blocked: ‘[within 3-rule border] CHEKHOV THEATRE | STUDIO | DARTINGTON HALL’; tissue dust-jacket.

Notes

Dartington Hall has supplied the following information: Date of publication: 1936; Author: Michael Chekhov assisted by Christopher Martin and Leonard Elmhirst; publication financed by Dartington Hall Trustees, Number of copies not known.

Michael Chekhov (d.1955) was the nephew of the playwright Anton Chekhov; he founded a charitable organisation which supported Chekhov Theatre groups in the U.K.

Apparently not deposited at B.L.