The confidential clerk : a play / by T.S. Eliot
1954, First edition. London : Faber and Faber Ltd. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #340620
Physical description: 134, [2] pages 23 cm. Subjects:
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) 1888-1965. English drama 20th century. Drama 20th century. Verse drama.
Plays 20th century. Genre:
Comedy plays. Drama.
Summary: Sir Claude Mulhammer thinks that Colby Simpkins is his long-estranged son. He tries to sneak Colby into the house as his "confidential clerk" in hopes that the very eccentric Lady Mulhammer will decide to "adopt" him. As multiple parent-child identities are revealed, Eliot's modern verse play touches on the sources of longing and the need to be loved.
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