The Chief European Dramatists: Twenty-One Plays From the Drama of Greece, Rome, Spain, France Italy, Germany, Denmark, and Norway From 500 B.C. to 1879 A.D.

MATTHEWS, Brander [Zachary Scott].

$175.00

Item Number: 115680

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916.

First edition of this compilation of the plays of the great dramatists. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of American actor Zachary Scott, the first husband of Elaine Scott who later married writer John Steinbeck. Scott is best remembered for his many roles as villains and “mystery men” in dozens of musical comedies, film noirs, and psychological thrillers throughout the 1940s and 50s including Hollywood Canteen, The Unfaithful, Shotgun, Man in the Shadow, and The Young One. In very good condition with Scott’s bookplate and ownership inscription to the pastedown. In good condition.

Matthews' compilation of the chief European dramatists includes Aeschylus' Agamemnon, Sophocles' Oedipus The King, Euripides' Medea, Moliere's Tartuffe, Dumas' The Outer Edge of Society, and Henrik Ibsen's A Dolls House.