Trial of a Judge: A Tragic Statement in Five Acts
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1938. First Edition, First Printing.
Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches; 213 x 147 mm), 115, [1] pages, in original pink cloth, gilt titles to spine, in a printed dust jacket.
Stephen Spender's drama in verse written for the Group Theatre in London. "More readily understood than Spender's poems is this allegorical drama based on the situation in Nazi Germany. The Judge is faced with the problem of judgment on the murderers of a Polish Jew. He condemns them, and is in turn himself condemned. The various factions are there -- government, the people, the Communists, the Jews. A stirring and powerful arraignment of Nazi tyranny." (Kirkus Reviews, September 1, 1938).
A leaflet for the Group Theatre is laid in. Spender was the theatre's literary director.
CONDITION: Clean and unmarked, although many pages are unopened along the fore edge. The dust jacket has light edge wear and signs of a small erased number on the lower wrapper. The flap corners are slightly trimmed but the original price (5s) remains intact. Very Good or better overall. Item #2287
Price: $125.00