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CURTAIN UP: THE STORY OF CAPE THEATRE
by Olga Racster Cape Town: Juta and Co., Limited, 1951. SIGNED by the author, with an inscription to the title-page. Enhanced with numerous photographs on striking black-and-white plates. A history of theater in Capetown, South Africa, from a long-time patron, who utilizes her first-hand knowledge of the personalities that helped make "the Cape" one of the most interesting theater scenes in the world. The theater scenes include all types of entertainment including circus acts, loads of music hall events, opera, dance, musicals, comedians, plays and more. An important cultural and theater history told by an active personality who witnessed and participated in it. Very good in orange linen with black embossed titles to the spine, with light scrapes to the rear cover, pale offsetting to the front and rear end-papers; in a price-clipped very good dust jacket that shows a one-inch long narrow snag-abrasion to the spine panel, and a few very short closed edge tears and nicks. Octavo; 214 pages; production budget charts; index. A lovely and presentable SIGNED theater collectible. FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA PLEASE VIEW FOR MORE GREAT SIGNED FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS! |