MILLER, Arthur.

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The Man Who Had All the Luck. Rehearsal script of the author's first Broadway play, signed by the author on the title page. This copy is extensively annotated by Eugenia Rawls, who created the role of Hester Falk. The script is significantly different from that first published in Cross-Section: A Collection of New American Writing in 1944.The play was the author's second major play (following No Villain) and was first presented on Broadway on 23 November 1944. There were only four performances and the failure of the play led Miller to question whether he could write for the theatre.The work would not be revived until 1990 with a Bristol Old Vic production that transferred to the Young Vic in London. Subsequently it has enjoyed a number of similarly successful productions.Eugenia Rawls (1913-2000) made her Broadway debut in 1934, and achieved recognition when she played opposite Tallulah Bankhead in Lillian Hellman's play The Little Foxes in 1939. She was regularly seen on US television and she would publish a book on Bankhead in 1979.Rawls has marked the text of this script with numerous additions, deletions, and corrections. There are 10 leaves on which she has added text on the hitherto blank verso. The final blank leaf features a rough drawing of a woman. The front wrapper is signed with Rawls's surname.The volume comprises a title page, listing of cast annotated with names of the actors (1 leaf), a listing of scenes (1 leaf), a divisional title (1 leaf), text of Act 1 (50

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