Torch Song Trilogy. Three Plays by Harvey Fierstein
New York: Gay Presses of New York, c.1981. Early Printing. Octavo, publisher’s stiff illustrated paper wraps.
Inscribed early printing of American playwright Harvey Fierstein’s Tony Award-winning trilogy. Originally staged as three one-act plays in the late 1970s, and presented as a full-length play in 1982, the dramas follow Arnold Beckoff, a gay Jewish drag performer in New York, over the course of a decade. The work’s incisive wit and heartfelt writing earned Fierstein widespread acclaim, with "Torch Song Trilogy" receiving multiple Tony Awards, including Best Play. In 1988, it was adapted into a film directed by Paul Bogart starring Fierstein alongside Anne Bancroft and Matthew Broderick. With an introduction by dramaturge James Leverett. Illustrated with black-and-white performance photos. Published by Felice Picano’s Gay Presses of New York. Inscribed by Fierstein to the half-title: "5/16/82 / Enjoy / [drawing of a flower] / Harvey Fierstein." Item #11920
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