first edition Softcover
1977 · (London)
by D'ARCY, Margaretta and John Arden
(London): Pluto Plays, 1977. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Parts 1 and 2 in a single volume. 64pp. Pictorial wrappers. Spine lightly sunned and cocked, else a fine copy. An epic drama in six parts (the first two of which are present here), telling of the life and career of James Connolly, Ireland's greatest revolutionary, from his birth in Edinburgh through his political maturation in Ireland and America to his last moments in front of a British firing squad after the abortive Easter Rising of 1916. (Inventory #: 515583)