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1 CHAYEFSKY, PADDY. TELEVISION PLAYS.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. First printing Hard Cover Very Good in Very Good dj 
Six of Chayefsky' best Television dramatic plays: Marty , which was the first live play, and it also went to screen: Rod Steiger stars as the lonely Bronx butcher who finally finds romance with a plain schoolteacher, (Nancy Marchand); The Bachelor Party; Printer's Measure; Holiday Song; The Big Deal; The Mother. Sydney "Paddy" Chayefsky, (Bronx, N.Y. 1923-1981), the most renown American dramatists (playwright, screen writer), to emerge from the "golden age" of American television. His realistic, intimate, portraits of life played a critical part in the shaping of television drama in the 1950s. During Chayefsky's early television career he wrote episodes for Danger and Manhunt in the early 1950s. His scripts came to attention of Fred Coe, producer of NBC's live anthology drama, the Philco-Goodyear Playhouse. Chayefsky's first script, Holiday Song in 1952 won critical acclaim when it aired. His scripts frequently drew on the author's upbringing in the Bronx. The natural dialogue of his second generation American characters created a realistic portrayal of their lives, struggles and humor. The protagonists were generally middle-class tradesmen struggling with personal problems. Introductory commentaries by the author, describing how each play was written, produced and acted. Red boards, black spine. First Printing, stated.

DW not price clipped. Green, red, black, mild rubbing of front cover, upper corner chip closed tear to spine edge, few chips rear upper spine edge. Elaborate gold private book plate to paste down. Text clean, no writing, solidly bound. In protective mylar jacket. sm 8 vo, 268 pp. First Printing 
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