Burning Bright.
STEINBECK, John.
Burning Bright.
“I've given you everything a friend can give, Joe Saul-even contempt, and that's the hardest thing of all": First paperback edition of John Steinbeck's Burning Bright
New York: Bantam Books, 1951.
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First paperback edition of Steinbeck’s classic play-novelette. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition.
Burning Bright is a 1950 novella by John Steinbeck written as an experiment with producing a play in novel format. Rather than providing only the dialogue and brief stage directions as would be expected in a play, Steinbeck fleshes out the scenes with details of both the characters and the environment. The intention was to allow the play to be read by the non-theatrical reader while still allowing the dialogue to be lifted and performed with little adaptation by acting companies.
