MR PECKSNIFF'S PUPIL. A Comedy in Five Acts. Adapted by I. M. Pagan from "Martin Chuzzlewit" by Charles Dickens.
London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1904. 1st Edition (Bolton MC49; VanderPoel B192). x, [4], 122, [2 (advert)] pp. 12mo. 7" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's green paper covers with black lettering. Now housed in a protective clear mylar sleeve. Age-toning & chipping to wrappers. Faint, period pos at top of front cover. A good copy of an uncommon adaptation. Item #51768
The play was reviewed in 1905 by the Dickesian magazine, which Bolton quotes, "an excellent little comedy, which is, as far as is possible, true to the book itself."
Of Ms Pagan we know little today, other than it seems she made a cottage industry of adapting Dickens for the stage.. the advert following the play's text lists 6 other such titles already published by Dent, with a 7th "in preparation"
Price: $125.00