Description: The Twelve-Pound Look - a Play in One Act Very Good - Text Unmarked - Binding and Cover Clean and Tight - Ready to Ship By -- J.M. Barrie (James Matthew Barrie) Published by -- Samuel French Inc., 1942, New York, 30 Pages, Stage Diagram, Staple-Bound, 7.25" X 5" X .1", 2 oz. [WIKIPEDIA]"The Twelve Pound Look (1910) concerns a wife leaving her 'typical' husband once she can gain an independent income.""A woman marries a cold, wealthy businessmen in order to be able to financially support her younger brothers and sisters. She later saves up enough money to buy a typewriter and leaves her husband to work independently as a writer.""Harry Sims is a wealthy businessman who is about to be knighted. He is married to Lady Sims. On the eve of the ceremony Harry engages a typist, Kate, to answer letters of congratulation. Lady Sims and Kate have a conversation, then Kate meets Harry. It is revealed that Harry and Kate used to be married, until she abandoned him for another man. Harry demands to know why and who the man was. Kate explains that there was no other man, she needed to leave him for her own self respect. She leaves, with Lady Sims none the wiser to her true identity." #CuttleboneBooks #Theater #bibliophile #Play #BooksBooksBooks #booksforsale #SamuelFrench #instaread #Playwright #bookcollecting #Books #OneActPlay #collectiblebooks #booksale #Bookworm #JMBarrie #booksforsale #Bookstagram #Drama #readersofinstagram #Scarce #TheTwelvePoundLook #Antiquarian #instabooks #JamesMatthewBarrie #Vintage #Rare
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Publication Year: 1942
Format: Staple-Bound
Language: English
Book Title: The Twelve-Pound Look - a Play in One Act
Book Series: n/a
Author: J.M. Barrie, James Matthew Barrie
Genre: Drama, Play, Theater
Publisher: Samuel French Inc.
Topic: Books, Plays