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WHITE, Patrick.

The Ham Funeral: A Tragical Farce in Two Acts.

The Ham Funeral: A Tragical Farce in Two Acts.

Stock Code 114527

c. 1950s.

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Composition of this play began in 1947, with the present script being produced in 1950 for the aborted New York production. White re-wrote portions of the play for the Australian debut the year after. We know of just one other example of this true first printing of the play.
This copy was once owned by actress Ruth Ford and her husband actor Zachary Scott. This text is markedly different from the final version published by Eyre & Spottiswoode in the Patrick White compendium Four Plays (1965).

True first edition; 86ff; typescript carbon, punch-bound, ownership label on title page; housed in brown cloth box; fine.

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Provenance: Ruth Ford & Zachary Scott (label to title page).

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