Princess Kiku. A Japanese Romance. A Play for Girls
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers, 1903. Staplebound. 39, [1]pp., wraps. 7.25 x 5 in. Very Good with clean interior and only minor signs of wear on covers; former owner’s name in pencil on front cover: “Marie Freund.”.
A play set in Japan in which a young girl is tricked into deceiving a princess by staging a play that is taken for reality. The cast includes a couple of English travelers to Japan, and makes mention of cross-cultural contact. The play is preceded by detailed instructions on costumes, make-up, staging, and behavior. Part of a series of “Plays for Female Characters Only” whose advertised titles include “Gertrude Mason, M.D.,” “Murder Will Out,” “Social Aspirations,” and many others. Ads for the companion series, “Plays for Male Characters Only,” including “Wanted, a Mahatma,” “Riding the Goat,” and several with anti-black racial epithets.
Cat.No: 302998
Price: $30.00