C1

Tom Stoppard – Albert’s Bridge

C1 a. UK Edition

1. First Edition

Plays & Players. Published October 1967. Magazine. The complete text of the play is on pages 21-30. Front: a black and white photograph of Donald Pleasance in The Man In The Glass Booth by Robert Shaw. Price on front cover 4 shillings.

2. Acting Edition

Samuel French Ltd. Published 1969. Paperback. Title, [i], 36 pages numbered 1-36, [ii], 2 blanks. Pages 186mm x 121mm. Front: white with a red patterned band down the left side and inset in it the Samuel French logo and name; in red ‘ALBERT’S BRIDGE | A Play | TOM STOPPARD’. ISBN 0-573-02320-4.

3. Separate Faber Edition

Faber and Faber. Published January 1970. Paperback with french wrappers. Half-title, title, [i], 33 pages numbered 7-39. Pages 199mm x 119mm. Front: white with in black ‘Tom Stoppard’ and in red ‘Albert’s Bridge’, and below a black and white photo of a man painting a bridge girder (a scene from the play). SBN 571-09471-6. Price on front flap £0.30 (subsequently price-stickered by Faber to £0.35).

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C1 b. USA Edition

1. Acting Edition

Samuel French. Published May 1970. Paperback. Not sighted.

UK Premiere: First broadcast on the BBC Third Programme on 13^th July 1967.