The Cenci.
London: Calder and Boyars (1969). First UK trade paperback printing. 60 pp. Very good plus in illustrated wrappers. Translated from the French by Simon Watson Taylor. Laid in is the translator’s calling card INSCRIBED by Taylor, “23.vii.69 / Here, for your delectation, is probably the/ dottiest play written so far this century.* But / what a mise en scene! / Regards, S.W.T. / * Grove Press edition coming out this year.” Taylor has made nine corrections to the text, including to two instances of the publisher mis-printing his name.
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