1915 Lithuania, a Drama in One Act

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First Edition, Uncommon

Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) was an English poet remembered for his war poetry. He was a friend amongst the Bloomsbury group of writers, and was a member of the literary groups the Georgian Poets and the Dymock poets, which included Robert Frost and Edward Thomas as members. His sonnets written during the First World War remain some of the most important examples of Western war poetry, with 'The Soldier' and 'The Dead' being his most well known verses. He tragically perished from sepsis from a mosquito bite whilst sailing with the British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force during the First World War at the age of twenty-seven.

This is a play, published for its first performance at the Little Theatre Chicago. It tells the tale of an impoverished family living in Lithuania visited by a wealthy stranger.

Published the year of Brooke's death.

From the library of fellow peripheral member of the Bloomsbury Group, Roger Senhouse (1899-1970), co-owner of publishing house Secker & Warburg and translator. Senhouse was the final lover of Lytton Strachey. Strachey's brother, James, had an affair with Rupert Brooke.