DS, three pages, 8.75 x 14.25, November 28, 1949. Contract between Miller Producing Company and Alec Guinness, in which the latter agrees to appear as Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly in the play The Cocktail Party by T. S. Eliot for a sum of $1000 per week. Signed on the final page by Guinness, and also by producer and Tony winner Gilbert Miller. Both Guinness and Miller have also initialed the first two pages, as well as an attached rider related to billing. In fine condition. The play opened on January 21, 1950, and ran for 409 performances, winning the Tony for Best Play of 1950. Pre-certified Beckett Authentication Services.
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