MORGAN, CHARLES. — The River Line. A Play.

London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1952. 1st edition. The theme of the play, further discussed in a preface "On Transcending the Age of Violence", is the predicament of us all who, being men and women of peaceful mind, nurtured in a rule of law derived from Rome and tempered by Christianity, find ourselves in a gangster world where great hordes have rejected these values and are determined to wipe away even the memory of them from the earth. Where does our responsibility lie? With what weapons in what spirit are we to resist? How shall we live in an age of violence? And if, not shirking action but seeking interior quiet in the midst of it, we ourselves fall into violent error, how shall we be absolved?" Pp.xxvi/166, date to front free endpaper, original 8 page programme for the 1952 production at the Strand Theatre, London, starring Pamel and Phil Brown is loosely enclosed. Green cloth, dustwrapper rubbed with edge chipping and small loss to top of spine. VG/G+.