Jason Miller — That Championship Season

New York City, Atheneum, 1972. First edition. Cloth. An award-winning play looking at a basketball reunion reminiscing the impact of their domineering coach, written by Jason Miller. The first edition of That Championship Season, an award-winning play focusing on a basketball team reunion, written by American playwright Jason Miller.  In the publisher's original cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrapper.  Winning both the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for best play, That Championship Season is an intriguing play that looks at the impact of a domineering coach's impact upon the lives of his former players at a Catholic high school in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Miller would later star in the Hollywood horror The Exorcist. From the theatrical collection of Clive Hirschhorn, theatre critic for the Sunday Express from 1966 to 1993. Known for his witty and thorough reviews, features and interviews, Hirschhorn also authored several works on the film industry, including his critically acclaimed biographies of Hollywood stars, Gene Kelly and James Mason.  A renowned book collector, the majority of works from Hirschhorn"s incredible library of theatre-related material have a characteristic pencil inscription with his date of acquisition to the upper corner of the paste down. In the publisher's original cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with minor fading to edges, and small knocks to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Dust wrapper is bright and clean, with the odd handling mark and minor creasing to tail of wrapper spine. Orange end papers are bright and clean. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.