A Play Which Tells of a Road That Leads to Heaven - Six Dalecarlian Wall-Paintings by Lindstrom, Rune - 1955

Stockholm: Svenska Kyrkans Diakonistyrelses Bokforlag, 1955. With illustrations and decorations by the author, printed in red and black, large slim 8vo, pp 100, decorated boards, spine very slightly gae-marked. The boards are a bot bowed, otherwise this is quite a good clean copy in a dustwra;pper which is a little worn and browned. [The play was performed for many years at the outdoor theatre at Leksand. The simple plot comprises - "The young peasants Mats and Marit are about to marry when a disease breaks out in their village. Marit gets accused of being a witch and sentenced to death. After she has been burnt alive Mats leaves the village and seeks a way to make God sending Marit back from heaven onto earth. He fails and loses his personal integrity. Marlit has to ask God to intervene before the devil can take Mats. God shows mercy by reuniting Mats and Marit in heaven".]. Pictorial boards. Good/Slightly worn and frayed.