The Raw Edge of Victory [Washington] (Original script for the 1976 play, inscribed by playwright Barrie Stavis)

N.p.: N.p., 1976. Vintage script for the 1976 off-Broadway play, seen here under the working title "Washington." INSCRIBED on the title page by playwright Barrie Stavis: "December, 1976 / This copy of Washington is for Norman Weinstein, friend, poet, valued colleague. It is presented with gratitude for the brilliant cutting he did on the script during that midstream time of tension [and] travail when the author doesn't see the forest for the trees. It is one of 60 copies. / Barrie Stavis."

Born in New York and educated at Columbia University, playwright Barrie Stavis primarily wrote about historical figures whose discoveries and beliefs challenged contemporary authority. Although his work was performed infrequently in the US, his plays were successful internationally, particularly in Eastern Europe. He is today best remembered for his first tetralogy of plays, "Lamp at Midnight" (1947), "The Man Who Never Died" (1954), "Harpers Ferry" (1960), and "Coat of Many Colors" (1968). The National Theatre Conference established the Barrie and Bernice Stavis Award for Emerging Playwrights in 1988 in honor of his work.

A drama about the life of George Washington, "The Raw Edge of Victory" was first produced in 1976 at the Midland Community Theatre in Texas, under the direction of Art Cole, and was first published in "Dramatics" in the April and May 1986 issues.

Dark red titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers, with credit for playwright Stavis. Title page present, undated, with credit for Stavis. 135 leaves, with last page of text numbered 2-61. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold screw brads.