Sunday in the Park with George: A Musical.

SONDHEIM, Stephen and James Lapine.

Item Number: 129085

New York: Dodd, Meade & Company, 1984.

First edition and signed limited edition of the script for Sondheim and Lapine’s award-winning musical. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. One of two hundred and fifty copies specially bound, numbered, and signed by the authors, this is number 211. Near fine in the original slipcase which is in near fine condition.

Inspired by the French pointillist painter Georges Seurat's painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Sunday in the Park with George follows the story of George, a fictionalized version of Seurat, who immerses himself deeply in painting his masterpiece, and his great-grandson (also named George), a conflicted and cynical contemporary artist. The Broadway production opened in 1984 and won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, two Tony Awards for design (and a nomination for Best Musical), numerous Drama Desk Awards, the 1991 Olivier Award for Best Musical and the 2007 Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Production.