The Lennon Play: In His Own Write. London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. First Edition. Purple cloth boards in pictorial dust jacket designed by Christine Marsh. A nice bright copy.

The stage adaptation of John Lennon’s surreal humour books ‘In His Own Write’ and ‘A Spaniard in the Works.’

The published script for the play, which was adapted by Adrienne Kennedy and later revised by Lennon and Victor Spinetti, who also directed. It famously premiered at the Old Vic in London on June 18, 1968, an event notable for being one of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s earliest public appearances together.