They Shall Not Die by John Wexley

They Shall Not Die: A Play

John Wexley

Alfred A. Knopf 1934

First edition hardcover, stated. Fine condition. Colorful checkered papers with yellow pastedown titles. Minor wear to edges. Dustjacket in near fine condition. Chips and tears along edges, now in archival mylar. Wexley, famous for The Last Mile and many Hollywood screenplays, was blacklisted during the Red Scare. In what could be considered his most communist play, several African-Americans are falsely convicted in an explosive dramatization of the Scottsboro Case.