Noel Langley
(1911 - 1980)
Noel Langley was born in South Africa and became a Broadway playwright as well as an author and screenwriter. His most famous screenplay was The Wizard of Oz.
Bibliography
The Land of Green Ginger (1966)
A fantasy in the mold of the Arabian Nights Entertainment.
Read online at archive.org.
The Land of Green Ginger (1975)
In this revised version, the original chapter 8 has been dropped. This leaves seven fewer illustrations. The rear cover is new. This edition was re-issued by Faber and Faber in 2001.
The Land of Green Ginger (1977)
An adventure story in the mold of Arabian Nights Entertainment. This is a hardcover version of the text of the 1966 edition.
Somebody’s Rocking My Dreamboat (1949)
A group of women flee England on a tramp steamer during WWII.
Hazel Pynegar
There’s a Porpoise Close Behind Us (1948)
A “book about the theatre proper; tinged with bitter, brittle wit and hard philosophy” (sic). Dust jacket by Ardizzone.
The True and Pathetic History of Desbarollda the Waltzing Mouse (1947)
A mock heroic tale in an exalted 18th century style.