Prince Hagen: A Drama in Four Acts

Upton Sinclair adapted his 1903 novel Prince Hagen: A Phantasy as a play.

HathiTrust Digital Library provides full view of the undated Privately Printed edition, including one with the original cover, a Harvard University copy: • Copyright page: -- stamped as received in a 1918 bequest -- copyrights 1903 by L. C. Page & Co., first publisher of the novel, and 1909 by the Valencia Theatre Co., probably as the first version of the adaptation, "tried out" in January • The preceding title page is undated. • The following page states in part (no heading): "Prince Hagen was tried out at the Valencia Theatre, San Francisco, in January, 1909. In the light of the experience thus gained, it has been entirely re-written. It is now privately printed, to be sent out to managers, critics and others who may be interested. ..."

• Prince Hagen: A Phantasy rendered into a play
• "Privately printed"
• WorldCat library records (OCLC, below) report variously -- "[1921]" -- "[U.S.] : [Published by the author], ©1909"; "Rev. and rewritten ed." -- "San Francisco: Valencia Theatre, 1909" All three libraries report 104 pages.
• Probably "San Francisco: Valencia Theatre, 1909" is derived by mistake from the copyright statement in the Privately Printed revised and rewritten version of the play, one states among others (c)1909 The Valencia Theatre Co.   A note on the next page --first page after the title leaf-- begins (quote): "Prince Hagen" was tried out at the Valencia Theatre in San Francisco, in January, 1909. In the light of the experience thus gained, it has been entirely rewritten. ... (viewed at HathiTrust, where catalogued as "Published: n.p. : Privately printed, 1909."; 104 pp 19 cm)