Theatre, Theater

New York: Liveright Publishing, 1971. Includes an account of the 1970 Yale strike in support of Black Panthers on trial in New Haven; a consideration of revolutionary style and tactics in the light of drama theory. Includes bibliography and index.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: John Dicks Part of the Dick's Standard Plays series. nd. c.1840s. Rear wrap missing, chipped front wrap detached.. First Thus. Pamphlet. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London: Hammond, Hammond & Co., 1948 George Bryan Brummell (born June 7, 1778, London; died March 30, 1840, Caen, France), better known as Beau Brummell, was an arbiter of fashion in Regency England and a friend of the Prince Regent. He led the trend for men to wear understated, but beautifully cut clothes, adorned with elaborately knotted neckwear known as the cravat. Brummell is credited with introducing and bringing to fashion the modern man's suit worn with necktie; the suit is now worn throughout the world for business and formal occasions. He claimed to take five hours to dress, and recommended that boots be polished with champagne. His style of dress came to be known as dandyism.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1968 Two plays. Translated by Stuart Gilbert.. Second Printing. Paperback. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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London: Nick Hern Books, 1997 The most influential behind-the-scenes figure in British theatre since the war, who encouraged and bullied most of the finest playwrights of the period whose agent she was. Insights into her complex personality. 'An important book and an inspiring one'-Simon Callow. Fep removed.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Moscow, 1962 3 vols. Russian text.. First Thus. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Cromer: Swallow House Books, 1975 Chosen and translated by Harvey Pitcher and James Forsyth. Minor stain to lower corner.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: The Folio Society, 1974 Translated and with an Introduction by Elisaveta Fen.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Nigel Lambourne. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: Methuen, 1984. Translated and Adapted by Michael Frayn.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: Peter Owen, 1959 Chosen and translated by Avrahm Yarmolinsky. Rebound in strong library binding.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: John Calder, 1959 Translated by David Tutaev.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: Spearman & Calder, 1953 Translated by April Fitz-Lyon and Kyril Zinovieff, introduction by Andrew G. Colin. Rebound in strong library binding.. First English Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: The National Theatre Translated by Moura Budberg. Programme for a Performance given at the National Theatre in the late 1960s. Includes biographical essay by Kornei Chukovski. Staple holes on page edges.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Oxford University Press, 1965. Translated by Ronald Hingley. Rebound.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: Methuen & Co., 1961. Chekhov's first play, written in the early 1880s when he was still a student and never presented or even published in his lifetime. Translated by Dmitri Makaroff, with an Introduction by George Devine.. Reprint. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1995. A history of female impersonation on the stage, cinema, night clubs etc. based on interviews with Quentin Crisp, Holly Woodlawn, Lady Bunny, Lypsynka, Joey Arias and others. 'Drag Diaries' pulls back the curtain on a campy, vivacious, underground society of high heels and attitude, complete with extravagant cross dressing, glittering exposure and fabulous costumes. Today, drag is everywhere, exerting a major influence on designers and photographers, models and stylists, movies and theatre. A book that positively revels in the glamour of being a drag queen. Includes photographs, filmography, bibliography and index.. First Edition. Paperback. New/New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Sratford-on-Avon: Avon Press Company, 1928 Some wear to covers with chipping to all four corners. Rare.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: William Andrews and Co., 1897 First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Cork: The Mercier Press, 1967 First Edition. Paperback. Fine. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Berlin: Reichbahnzentrale fur den Deutschen Reiseverkehr, 1934. Scarce booklet published to promote travel to Nazi Germany to see performances of Wagner and other teutonic themed theatre and opera. Incedibly scarce ephemera. Booklet, folded once as issued, Small chips from top and bottom of fold.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982 Account of Brecht's exile in America.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1976 Some fading to boards a damp to prelims.. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Paris: Le Livre Du Poche, 1964 Pierre Corneille (June 6, 1606 - October 1, 1684) was a French tragedian who was one of the three great seventeenth Century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. He has been called the founder of French tragedy and produced plays for nearly forty years. French text.. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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London: Heinemann, 1937 Front hinge cracked, spine worn top and bottom.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: The Globe Theatre, 1969 Programme for a performance given in 1969. Staple holes in top and bottom edge.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Methuen & Co., 1923 Introduction by Douglas Ainslie, translated by Miss Emily Anderson. Crease to front board, minor wear to spine top.. First English Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Odhams Press, 1951. Rebound in strong library binding.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: Sampson Low, Marston. & Co., 1948. with a note on tenting by W.S. Meadmore. Rebound in strong library binding.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: James Cundee, 1805 Containing Sketches of the Lives, Lists of the Productions, Various Merits, etc., of all the principal dramatists, composers, commentators, managers, actors..of the United Kingdom. Boards rubbed and detached, spine cracked and rubbed, head and tails pulled and bumped, small piece missing from title page, illustrations missing. A reading copy of a rare book in need of rebinding.. Second Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket, as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Milano: Frattelli Treves, Editori, 1900. Play with text in Italian with a synopsis in English. Some foxing to prelims.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1907 A play. Translated by Charlotte Porter, Pietro Isola and Alice Henry. Spine faded.. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Methuen & Co., 1955. History of the famous theatre and its many celebrities including Josephine Baker. With 38 illustrations. Translated by Lucienne Hill with an introduction by Maurice Chevalier.. Second Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: English Theatre Guild, 1954 Rebound in strong library binding.. First U.K. Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: Fortune Press, 1966 A play.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1975 First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1971 First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Paris: Charles Carrington, 1898. This famous actress and singer, and the original Iphigenie in Gluck's opera of "Iphigenie en Aulide," was born in Paris, February 14, 1744, in the same room in the Rue de Bethisy in which Admiral Coligny was murdered, August 24, 1572. The Princess of Modena, having heard the child sing in the church of Val de Grace, was so charmed that she recommended her to the royal intendant of music. Against the will of her mother, Sophie became a member of the Chapelle Royale, and was taught comedy by Mlle. Hippolyte Clairon, and singing by Mlle. Tel. l\'Iadame de Pompadour on one occasion was so much struck by the young artist that she characteristically said, "With such talents you may become a princess." She made her debut on December 15, 1757, and remained on the stage till 1778, the most admired artist of the Paris Opera. In that year she left the boards and retired to private life. Arnould was not less renowned for her wit and power of conversation than for her ability as a singer and actor. A volume of table-talk, called "Arnouldiana," contains a host of her caustic and witty speeches. At her house was long maintained a salon frequented by many per sons of prominence. Her fame as an artist rests very largely on her connection with the operas of Gluck. She appeared with great success in the "Orphee" and "Alceste" as well as "Iphigenie." In Gluck's subsequent works her place was taken by a Mlle. Levasseur. Her acting was quite as much admired as her singing, and Gluck's new ideas found in her an able interpreter. She died in 1803. Limited to 500 copies only bound in original cloth with two portraits tipped in.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket, as Issued. Illus. by Adolphe Lalauze. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Victor Gollancz, 1932 John Van Druten is known especially for his well-crafted light comedies. His drama I Am a Camera was the basis for the popular musical Cabaret. Rebound in strong library binding.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: Victor Gollancz, 1932 John Van Druten is known especially for his well-crafted light comedies. His drama I am a Camera was the basis for the popular musical Cabaret. Rebound in strong library binding.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: Victor Gollancz, 1937 John Van Druten is known especially for his well-crafted light comedies. His drama I am a Camera was the basis for the popular musical Cabaret. Rebound in strong library binding.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: Samuel French, 1935 John Van Druten is known especially for his well-crafted light comedies. His drama I Am a Camera was the basis for the popular musical Cabaret. Rebound in strong library binding. Acting edition. Rebound in strong library binding.. First Thus. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: J.M. Dent & Sons Rebound in strong library binding. nd.. First Thus. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: Mitre Press, 1965 Two dramas, originally of Indian origin but now incorporated into the Tibetan repertoire for harvest festival ceremonies. Duncan was a missionary, traveller and scholar resident in Kham between 1921-36. He borrowed and copied these plays from the Batang Players own manuscripts. Important folklore of Tibet with annotations and 12 photographs. Scarce.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Winchester: St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1999 Entries on James' original works, contributions to books, published letters, contributions to periodicals, translations, and miscellanea contain full descriptive and historical accounts of the physical form in which the novelist's works and writings were given to the world. Each entry gives detailed notes on size, color, binding and printing, adverts etc. Revised with the assistance of James Rambeau.. Third Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Faber & Faber, 1951 Rebound in library binding.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: New Theatre, 1950 Theatre programme form a performance given on May 3rd 1950.. First Edition. Booklet. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London: Faber and Faber, 1950 Play.. Second Impression. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Bloomsbury, 1987 First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Methuen & Co., 1974 Includes W.B. Yeats and George Bernard Shaw. Some fading to spine and boards.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: Secker & Warburg, 1973 Study of eroticism on the stage. Contrasts the treatment of sex in the theatre during two periods from 1890 to 1910, and from 1950 onwards.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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