Theatre, Theater

London: King's Head Theatre, 1996 Programme from a performance at the King's Head Theatre, London 2 April - 26 May 1996.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Dublin: Rainbow, 1985 First Edition. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, 1924 Translated by Henry T. Schnittkind. Little Blue Book 760.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. more information

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Edinburgh: Albyn Press, 1950. Scottish play. Albyn Scottish play series No. 6. Booklet.. First Edition. Paperback. New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1915 Translated by C.L. Meader and F.N. Scott, with Introduction By V.V. Brusyanin. Playwright and short-story writer who led the Expressionism movement in the national literature. He was active between the revolution of 1905 and the Communist revolution which finally overthrew the tsarist government. Born in the Oryol province of Russia, Andreyev originally studied law in Moscow and St. Petersburg, but abandoned his unremunerative law practice to pursue a literary career. He became police-court reporter for a Moscow daily, performing the routine of his humble calling without attracting any particular attention. His first story published was About a Poor Student, a narrative based upon his own experiences. It was not, however, until Gorky discovered him by stories appearing in the Moscow Courier and elsewhere that Andreyev's literary career really began.. First English Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Signet, 1969 Nice clean copy.. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Fine. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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London: Creation Books, 2003. Antonin Artaud’s simulacrum of The Monk is the only work of sustained fiction by the infamous literary terrorist. Taking Matthew Gregory Lewis's gothic novel of 1794 as the starting point for an astonishing exploration of the far edges of death, sexuality and terror, Artaud conducted an evisceration of the original novel, discarding entire chapters, recreating others and stamping his own distinctive identity on the work in his avowed aim to accentuate the story’s violence and atrocity to the maximal degree. In Artaud's The Monk, sexual obsession is irrepressibly crushed together with murder, cruelty and blasphemy. The result is a searing document of lust and fear which will push the reader's sensorial pleasure beyond the point of no return. Best known for his Theatre of Cruelty manifestoes, Surrealist film projects and corporeal poetry, Artaud created The Monk in France in 1931, to the acclaim of such figures as Jean Cocteau, at a time when Artaud's explicit purpose in his work was to cancel out all existing social and moral systems. This is the first time ever that the book has appeared in English. With an introduction by Stephen Barber (author, Artaud: The Screaming Body and Artaud: Blows & Bombs). A great masterpiece of fantastic literature.. marvels burst out at the reader, burning with a thousand fires.. the spirit of the marvellous inflames this book to the very core. André Breton. This work of Artaud is that of an alchemist, an evil angel. The Monk is an epic of blood, plague and death, sorcery and poison blazes and ravages us. Jean Cocteau.. First English Edition. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Triton Books, 1968 Includes photographs, bibliography and index.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Creation Books, 2003. The definitive biography, by the world authority on Antonin Artaud, is the first ever to have been written about this legendary figure of 20th century culture. Spanning Artaud’s involvement with the Surrealist movement in 1920s Paris, his seminal Theatre of Cruelty in the 1930s, and his nine-year asylum incarceration and final period of drug-ravaged freedom in the 1940s, Blows and Bombs gives a vivid and potent portrait of Artaud’s extreme life. Artaud’s influence has been colossal, extending from the Beat movement to punk, from the revolutionary theatre movements of the 1960s to contemporary digital media. For the first time, this biography gives readers the opportunity to trace the entire development of his inspirational work. Many parts of Artaud’s life have been unknown such as his journey to Ireland, from which he returned in a straitjacket and Barber finally illuminates those mysteries. Artaud’s wild life was full of conflict, desperation and drama, and Blows And Bombs presents that multi-faceted existence in all of its fascinating layers. Based on fifteen years of research and on interviews with the people closest to Artaud, this is a unique and compelling biography that will be read for decades to come. Stephen Barber is a noted cultural historian and the leading authority on Antonin Artaud. He is the author of many acclaimed books, including: Burning World, the best-selling biography of Edmund White; Tokyo Vertigo; Caligula: Divine Carnage; and Artaud: The Screaming Body. Blows And Bombs was first published by Faber & Faber in 1993, and is presented here in a new, updated and expanded edition.. First Thus. Paperback. New. 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: Gerald Duckworth & Co., 1974 Painter, poet, illustrator, dramatist and creator of the Titus Groan trilogy, Mervyn Peake was near to achieving cult status even before his early death in 1968. This illustratred biography traces the life and work of his eccentric, unworldly and witty original who remained independent of the literary and artisitc movements of his day.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: Home & Van Thal, 1946 First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London: Methuen & Co., 1969 Edited by Andrew Gurr. Series: Revel Plays. "The introduction to this edition discusses the text, its stage history, the political concerns of the authors & their social & intellectual background." Facsimile of 1620 title page.. First Thus. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: William Heinemann, 1964 Reprint. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: William Heinemann, 1950 Rebound in strong library binding.. Second Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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New York: Greenwood Press, 1969 Beerbohm succeeded George Bernard Shaw as dramatic critic of the Saturday Review in 1898, and many of his reviews are here reprinted W.B. Yeats, Synge, Henry James, Oscar Wilde, J.M. Barrie, Sarah Bernhardt, Duse, Ellen Terry, Yvette Guilbert, etc. An unread copy.. First Thus. Cloth. New/No Jacket, as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Hutchinson & Co., 1920 Beerbohm was a major figure in British theatre. Born in Kensington, London as Herbert Draper Beerbohm, Tree was the second son of Julius Beerbohm, a Lithuanian-born businessman of German descent, and his English wife Constantia Draper [1]. His younger half-brother was the parodist and caricaturist Max Beerbohm. (Max jokingly claimed that Herbert added the "Tree" to his name because it was easier for audiences than shouting "Beerbohm! Beerbohm!" at curtain calls.) Includes chapters by Edmund, Gilbert Parker, G.B. Shaw and other luminaries. Rebound in strong, but worn, library binding.. Third Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1946 Third Printing. Cloth. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: William Heinemann, 1950 Reprint. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: William Heinemann, 1957 Enlarged from the first edition.. Second Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: William Heinemann, 1951 Reprint. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: William Heinemann, 1920 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: George Allen & Unwin, 1978 Sir Henry Irving (6 February 1838 - 13 October 1905), born John Henry Brodribb, was an English stage actor in the Victorian era. He was the first actor to be awarded a knighthood. Irving was the inspiration for the title character in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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New York: New York University Press, 1975 Eight plays: Jean Genet: Les Bonnes. Eugene Ionesco: La Cantatrice chauve (and) Le Roi se Meurt. Samuel Beckett: Fin de Partie. Arthur Adamov: Le Professeur Taranne. Georges Schehade: Monsieur Bob'le. Robert Pinget: Lettre morte. Fernando Arrabal: L'Architecte et 'Empereur d'Assyrie. French text.. Second Edition. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: New York University Press, 1975 Eight plays: Jean Genet: Les Bonnes. Eugene Ionesco: La Cantatrice chauve (and) Le Roi se Meurt. Samuel Beckett: Fin de Partie. Arthur Adamov: Le Professeur Taranne. Georges Schehade: Monsieur Bob'le. Robert Pinget: Lettre morte. Fernando Arrabal: L'Architecte et 'Empereur d'Assyrie. French text.. Second Edition. Cloth. New/No Jacket, as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Newark-on-Trent: The Irving Society, 1998 The Journal of the Henry Irving Society. Sir Henry Irving (6 February 1838 - 13 October 1905), born John Henry Brodribb, was an English stage actor in the Victorian era. He was the first actor to be awarded a knighthood. Irving was the inspiration for the title character in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Newark-on-Trent: The Irving Society, 1998 The Journal of the Henry Irving Society. Sir Henry Irving (6 February 1838 - 13 October 1905), born John Henry Brodribb, was an English stage actor in the Victorian era. He was the first actor to be awarded a knighthood. Irving was the inspiration for the title character in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Newark-on-Trent: The Irving Society, 2001 The Journal of the Henry Irving Society. Sir Henry Irving (6 February 1838 - 13 October 1905), born John Henry Brodribb, was an English stage actor in the Victorian era. He was the first actor to be awarded a knighthood. Irving was the inspiration for the title character in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Newark-on-Trent: The Irving Society, 2000 The Journal of the Henry Irving Society. Sir Henry Irving (6 February 1838 - 13 October 1905), born John Henry Brodribb, was an English stage actor in the Victorian era. He was the first actor to be awarded a knighthood. Irving was the inspiration for the title character in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Newark-on-Trent: The Irving Society, 2000 The Journal of the Henry Irving Society. Sir Henry Irving (6 February 1838 - 13 October 1905), born John Henry Brodribb, was an English stage actor in the Victorian era. He was the first actor to be awarded a knighthood. Irving was the inspiration for the title character in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: The Irving Society, 2002 The Journal of the Henry Irving Society. Sir Henry Irving (6 February 1838 - 13 October 1905), born John Henry Brodribb, was an English stage actor in the Victorian era. He was the first actor to be awarded a knighthood. Irving was the inspiration for the title character in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: The Irving Society, 1999 The Journal of the Henry Irving Society. Sir Henry Irving (6 February 1838 - 13 October 1905), born John Henry Brodribb, was an English stage actor in the Victorian era. He was the first actor to be awarded a knighthood. Irving was the inspiration for the title character in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Sherwood and Reid, 1965 Unpublished comedy play. First performed at the Theatre Royal, Windsor 1970. . First Edition. Typescript. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 2001 A critical look at the historical and cultural implications of Alfred Jarry's pseudoscience, pataphysics. What Alfred Jarry calls "the science of imaginary solutions," has until now gone largely ignored by literary scholars, due in part to its academic frivolity and hermetic perversity. Nevertheless, this capricious philosophy has inspired nearly one hundred years of avant-garde experimentation. Christian Bok redresses this critical omission by tracing the tangled history of pataphysics, discussing the tension between science and poetics, in order to demonstrate that pataphysics constitutes an intrinsic, but neglected, cornerstone of postmodernity itself. Bok examines the work of Jarry, arguing that it represents a humorous addendum to the philosophy of Nietzsche, while also considering the influence of 'pataphysics upon the poetic legacy of the twentieth century, particularly the work of Italian Futurists, French Oulipians, and Canadian Jarryites. Bok resorts to the radical poetics of such contemporary philosophers as Delauze, Derrida, Baudrillard, and Serres in order to explicate the 'pataphysical relationship between rationalism and its discontents. Bok draws on a wide range of reading in poetry and theory to establish a firm historical ground for understanding the influence of pataphysics - all the while making a variety of seemingly difficult or obscure material accessible in a surprisingly charming and poetic manner. A long overdue critical look at a significant strain of the twentieth-century avant-garde, his book raises important historical, cultural, and theoretical issues germane to the production and reception of poetry, how we think about it, how we write it, how we read it, and what sorts of claims it makes upon our understanding. Alfred Jarry (September 8, 1873 - November 1, 1907) was a French writer born in Laval, Mayenne, France, not far from the border of Brittany; he was of Breton descent on his mother's side. Best known for his play Ubu Roi (1896), which is often cited as a forerunner to the surrealist theatre of the 1920s and 1930s, Jarry wrote in a variety of genres and styles. He wrote plays, novels, poetry, essays and speculative journalism. His texts present some pioneering work in the field of absurdist literature. Sometimes grotesque or misunderstood (i.e. the opening line in his play Ubu Roi, "Merdre!", has been translated into English as "Shittr!", "Shikt!", and "Pschitt!"), he invented a science called 'pataphysics.. First Edition. Cloth. New/No Jacket, as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Frederick Muller, 1964 Third Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Chatto & Windus, 1979 Chip to front jacket.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1980 An intimate biography of American, actress and singer Barbra Streisand.. Second Printing. Paperback. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: William Heinemann, 1914 First Thus. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: Bernard Hanison, 1958 Translated by Desmond I. Vesey with verse translations by Christopher Isherwood.. First Thus. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Manchester: Manchester Library Theatre, 1969 Theatre program from the Manchester Library Theatre February 11th 1969.. First Edition. Booklet. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London: Piccadily Theatre, 1972 Theatre program from the Piccadily Theatre 1972.. First Edition. Booklet. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1923 Rebound in strong library binding.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Chichester: Phillimore & Co., 1972 First thorough examination of the Act Books of the Ecclesiastical Court of Stratford. These are made available in considerable detail throwing a flood of light on Shakespeare's nearest relatives, friends and contemporaries as well as his religion and the circumstances of his death.. First Edition. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1929 A dictionary of Shaw's plays and novels with a bibliography of his works and the literature concerning him, with a record of principal Shavian play productions.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: Arthur Barker, 1951 Includes a bibliography. Part of "The English Novelists" He was born in London January 17, 1886; and died in Rome May 21, 1926. Son of society lady Harriet Jane Garrett and MP Sir Thomas Firbank, Firbank went to Uppingham School, and then on to Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He converted to Catholicism in 1907. In 1909 he left Cambridge, without completing a degree. Living off his inheritance he travelled around Spain, Italy, the Middle East, and North Africa.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London: William Heinemann, 1939 First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: The British Library, 2000 Published on the occasion of the centenary exhibition: Oscar Wilde: a life in six acts, at the British Library, 10th November 2000-4th February 2001. Includes bibliographical references and illustrations.. First Edition. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Bell Publishing Co., 1970 Edited by John Cohen. Some minor damage to d/j.. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1971 Second Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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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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