Drama: Plays, Magazines and Programs

Tokyo: Institute of the Pacific/Kenkyusha. 12 mo., 163 pp. plus 24 pp. of photographs of Kabuki actors and stages and colour frontispiece. 1st Edition. 1956. Translated by Fumi Takano. "The Kabuki is distinctly a Japanese cultural product and portrays the life, morals and emotions of the Japanese common people in the medieval period, which still has great bearing upon contemporary Japan." Four prominent writers who are all authorities in the Kabuki collaborated for three years to present this book, a much needed introduction of the Kabuki to the outside world. Biege cloth with impressed colour design on front panel. Minor edgewear and slight discolouring of spine; prev. owner's name on f.e.p.; o/w VG or better in Good Only pictorial d.j.. more information

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Norwalk: Heritage Press. 4 to., 210 pp. (1964) English version by Louis Untermeyer who also contributes an illuminating Foreword in which he discusses other translations and explains his own approach. 25 one-colour watercolour drawings by noted French artist Pierre Brissaud decorate the text. Blue cloth with stamped Gold fleur-de-lis on front board. Slight shelf-wear; minor ding to top of spine; two minor discolouring spots on spine; prev. owner's address stamp on f.e.p.; o/w a VG clean, crisp copy in a VG Black paper-on-boards slipcase with some rubbing and fading. Postage of $7.50 for Canada and the U.S.. more information

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Toronto: Self Published. 8 vo., size, 6 pp. plus paper wraps. Program for the week of Aug. 30, 1943, featuring "Another Heaven", a dramatic comedy by Guy Bolton and John Golden, with Clarence Derwent and A.P. Kaye. Review and ad for the next week's play "Abie's Irish Rose", plus ads for Simpson's and Eaton's dept. stores and the Royal York Hotel. Taped tear bottom 1" of spine; small tear at top of spine; minor soiling; o/w G+. . more information

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New York: New York Theatre Program Corp.. 4 to., size, 40 pp. Feb. 1934. The Theatre Guild was an organization for the production of plays of artistic merit. This booklet promotes the play "Mary of Scotland", written by Maxwell Anderson and starring Helen Hayes, and being shown at the "Alvin Theatre". There is a synopsis of the scenes as well as some critics comments on this and other plays. Full-page portrait of Maxwell Anderson. Several interesting advertisements, including cars, cigarettes, spirits, etc. Glossy stock wraps. Minor chipping, rubbing and soiling; o/w VG+.. more information

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Chicago: John D. MaCarthur. 8-1/2 x 11", 112 pp. published in Chicago, with editorial offices in N.Y. Each issue has the complete text of a play complete with photos of actors currently performing it. This issue features "Edward, My Son" by Robert Morley and Noel Langley, with Morley as Arnold Holt, Peggy Ashcroft as Evelyn Holt and Leueen MacGrath as Eileen Perry; plus current reviews of other plays and more. Cover photo of Bobby Clark, star of "As the Girls Go". Also incl. a special 28-pp. section "Backward Glance: 1929", a nostalgic review of music, dance, plays and books, with photos of all the stars. Heavy card wraps. Minor chipping and rubbing; minor crease in upper corner of most pages; o/w VG.. more information

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London: British Broadcasting Corp.. Abt. 9-3/4 x 12-1/2" tall, 72 pp. May 19, 1933 issue, Vol. 39, No. 503. This issue includes the full programmes for the week of May 21-27. Southern Edition. Features Empire Day speeches by the Prime Minister, Lord Jellicoe, Lord Derby, and the Rt. Hon. J.H. Thomas. Also included is the first instalment of a new serial story "The Sprig of Bay", a romance of musical Vienna in the 18th cent., by Wilfrid Rooke Ley, illus. by John Austen. Other articles include: "How I Began to Make Pictures" by Cecil Lewis; and "The Ideal Opera House" by W.J. Turner. Detailed notes for the week's music and other programming. Several photos of actors and singers; some interesting ads. The newsprint used in somewhat discoloured; edges a bit curled; minor stain to bottom of front cover; o/w a G+ clean copy. . more information

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London: British Broadcasting Corp.. Abt. 9-3/4 x 12-1/2" tall, 60 pp. April 14, 1933 issue, Vol. 39, No. 498. Southern Edition. This issue contains the complete annotated programmes for the week April 16-22. Featured on Monday and Tuesday is Oscar Asche in the first broadcast of "Chu Chin Chow", the musical tale of the East which held the record (at that time) for the longest run on the British stage; on Wednesday and Friday, "The Ringer", the first broadcast of an Edgar Wallace melodrama. Full details of both broadcasts are in this issue. Front cover shows Oscar Asche in his part of Chu Chin Chow (see photo at left). Other articles and programme notes. Photos of actors and singers; a few b/w illus. by John Austen and Arthur Watts. Newsprint is somewhat discoloured; short tear at top of front cover; edges curled a little; o/w a clean G+ copy. . more information

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Chicago: John D. MaCarthur. 8-1/2 x 11", 96 pp. published in Chicago, with editorial offices in N.Y. Each issue has the complete text of a play complete with photos of actors currently performing it. This issue features "Come Back Little Sheba" by William Inge, with Shirley Booth as Lola; plus current reviews of other plays and more. Cover photo of Boris Karloff as the demonical pirate Capt. Hook. Also incl. 3-page article on Anita Loos, "The Lady Loves Laughs". Moderate chipping and soiling of covers; some creasing of front cover; o/w a G+ copy. . more information

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Chicago: John D. MaCarthur. 8-1/2 x 11", 96 pp. published in Chicago, with editorial offices in N.Y. Each issue has the complete text of a play complete with photos of actors currently performing it. This issue features "Light Up the Sky" by Moss Hart, with Audrey Christie, Sam Levene, Virginia Field and Barry Nelson; plus current reviews of other plays and more. Incl. a 4-page article on animation, entitled "Galloping Mirror of Nature" by Jules Schwerin. Moderate chipping and soiling of covers; small bits missing from top and bottom of spine; minor stain on rear cover; o/w a G+ copy.. more information

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Chicago: John D. MaCarthur. 8-1/2 x 11", 96 pp. published in Chicago, with editorial offices in N.Y. Each issue has the complete text of a play complete with photos of actors currently performing it. This issue features Richard Nash's "The Rainmaker" with Cameron Prud'homme, Joseph Sullivan, Geraldine Page, and Darren McGavin; plus current reviews of other plays and more. Cover photo by Cecil Beaton of Julie Andrews in "Pygmalion". Includes an article on director Tyrone Guthrie by Robertson Davies, and a 2-page article on George Axelrod, playwriter of "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?", complete with a photo from the play of Orson Bean and Jayne Mansfield. Minor chipping and rubbing of covers; o/w a VG copy.. more information

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London: British Broadcasting Corp.. Abt. 9-3/4 x 12-1/2" tall, 68 pp. The April 7, 1933 issue, Vol. 39, No. 497. Contains the full annotated programmes for the week of April 9-15. Southern Edition. Front cover shows a large stage setting drawing of "Parsifal" which was broadcast that coming Good Friday evening. Included are the articles: "The Lowbrow Menace" by Edward Crankshaw about the noise caused by Marconi's wirelesss; and "The Compassionate Justice of John Galsworthy" as revealed in his play "Escape", broadcast on Tues. and Thurs. 2 pages on Notable Music of the Week. Several photos of actors, musicians and singers; some interesting ads; some bits of illustration by artists like Roland Pym and Arthur Watts. Newsprint somewhat discoloured; light soiling of covers; slight curling of edges; couple short margin tears; o/w a clean G+ copy.. more information

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Chicago: John D. MaCarthur. 8-1/2 x 11", 96 pp. published in Chicago, with editorial offices in N.Y. Each issue has the complete text of a play complete with photos of actors currently performing it. This issue features Gore Vidal's "Visit to a Small Planet" with Eddie Mayehoff, Philip Coolidge, Sibyl Bowan, Sarah Marshall and Conrad Janis; plus current reviews of other plays and more. Cover illus. of 44th St., just west of Broadway. Minor chipping and rubbing of covers; diagonal crease top third of front cover; o/w a G+ copy.. more information

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Chicago: John D. MaCarthur. 8-1/2 x 11", 96 pp. published in Chicago, with editorial offices in N.Y. Each issue has the complete text of a play complete with photos of actors currently performing it. This issue features Maxwell Anderson's "Lost in the Stars" with Todd Duncan, Inez Matthews and John Morley; plus current reviews of other plays and more. Cover photo of Cole Porter. Moderate chipping and soiling of covers; 1/4" piece missing from bottom of spine; o/w a G+ copy. . more information

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Chicago: John D. MaCarthur. 8-1/2 x 11", 96 pp. published in Chicago, with editorial offices in N.Y. Each issue has the complete text of a play complete with photos of actors currently performing it. This issue features "The Enchanted" by Jean Giraudoux, adapted by Maurice Valency, with Charles Halton, Russell Collins and Leueen MacGrath; plus current reviews of other plays and more. Cover photo of Patricia Neway as Magda Sorel, heroine of "The Consul". Also included is a review of "Two Orphans in Moscow", with a full-page photo of Dorothy and Lillian Gish. Minor chipping and soiling of covers; o/w a VG copy. . more information

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Chicago: John D. MaCarthur. 8-1/2 x 11", 112 pp. published in Chicago, with editorial offices in N.Y. Each issue has the complete text of a play complete with photos of actors currently performing it. This issue features Noel Coward's "Present Laughter" with Clifton Webb and Jan Sterling; plus current reviews of other plays and more. Cover photo of Mary Martin in "South Pacific". Includes a 5-page article by George Bernard Shaw: "Shaw's Rules for Directors", and a special 40-page feature on "Regional Theatre: U.S.A." Minor chipping, soiling and rubbing of covers; o/w a G+ copy.. more information

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