Search Results: Drama/Plays from Armadillo & Dicker Books & Ephemera

First Edition. 8vo, 156pp.
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Signed presentation copy from the author to the famous actor/producer Arnold Daly, of one of her most successful plays. Poet/librettist George Turner Phelps has used the covers, pastedowns and end sheets to write a long letter to Daly urging him to produce the play with Dorothy Donnelly, who played opposite Daly in Shaw's Candida. An added note by Peabody on the rear flyleaf approves.
Condition: Fair. A clean, tight copy internally; moderate wear to covers, title label on spine rubbed, end papers toned. But who cares -- it's a $15 book enhanced immeasurably by the extras.
Peabody was an American poet and dramatist. The Stratford-on-Avon prize went to her in 1909 for her drama The Piper, which was produced in England in 1910; and in America at in 1911. Arnold Daly was an American actor, playwright, and producer. He was noted for introducing the early Shaw plays to American audiences. With the advent of silent film, Daly became a matinee idol. Phelps was a poet and… Read More

1948 Souvenir Theater Program for a charity production of "Oedipus" and "The Critic" signed by Lawrence Olivier and eight other members of the cast. 8.5x11", stitched wrappers. 16 pp.
A special production in aid of King George's Pension Fund for Actors and Actresses, Theatre Festival Week, April 10, 1948, with H.R.H. The Princess Elizabeth in attendance. Signed inside the front cover by Olivier, Sybil Thorndike, Ralph Richardson, George Relph, Miles Malleson, Nicholas Hannen, Margaret Leighton, and one unidentified. Gorgeous cover by portrait artist and illustrator Anna Zinkeisen who, with her sister Doris, painted the murals on the RMS Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth.
CONDITION: Very good; light wear to extremities

1st Edition. Small 4to, illustrated boards, cloth spine. 132 pp. A humorous account of the "Follies", the London theatrical phenomenon that was a blend of Vaudeville and the Folies Bergere. " Songs, Dance, Reciatations…" "With a New Song by H.G. Pelissier." b/w photos and illustrations by Geoffrey Holme and others. Pasted to the front end paper is a letterhead for the Follies, with manuscript note signed by H.G. Pelissier, the song writer and eventual producer. " Dear Mr. Lloyd, / I have now taken over the above company -- performers in period costume -- Do you think we should do any good at Hull? If so about what time of year & who is the right man to writemto who would be likely to "run" us --Hoping you will excuse my bothering you. /s Pellisier. H.G. Pellisier was an English theatrical producer, composer, and satirist. He presented a number of theatrical productions during the Edwardian era, including 'The Follies'. J.C. Lloyd operated Lloyd's Opera House, in Ellensburg, Scotland, torn down… Read More

New York: Dramatists Play Service. 1950. 1st ed., (1950) in dust-jacket. Inscribed by Kanin to Academy Awa rd winning Hollywood producer-director Jerry Wald. [The Roaring T wenties (1939), The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942), Destination To kyo (1943), Mildred Pierce (1945), Peyton Place (1957), An Affair to Remember (1957). The book itself is in fine condition with no defects other than some light discoloration from the dust jacket resting inside back cover. The dust jacket has no large tears, b ut is chipped along top edge, a 1/2" closed tear at top rear of b ack flap, and some light foxing on the back cover and spine. .

NY: Random House. 1944. 1st ed, a fine copy in dust-jacket. The book itself is nearly pri stine. The dust jacket is fine; no chips or tears but some light age-toning on spine. .

Milano: Fratelli Treves. 1902. 1st ed.. Milano: Fratelli Treves, 1902. 1st ed., small 4to, handmade paper ; pp. (16), 289, (7) illustrated in red and black with several fu ll-page drawings and numerous ornaments throughout. Gilt ornament on front cover, gilt titles on spine; ribbon ties. Original full vellum binding [it was also published in cloth]. Text in Italian . A tragic play in verses, presented for the first time at the Te atro Costanzi in Rome on December 9th 1901. The text centers on the story of how Francesca da Rimini falls in love with her husba nd's brother in the 13th century. The play is based on an episod e from Dante Alighieri's Inferno. It was written for D'Annunzio's lover Eleonora Duse, who played the title role. An English trans lation by Arthur Symons was published in 1902. D’Annunizio was an Italian writer, poet, journalist, and playwright. He occupied a prominent place in Italian literature from 1889 to 1910 and lat er political life… Read More

1st ed. in the very scarce d/w. 12mo, blue cloth. 108 pp. Condition: Good+. Book itself is clean and tight, but with some light spotting and fading on covers and spine. Jacket is not price-clipped; small (1/4-1/2") open tears at top and bottom of spine; some toning overall and light foxing on back. See photos. Wouk's second and easily scarcest title, a play about an atomic scientist who believes the only way to prevent atomic war is to provide the Russian Communists with a deterrent.