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Sydney: Shakespeare Head Press, 1948. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white plates, few tiny edge tears jacket (lightly marked), tiny bump top corner cover. 77 pp. This is the first English-language version of "Adam", the greatest surviving medieval (Anglo-Norman) vernacular play (12th-century). The present translation by John W. Doyle has been made from Professor Studer's edition of the unique manuscript in the Tours Municipal Library, London.

Sydney: Sydney University Press (SUP), 1980. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pages lightly toned, minor edgewear jacket (little rubbed). 229 pp. A. P. (Andrew) Riemer examines Shakespeare's comedy plays and examines their curious, often teasing treatment of those moral, philosophical, and even religious issues that criticism has consistently isolated as representing Shakespeare's comic themes. Consists of series of chapters, each dealing with a characteristic aspect of the comedies. The focus of the study is an extended examination of "The Winter's Tale". Riemer is an academic at the University of Sydney known for his study of Shakespeare, and also for his popular books describing his migrant experiences (he was born in Hungary).

Sydney, Frenchs Forest: Dominie Publications, 1960. Paperback thin trade, card cover, stapled, illustrated cover, good condition, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear, crease base spine covers & pages, staples rusted, minor foxing rear cover, light wear along spine, top spine rubbed, minor foxing edges, rubber stamp, owner's written name front cover. 23 pp. (Estimated date, 1950s, Trove catalogue.) The content of these plays and the shortness of the individual parts make them suitable for Infants School work. The plays are: The Garden Walk, The Thrill of Autumn, The Little Reindeer, The Bird's Party, Farmyard Follies, and the Dance of the Notes. The author has spent many years teaching in Infants Schools.

London: Macmillan, 1983. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), small scuff mark front free flyleaf & pastedown, minimal foxing reverse side jacket, owner's rubber stamp, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written & dated dedication). 224 pp. This study presents an exploration of Shaw's dramatic art, which takes into account his masterly use of the theatre in the various 'languages' of the theatre in the creation of meaning. Eighteen of his plays are studied in depth, and some consideration is given, where appropriate, to other dramatic and non-dramatic writings of Shaw. By professor of English literature, Macquarie University. SALE PRICE. (From the library of Barry Humphries - his rubber stamp. Autograph from Tony Gibbs to Barry Humphries.).

London: Chatto & Windus, 1993. Paperback trade (with flaps), very good condition, spine lightly faded as usual, minimal edgewear, remainder mark (spot). 46 pp. This playscript is a libretto for an opera with music by Michael Berkeley. This play magically interweaves autobiography about childhood by Rudyard Kipling with episodes from "The Jungle Book". (1 of 2 available copies.) (The ISBN printed in the book, 070139374, is incorrect. Later corrected to 0701141638.).

Sydney: Currency Press, 2007. Paperback octavo, very good condition, few black & white photos (including frontispiece), front cover corner tips little creased, minor edgewear, faint remainder stripe bottom edge. 216 pp. This screenplay by Sue Smith follows the lives of the main players in a serious maritime industrial dispute that stopped Australia. A political thriller, war film, love story and courtroom drama all rolled into one, this story is one of the most significant events in Australia's recent past.

Sydney, Strawberry Hills: Currency Press / Belvoir Sydney, 2016. Revised, reprint ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. 134 pp. This is a major play from Australia's most explosive and challenging playwright Stephen Sewell. The play was first published in 1983, during the Neville Wran and Joh Bjelke-Peterson era. The play is an angry and tender look at an idealist, who becomes so wrapped up in party politics and the power struggle that he loses sight of what's at stake. Shows the vulnerability of political parties when they have forgotten why they are there. Winner of the 1985 New South Wales Premier's Literary Award. (108 + 26 pages.).

City Not Stated: Publisher Not Stated, 1800. Hardback very small, no jacket, good condition, rebound (decorative cover, new endpapers), pages little toned & creased, edges untrimmed, some minor foxing, minor edgewear. 162 pp. English Translation of title: 'Brother Morits, the Eccentric, or the Settlement for the Pelew Islands, Play in three Acts.' A play by the popular and prolific German playwright, August von Kotzebue (1761 - 1819) here translated into the Dutch language. (No date, but about 1790s and 1800s, from similar editions in Worldcat.)

Perth, Crawley: UWA Publishing, 2015. 1st ed.. Paperback, very good plus condition, minimal edgewear. 170 pp. This Australian novel is written in verse by an acclaimed playwright, about the strange and invisible ways people are drawn together and pulled apart.

Amsterdam: H. Moolenijzer, 1805. 2nd ed.. Hardback small, good condition, no jacket, very good condition, marbled board covers (dark brown leatherette spine), vignette title page, pages little wavy (poor quality paper, minor creasing), untrimmed (edges roughly cut & toned), edgewear, minor annotation. 168 pp. An historic play translated from German into Dutch. Title (in English): "The East-Indiaman: A Stage Play in Three Acts”. SCARCE: published in 1805. (Second edition. Dutch language.).

London: Thames Publishing, 1978. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), glossy paper, black & white photos, minimal edgewear. 106 pp. "Hassan" was hailed as the "greatest poetic play since The Tempest", when first produced in 1923 (Her Majesty's Theatre, produced by Basil Dean). This play brought the names of Flecker (words) and Delius (music) before the public. Redwood has researched unpublished letters to reveal the revisions of both words and music before this important play reached the stage. She also compares the lives and outlook of the two men, and analyses the plot. Includes reviews of the first British and German productions, and a note on the music for future producers.

London: Cassell Ltd, 1980. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, very good condition, silver drawing front board, colour drawings, bottom edge & spine ends rubbed, minor edgewear jacket (lightly faded). 40 pp. This book was first published in 1906, and this classic reissue is as charming as it was then. One of a series of 'flower fantasies' produced by Crane towards the end of his life, it combines the originality of his earlier illustrative work with haunting fragments of quotations from Shakespeare.

Townsville: Foundation for Australian Literary Studies / James Cook University, 1996. Paperback octavo, good plus condition, two black & white text-photos original text (including frontispiece), minor edgewear. 85 pp. An historical drama (play) about the murder of James I of Scotland, originally written by Robert Grahame in 1437. This modern play version was written by the convict James Tucker, author of 'Ralph Rashleigh' at Port Macquarie, New South Wales, in 1845. Tucker adopted the pen-name 'Otto von Rosenberg'. This is the first authentic transcription of the manuscript into modern English (in 1996), together with a biographical sketch and commentary on the play.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books / William Heinemann, 1948. Paperback small trade, good plus condition, pages lightly toned as usual, top corner front cover lightly creased, spine & nearby covers lightly faded & toned, spine ends lightly chipped, minor edgewear, small bookshop rubber stamp. 122 pp. James Elroy Flecker dramatised 'Hassan', an old Turkish tale, when he was working in the Middle East in 1911. It is about Hassan a credulous old man whose friends delighted in playing practical jokes on him. It has proved to be one of the most spectacular plays on the modern English stage, and has been broadcast with equal success. (No 675: Complete and unabridged. Rubber stamp of Penguin Bookshop, Sydney.).

Sydney, Strawberry Hills: Currency Press, 2002. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos, base spine rubbed, bottom corner front cover & few pages little creased, minor edgewear. 152 pp. Three plays by David Williamson about community conferencing - a process bringing together the victims and perpetrators of a crime in an attempt at reconciliation and rehabilitation.

London: Constable & Company, 1922. Hardback small, no jacket, good plus condition, green leatherette cover (gilt pattern), browned spine (raised bands, gilt lettering), top edge gilt, pages lightly toned as usual, internally excellent. 211 pp. Spine title: King Lears Wife & Other Tales.

Sydney, Frenchs Forest: Dominie Publications, 1955. Paperback thin trade, card cover, stapled, illustrated cover, good condition, minor edgewear, lightly toned, crease top spine rubbed, staples rusted, light wear along spine, minor foxing edges, light toning rear cover, rubber stamp, owner's written name front cover. 30 pp. (Estimated date, 1950s, Trove catalogue.) The content of these plays and the shortness of the individual parts make them suitable for Infants School work. The fairy tales are: The Three Bears, Red Riding Hood, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Little Coal Truck, The Gingerbread Boy, Chicken Licken, The Tar Baby. The author has spent many years teaching in Infants Schools.

Sydney, Kensington: University of New South Wales Press (UNSW Press), 1993. Paperback octavo, very good condition, few black & white text-photos, tiny hole one page, minor edgewear corners. 186 pp. This unique project of two plays originated from an idea and a dramaturgical concept by academic Gerhard Fischer. It has fascinating insights for anyone interested in modern theatre, in cross-cultural exchange, and in Aboriginal responses to contemporary questions. This book documents the project, with accounts by Fischer, Mudrooroo and Brian Syron on its genesis and development, and with separate texts for both plays (Aboriginal protesters confront the declaration of the Australian Republic, by Mudrooroo + The commission, by Heiner Muller).

Sydney, Strawberry Hills: Currency Press, 2005. Revised ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. 89 pp. This is a major play from Australia's most explosive and challenging playwright Stephen Sewell. An Australian in US academia finds himself dangerously at odds with the prevailing political temperature and is forced into a labyrinth of intrigue and threat.

Sydney, Frenchs Forest: Dominie Publications, 1965. Paperback thin trade, card cover, stapled, illustrated cover, good condition, minor edgewear, lightly toned, minor foxing rear cover & edges, staples rusted, some insect damage rear cover, light wear along spine, rubber stamp, owner's written name front cover. 23 pp. (Estimated date, 1950s, Trove catalogue.) The content of these playettes and the shortness of the individual parts make them suitable for Infants School work. The Nursery Rhymes are: Simple Simon, Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, Three Blind Mice, Humpty Dumpty, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Little Miss Muffet, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. The author has spent many years teaching in Infants Schools.