Search Results: DRAMA from Chilton Books

London: The Religious Drama Society. 1952.. This production is planned for performance in church, on the steps at the foot of the chancel". Pp 36. P/b. Rusting to staples. G+.

London: Collins, 1987.. 1st ed. "Explores topics such as food, dept, water, slavery, the Christians involvement in issues of social justice and the allocation of the rich resources entrusted to humankind by God". Pp.128, slight toning to pages, owners name to inside front cover. Pbk, creasing to spine. G+.

London: G.P.Putnam's Sons, 1929.. 1st edition. " 'After All' was first produced under the auspices of the Incorporated Stage Society and the Three Hundred Club at the Apollo Theatre on the evening of Sunday, May 5th, 1929. Since that production the play has been very largely revised and re-written, the alterations including the removal of one character. The present version, however, is the form in which I desire to leave the play." Pp.117. Black cloth, original paper label to spine is darkened and chipped and with major loss of title. Good.** "John William Van Druten (1 June 1901 � 19 December 1957) was an English playwright and theatre director, known professionally as John Van Druten. He began his career in London, and later moved to America becoming a US citizen. He was known for his plays of witty and urbane observations of contemporary life and society....He was one of the most successful playwrights of the early 1930s in London with star-studded West End productions of his work including… Read More

Perth: Westbooks, 1978.. Twenty-seven short plays illustrating important points from the life or thoughts of famous and not so famous religious people. These include: Florence Allshorn, Gladys Aylward, George Bell, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Edith Cavell, Madeleine Delbrel, Charles de Foucauld, Toyohiko Kagawa, Martin Luther King, Maximilian Kolbe, Sergei Kourdakov, C.S.Lewis, Bernard Lichtenberg, Ivan Moiseyev, Albert Orsborn, Mother Maria Pilenko, Vivian Redlich, Charles Riley, Angelo Roncalli, Rose Schlosinger, Albert Schweitzer, Sundar Singh, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Simone Weil, Leonard Wilson, Gunpei Yamamuro, Roger Youderian, Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, Ed McCully, and Pete Fleming. Pp.14/155, minor spotting to title page. Pbk. VG.

London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., Tower House, Southampton Street, W.C.2, 1937 .. First edition. A good tight binding. pp.109 . Orange cloth covered boards with black titles to both front board and spine. Light fading to front board. Light toning to endpapers, other wise clean English text throughout. VG. D. J. Desmond is the pseudonym of Malcolm Saville. His first book, the excellent handbook Amateur Acting and Producing for Beginners, was published under this name. Articles in My Garden Magazine, and in Jonathan Cape's collections for children also appeared, as did the text for a photographic picture book about the farm that many of us old 'uns had at school; John and Jennifer at the Farm. The reason why he used a pseudonym is unknown.

London: Jonathan Cape,1922.. 1st illustrated ed. Pp.140,4 full page illustrations + other small illustrations to end of each Act, pencil signature "Naomi Jacob, June 1926" to fep, endpapers slightly toned. White cloth spine with mottled purple boards, original labels to front and spine, top edge sunned. G+.

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1982.. The five most popular Gilbert and Sullivan operas". Pp 463. Page edges slightly toned. P/b. Small tear to side of front cover. Illustrated cover. G+.

London: George Allen & Unwin,1945.. 1st ed. Greek "New Comedy"drama. Pp.125,edges spotted, small name to fep. Green cloth,edges rubbed. G+.

London: Phoenix House, 1994.. This enchanting libretto from the author of "A Suitable Boy" is published to coincide with the first performance of the opera Arion and the Dolphin (music Alec Roth), commissioned by the Baylis Programme at the English National Opera, in June 1994." Pp.60, owner's inkstamp to inside front cover. Paperback. VG.

London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1905.. 1st edition. A Modern Epic Drama in a Prologue Series of Scenes and an Epilogue Written Partly in Prose and Partly in Verse. Pp.94, rough-cut page edges, occasional minor spotting, toning to endpapers. Green ribbed cloth, gilt title to front and spine, minor edge wear. G+.

Westminster: The Livingstone Press. nd (c.1940).. A Costume Play in Three Scenes." Pp 38. P/b. G+.

London: Little Blue Book Co. n/d.. The aim of this series is to provide the greatest masterpieces of literature". Pp 64. Toning to pages. P/b. G+.

London: Religious Drama Society, nd.(c.1941).. 'Beginning of The Way' is dedicated ti The Pilgrim Players of Canterbury, for whom it was written." First presented in Holy Trinity Church, Chesterfield, on December 6th, 1940. Pp.32, owners name to first page. Pbk, slight sunning to edges. G+.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1936.. Rep. Pp.45. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. VG.

Pasadena: Published by the author, 1925.. 1st edition. "The central figure of this play is the writer of short stories known to all the world as O.henry. His name was William Sydney Porter; "Bill" Porter to his intimates in the Ohio State Penitentiary, where, beginning at the age of thirty-six, he served a sentence of three years and three months for embezzlement of national bank funds. This play follows, as literally as possible, the facts concerning "Bill" Porter's life and behaviour in prison, as revealed in his letters and other published records." pp.58/4(ads for other works by Upton Sinclair), owner's name and dates to front pastedown, slight toning to endpapers. Maroon cloth, title to spine dulled, uneven fading to top and spine edges of front board. G+.

London: Collins & Harvill Press, 1969.. 1st ed. A play with a Russian 19th century setting. Pp. 128, portrait frontis., top corner of fep clipped. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w edges chipped and price-clipped. G+/G.

London: Westminster Productions. 1970.. 1st ed. "The tension in this play is between extremities of good and evil. The blind people, except for Stella, become part of evil. They chose blindness. They do not want to see, or they are blind to others. This is no reflection of blind people, but indicates a state of mind which has nothing to do with physical health". Pp 86. P/b. G+.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1974.. 1st ed. "In a play meant to be read, Buchanan's political and private lives are represented as aspects of his spiritual life, whose crowning, condensing act is the act of dying." Pp. 9/262, illustrated endpapers. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w has minor edge chips. VG/VG.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode Ltd. 1986.. 1st ed. "The aim of this book, written by two people who have given their working lives to the presentation and teaching of Christian drama, is to inspire those who would like to make more use of drama in churches - whether in the form of plays and musicals or as short interludes in the service." Pp.136. Pbk. G+.

London: Church Information Board. 1959.. First performed by the children of St. Mary's Church, Saltford, Somerset". Pp 19. P/b, rusting to staples. G+.