Theatre from Royal Books, Inc.

New York: Random House, 1967. First Edition. First Edition. Near Fine and unread in a Very Good plus, lightly rubbed dust jacket.

N.p.: N.p., 1967. Vintage borderless satin finish double weight photograph of actors Laurence Olivier, Geraldine McEwan, and Robert Stephens in the 1967 "National Theatre" staging of the 1900 Swedish play. PIX agency label and stamps of photographer Dominic on the verso. Basis for the 1969 film directed by David Giles. Olivier and McEwan would reprise their roles… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1966. First Edition. First Edition. Front and rear boards with a bump to the bottom corners, else Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket.

New York: Random House, 1950. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good plus in a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket with a long closed tear along the front spine fold, repaired with cello tape on the verso, with very light fray along the top edge, and a small closed tear to the top of the rear panel.… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1940. Two vintage borderless double weight photographs of Arthur Miller at home, one showing Miller with his daughter Jane Ellen, the other showing him with theatrical producer Kermit Bloomgarden, circa late 1940s. Both photographs with PIX agency stamps crediting photographer Martin Harris on the verso. Bloomgarden produced Miller's breakthrough, Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Death of a Salesman,"… Read more about this item

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1959. First Edition. First Edition. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Jacket with light rubbing and wear to the crown.

N.p.: N.p., 1978. Revised script for the 1979 Broadway play, which debuted at the John Golden Theatre on March 4, 1979, running for a brief nine performances. A dramatization of the tempestuous, passionate relationship between author Sinclair Lewis and journalist Dorothy Thompson. Cream untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated October, 1978, noted as Rewrite /… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Vintage script for the 1970 play, which premiered at Florida State University's Fine Arts Festival on April 24, 1970. An allegory about societal attitudes towards homosexuality, following the prince of a small European kingdom who is forbidden from succeeding to the throne as a result of his incurable leprosy. Italian-American playwright Gian Carlo Menotti… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 2003. Vintage script from the 2003 musical play, belonging to uncredited cast member Walter O'Neil, with his manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout, noting blocking and staging directions. Based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel, a revisionist imagining of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" from the perspective of Elphaba, the misunderstood… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1950. Vintage borderless satin finish photograph of versatile composer and author Leonard Bernstein, circa 1950s. PIX agency label and stamp of photographer J. Siegelman on the verso. From the archive of the PIX Agency, an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well as those still living in Europe) and… Read more about this item

N.p.: Gilbert Miller and Peter Saunders, 1954. Vintage program for the 1954 Broadway play, which ran from December 16, 1954, to June 30, 1956, at Henry Miller's Theatre. Based on Agatha Christie's 1925 short story "Traitor's Hands," and originally staged in London in 1953. Actors Patricia Jessel and Francis L. Sullivan won Tony Awards for their performances,… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1946. Vintage photograph of the foyer at the Civic Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand, circa 1946. With annotation in manuscript pencil on the verso, and a stamp identifying the theatre. Opened in 1929, the Civic hosts both live theatre performances and music as well as motion pictures. The theatre is famous for its interior design,… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann, 1938. First UK Edition, preceding all others. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper: "To John Evelyn Moore / with my loving thanks / for once again working / so splendidly on a play of mine / Dodie Smith / New Year 1939." Laid in is a flyer for a performance of the… Read more about this item

Washington D.C.: Howard University, 1947. Vintage program for the 1947 production of the 1944 play, held from December 9-12, 1947, at Howard University's Spaulding Hall, under the direction of James W. Butcher, Jr. The production marked the first time the play had been performed by an all-Black cast. Produced less than two years after the 1945 Broadway premiere… Read more about this item

New York: The Living Theatre, 2007. Vintage program for the 2007 revival of the 1963 play at The Living Theatre, directed by Judith Malina. The Living Theatre revived the play to inaugurate its new permanent location on the Lower East Side in Manhattan on March 29, 2007. The play premiered at The Living Theatre on May 13, 1963… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: N.p., 1998. A small archive of materials relating to LGBTQ theatre in Los Angeles, 1988-1998. Included in the archive are eight flyers (1992-1998), a bi-fold announcement for "Jew Meat" (1992), a four-page bi-fold program for "The Gays of Our Lives" (1992), and a three-page February 1988 "Gay and Lesbian Theatre Alliance / Galta News" newsletter. … Read more about this item

Dorchester, MA: The Strand Theatre, 1988. Vintage flyer for a performance by the Plutonium Players at The Strand Theatre in Dorchester, circa 1988, with proceeds to benefit Boston's "Gay Community News," a weekly newspaper. Originally formed in Berkeley in 1980 by Gail Ann Williams, The Plutonium Players were a feminist guerilla theatre troupe dedicated to satirizing Reagan-era… Read more about this item

Boston: Wilbur Theatre, 1991. Vintage two-color flyer for a benefit performance of Lily Tomlin's one-woman play, held to benefit the AIDS Action Committee at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston on September 5, 1991. Recto additionally advertises a party after the performance, with entertainment by Spice is Nice, Patti O'Keefe and Richard Demone, Hal and David, Sharon McKnight,… Read more about this item

San Francisco: N.p., 1980. Two vintage flyers for "Sluts a Go Go: A Play with Music" at the Hotel Utah in San Francisco, August and September, 1980. The horizontal flyer announces performances in both August and September whereas the vertical flyer announces only September performances. Formed in 1979 by legendary Australian drag queen Doris Fish (Philip Clargo Mills),… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Works Progress Administration, 1939. First Edition. First Edition. The Works Progress Administration's Division of Social Research sponsored and published a series of monographs throughout the late 1930s, this volume being a thorough history of regional San Francisco minstrelsy. Very Good in pictorial wrappers, with light wear and soil throughout, and silver fish damage to… Read more about this item