Search Results: Theater history from The Owl at the Bridge

"This catalogue is dedicated to Professor S. Foster Damon, Curator Emeritus of the Harris Collection, who has seen and loved many of these plays, who has versed himself in American traditions and antiquities, and who shares joyfully with others his recollections and his knowledge." Typescript, 51 pages, index at end; stapled in blue paper; Good+. Stock#ofc0502.

Burt Franklin: Bibliography and Reference Series #192. "Originally Published London: 1931; Reprinted 1968." 107 pages, illustrations; 23.5 cm. Bound in green cloth over boards; corners slightly roughened; Very Good; no dust jacket. Stock#ofc0789.

Frieburg im Breisgau, J. Waibel, 1934. "Die Arbeit wurde als Dissertation von der Philosophischen Facultät München angenommen. Sie erschien in der 'Zeitschrift des Freiburger Geschichtsvereins', 45. Band, Freiburg im Breisgau 1934." Lebenslauf. "Literaturverzeichnis": pages 86-89. Theater in Freiburg im Breisgau. Soft Cover. 89 pages; 25 cm. Good+/ paper. Stock#40493.

Philadelphia, Department of Romance Languages at the University of Pennsylvania, 1940. Soft Cover. OFFPRINT, pp. 93-112; 23.5 cm. From Hispanic Review 8: 2, April 1940. In Spanish. Documents Lima's active theatrical life. Stock#47406. Vg / offprint.

N.Y., James Smith, c.2004. DVD. 42 minutes long. Reproduces a lage roll (273 feet long, painted on both sides, 4 1/2 feet high).in 1859 / 60 to tell the story of Giuseppe Garibaldi, then the "most famous man in the world, in 57 incidents. This huge scroll was taken from town to town (an 1863 playbill for its performance in Stirling, Scotland, survives) and shown in public theaters

NY, Appleton Century-Crofts [1951]. Hard Cover. xvi, 530 p.; 21.5 cm. First published 1923; the second edition, 1943. Includes extensive bibliography and a list of plays. Stock#31700. Good+, ex-library with stamps/ no dj.

N.Y., Appleton Century-Crofts [1955]. Hard Cover. xxv, 432 p., illus., 21.5 cm. "Present Day" is 1936 when this first came out. Stock#31701. Good, Ex-library, worn at corners/ no dj.

Hanover, NH, UP of New England, 1988. Hard Cover. x, 248 p.; 23.5 cm. Contains a history of Karagiozis shadow puppet theater, translations of two plays, analysis of the texts, and an appendix with production details. Stock#34582. Vg/ no dj.

[Paris] Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1968. Offprint, pages [47]-76, illus.; 27 cm. Inscribed by John Varey to distinguished hispanist Alan S. Trueblood. Stock#47281. Vg / offprint.

Northwestern UP, Evanston, 1968, for MLA. Soft Cover. 'The Report of the Modern Language Association Conference.' Corrigan, Opportunities for Research in Italian Renaissance Drama, 1967; Elliott, The History Play as Drama; Gerritsen, A Portable Collator Comes Cheaper; Yamada, Checklist of English Printed Drama before 1641 at the Library of the University of Illinois; Ray, George Chapman: A Checklist of Editions, Biography, and Criticism 1946-65-- Addenda; Omans, Newberry Library: English Renaissance Drama from the Silver Collection; English Renaissance Plays in the University of London Library; Gair, The Salusbury Circle at Llewenni; The Fountainwell Drama Texts; Stevens, The Staging of the Wakefield Plays; Munson, Typology and the Towneley Isaac; Kaplan & Shand, The 'Poculi Ludique Societas': Medieval Drama at the University of Toronto. 164 p., illus., typescript facsimile, 23 cm.; green printed paper wrappers; minor wear, a few marginal marks; good+. 31974.

Providence, Brown Univeersity Art Department, 2004. Soft Cover. [16] p. 14 illus., 28 cm. Exhibition notes. “Together these rare and beautiful prints and drawings give us an idea of how Roman artists and publishers capitalized on the theatrical nature of Roman feats of architecture and engineering, religious processions and ceremony, and even the disposition of the city’s famous antiquities in the Early Modern period,” Stock# 41,147x. Vg/ paper

Dovehouse Editions, Ottawa, 2000. Carleton Renaissance Plays in Translation CP32. Soft Cover. Translated with an Introduction and Notes by David Edney. 510 pages, plates; 21.5 cm. 'Social structures, the family, and the moral responsibility of the individual are major themes in the trilogy. Three moments of history are evoked: the carefree search for pleasure in the ancien régime, tension and unrest as this order approaches its end, and the struggle to create a new world after the revolution. Beaumarchais used all the theatrical resources of his age and experimented with new ones in order to express the complexity of a rapidly changing world. In addition to the plays, this volume includes commentary by the author on his art.' 'With all the complementary documentation... together with an illustrated theater history.' Comedies which later inspired operas by Rossini and Mozart. Paper; new from publisher. stock#102009.