2011 Playbill for Freud's Last Session by Mark St. Germain, signed by Martin Rayner & Tuck Milligan
New York: 2011. Wraps. 8vo, wraps, fine, signed on cover by Martin Rayner (Freud) and Tuck Milligan (CS Lewis). Two-person cast.
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Le Costume au Theatre et al la Ville, 1886-1890
Bound volume from No. 1 (December 15, 1886) to No. 46 (Vol. 4 no. 13; October 23, 1890), but text only and not the plates, except for a few black and white ones. Some hundreds of pages, mainly reviews and notices of theatrical events and plays. Cloth spine, color wraps.....
The Theatre, Vol. 38, January-June 1897 - with lots of mounted original photos of actors
London: 1897. Hardcover. Bound volume, ex-library, in buckram with leather spine labels (some rubbing and wear, bumping to some corners of pages. With original mounted photos of: Mr. & Mrs. Bancroft, Miss Marie Tempest (corner of the page missing, photo fine), Miss Compton, Mr. J. H. Barnes, Mr. George Alexander.....
Masat Jamilah, aw, Masat Jazairiyah.../ Beautiful Tragedy, or an Algerian Tragedy, a Play of Free Poetry [in Arabic]
Cairo: Dar al-Maraaif, 1962. First printing. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, very good, light wear and soil. 269 pp. A verse drama. Abdel Rahman al-Sharqawi was born in the Egyptian province of Menoufia in 1920. Al-Sharqawi was born into a peasant family. His first works were published while he was a student.....
Al-Kumidiat Al-Kilasikiat Al-Asbania / Spanish Classical Comedy: Tirso de Molina
Tetuan (Mexico): Delegacion de Asuntos Indigenas, 1949. Paperback. Small 8vo, wraps, very good, general tanning to covers and text. 155 pp. Text in Arabic. Study of the Spanish Baroque dramatist, rare in this Arabic edition (OCLC/Worldcat locate copies in Spanish but not in Arabic).
Je Ne Vous Aime Pas, Comedie en Trois Actes, La Femme Silencieuse, Comedie en Quatre Actes apres Ben Johnson - INSCRIBED COPY
Paris: Gallimard, 1926. First printing. Paperback. First edition, 1926, 8vo, wraps, inscribed to Edmond Roze, a theatrical director, actor and stage manager (d. 1943 Auschwitz). Good plus copy with some wear and soil to wraps, pages unopened but a little tanned.
Patate - inscribed by author
Paris: La Table Ronde, 1959. Paperback. New edition, 1959, inscribed to friends of his very fondly. Very good, pages tanning. A long play in three acts.
Théatre de Marcel Achard, I & II - Mademoiselle de Panama, Le Corsaire, Petrus, Voulez-Vous Jouer Avec Moa, Jean de la Lune, Colinette - 2 volumes, each inscribed by author
Paris: Gallimard, 1949. Hardcover. 2 volumes, both published 1949, imitation vellum bindings with wraps bound in, each inscribed to Alvin Laidley (UNESCO) and his wife Jeanne Silvain, an actress and daughter of Eugene Silvain, doyen of the Comédie Francaise. Fine but for tanning pages.
Theatre in Latin America: Religion, Politics and Culture from Cortés to the 1980s
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. c.1993. Hardcover. Cloth. 8vo. 229pp. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Rubbing to board edges, light general shelfwear to dustjacket.
Spanish Theatre: Studies in Honour of Victor F. Dixon
Suffolk: Tamesis; Boydell & Brewer, 2001. First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo, green cloth boards, near fine, issued without dust jacket. 189 pp. Essays include works by Martha Halsey and Robert Lima.
Spanish Theatre: Studies in Honour of Victor F. Dixon
London: Tamesis Books, 2001. Hardcover. Green cloth boards, octavo, 189pp., frontispiece in b&w, otherwise not illustrated. Book shows mild wear and rubbing to rear board, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ.
Spanish Theatre: Studies in Honour of Victor F. Dixon
London: Tamesis Books, 2001. Hardcover. Green cloth boards, octavo, 189pp., frontispiece in b&w, otherwise not illustrated. Book shows mild wear and rubbing to rear board, plate on front board has small tear to side, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ.
Performing Early Modern Drama Today
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, 2012, hardcover with black cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 247pp., not illustrated. Book good with pencil marginalia and underlining; otherwise near fine with handsome boards and tight binding. DJ VG+ with mild rubbing and edgewear.
Les Perses d'Eschyle, piece en vers, répresentée pour la premiere a la Comédie-Francaise le 17 Mai 1919 (inscribed by Silvain and Jaubert)
Paris: Librairie Hachette, (1919). First printing. Paperback. First printing of this translation, 1919, wraps, very good, unopened, with an inscription by Silvain and his colleague Jaubert (hard to read the name of the recipient); probably inscribed in advance of the performance, only the anticipated recipient was a no-show, as this.....
Madach Szinhaz 1951-1976; 1976-1987, 2 volumes [chronicle of the Budapest theatre company]
Budapest: Magyar Szinhazi Intezet, 1976, 1987. First printing. Hardcover. 8 x 8 inches, cloth, very good, light wear. 139 pp, many photoplates; 111 (5) pp, also with many photos. A history of the Hungarian theatre. In 1951, the Madach Theatre shifted its focus to larger productions and civic theatre: the.....
The Ascent of Mount Fuji - Review copy with note to Henry Hewes, theater critic
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1975. First Printing. Hardcover. Cloth in dust jacket, very good, mild soil to jacket. With review slip and note from Chris Casson on half sheet of FSG blue stationary, sending this book to Henry Hewes and inviting him to lunch with Aitmatov at.....
Ne Tolko o Teatre / Not Just About the Theatre
Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1966. First printing. 8vo, cloth backed boards in dust jacket, book good with some wear and bumping to boards, jacket good with edgwear and darkening. 427 pp, illustrated. Text in Russian. From wikipedia: Asimov was an experimental theatre director and scenic designer noted for his work with the.....
Al-Masrah al-Maghribiu min 'ayn wa'iilaa 'ayn / Moroccan Theatre from Then till Now
Damascus / Dimashq: Ministry of Cultural Affairs, 1975. First printing. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, very good. Text in Arabic. 111 pp. We could locate only a single copy in libraries, at the National Library in Morocco.
Items from the estate of Rudolph Stanish (1913-2008), celebrity chef, incl. inscribed Albee books and original typescript of Albee's preface for Stanish's OMELETS, CREPES AND OTHER RECIPES. Plus WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? TINY ALICE and A DELICATE BALANCE.
New York: Atheneum, 1962-1980. Hardcover. Includes 'A Small Collection of Recipes for Omelets, Crepes and Complete Menues from the Personal Files of Mr. Rudolph Stanish' (wraps, 1970, with preface by Albee). 'Omelets, Crepes and Other Recipes' NY, 1970, hardcover in jacket, fine. 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' NY, 1962, 2nd.....
"She's Fast Asleep." Comedy Farce in One Act
Cambridge: Printed for the Author, 1875. First printing. Paperback. Owner's pencil signature on cover from 1876, very good, mild discoloration to front wrap, 40 pp, rare, only one copy located by OCLC, at the University of Chicago. Andrews lived in Cambridge and was the brother of anti-slavery novelist Mary Andrews.....
Girl Crazy - Adapted from the musical by Bolton and McGowan
Chicago: Dramatic Publishing Company, C. 1954. 12mo, wraps, good plus, some soil and darkening to wraps, contents a little tanned. 93 pp.
La Répétition, ou L'Amour Puni, illustrations d'apres les mquettes de Jean-Denis Malcles - signed by the three major actors in the original production: Jean-Louis Barrault, Madeleine Renaud, and Pierre Bertin
Geneva and Paris: La Palatine, 1950. First printing. Paperback. First edition, no. 898 of 1000 on papier Roto Blanc, signed by three of the main actors in the original production: Jean-Louis Barrault, Madeleine Renaud and Pierre Bertin. Large 8vo, illustrated wraps with wax overlay, 186 pp, fine copy with minimal.....
Becket, or the Honor of God - first American edition with notes by Henry Hewes
New York: Coward-McCann, C. 1960. First printing. Hardcover. First American edition, 1960, cloth in dust jacket, book very good with extensive pencil notes to preliminary pages and last pages in pencil by Henry Hewes, longtime theater reviewer for the Saturday Review and the first national US critic to review international.....
Disrupting the Spectacle: Five Years of Experimental and Fringe Theatre in Britain
London: Pitman Publishing, 1975. Paperback. Printed paper wrap, tall and thin octavo, 87pp., not illustrated. Book has mild rubbing and shelfwear to wrap, binding tight, text clean and unmarked but gently toned throughout. No DJ.
Montearabi No. 23 (1996): Homenaje Antonionio Buero Vallejo
Yecla: 1996. Wraps. Wraps, good to very good, light wear and staining to covers. 106 pp. Articles on various aspects of the work of Antonio Buero Vallejo.