CHAYEFSKY, PADDY

The Goddess a Screenplay

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1958. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, previous owner's name on small sticker on front pastedown ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Stated first edition ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 167 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21517

Catalogue: Literature::Drama

Keywords: Play chayefsky Screenplay DRAMA LITERATURE

CRAIG, J. MARSHALL

You're Lucky If You're Killed; Including Full Text & Music of the 1933 War Play

New York: Iuniverse, 2003. Reprint. Paperback. ISBN: 059529300X. Some bumping and curling of card cover corners ; A tight solid book. ; Trade PB; B&W Illustrations; 0.41 x 9 x 6 Inches; 149 pages; Fergus, ON-born medical student Norman Craig wasn't yet 20 when he went to Egypt in 1915 with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He soon transferred, however, to the Royal Naval Air Service, finishing the war as a flight commander, leading a squadron of Sopwith Camels stationed in Mudros. By war's end, most of his boyhood friends had been killed. In 1932, after the town council he described as a group of unreasoning pacifists had again put off the construction of a war memorial in Fergus, Craig took matters into his own hands. He wrote 'You're Lucky If You're Killed', and produced it in June, 1933, using a local cast and crew. It took another two years but finally came Craig's Dawn Parade unveiling the monument which represents any small town in Canada. The play itself; one of Canada's first has never been seen again, despite some attempts in the early 1950s to resurrect & publish the work. Craig wanted people to remember the war dead, not his own actions. In this book, Dr. Craig's grandson, a Hollywood-based writer and film director makes public for the first time in 70 years the original text & music of the play, as well as an overview of the events that sparked its creation.. Very Good- .

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Book number: 11425

Catalogue: Drama

Keywords: 059529300X Historical History Canada Drama WWI Canadian Militaria

ANON. & B&W AND COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS

The 1969 Stratford Festival

Stratford ON: Self Published, 1969. Paperback. Illustrated by B&W and Color Illustrations. Light edge wear to fore corners, small sticker pull back card cover ; A bright, solid book ; Trade PB; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Unpaginated pages; This is a souvenir programme containing information on all the plays and music programs appearing at the 1969 Stratford Festival (the 17th season). It is generously illustrated throughout with photos of all the actors and musicians as well as illustrations from older productions of these works.. Very Good .

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Book number: 14809

Catalogue: Entertainment::Drama

Keywords: hamlet measure for tartuffe satyricon Stratford The alchemist Entertainment DRAMA

MILLER, ARTHUR

Death of a Salesman; Certain Private Conversations in Two Acts and a Requiem

New York: Viking Press, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Decorative endpapers. Orange cloth boards show light edge wear, small corner bumps and light soiling, sticker shadow on front board. ; A tight solid book. Statement "Published by Viking Press Inc. in March 1949' with no additional printings mentioned. Dated 1949 on title page. The endpapers are comprised of a reproduction of the stage setting of the play by the setting designer for the play, J Mielziner. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 139 pages; "Ever since it was first performed in 1949, Death of a Salesman has been recognized as a milestone of the American theater. In the person of Willy Loman, the aging, failing salesman who makes his living riding on a smile and a shoeshine, Arthur Miller redefined the tragic hero as a man whose dreams are at once insupportably vast and dangerously insubstantial. He has given us a figure whose name has become a symbol for a kind of majestic grandiosity—and a play that compresses epic extremes of humor and anguish, promise and loss, between the four walls of an American living room.". Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 17519

Catalogue: Drama

Keywords: Plays Arthur miller Willy loman DRAMA LITERATURE

PINTER, HAROLD

The French Lieutenant's Woman a Screenplay

Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316708518. Price-clipped DJ shows light shelf wear, with light chipping. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Foreword by John Fowles, author of the novel 'French Lieutenant's Woman'. Stated 1st ; 6.9 X 4.2 X 0.8 inches; 104 pages; This is the screenplay adaptation Harold Pinter wrote for the movie French Lieutenant's Woman. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 19304

Catalogue: Drama

Keywords: 0316708518 John Fowles Screenplay movie pinter Entertainment DRAMA

ROWLING, J. K. & JACK THORNE & JOHN TIFFANY

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2, Special Rehearsal Edition Script

New York: Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic, 2016. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1338099132. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, slight creasing. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 8.8 X 6.9 X 1.0 inches; 320 pages; "It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and father of three school-age children.While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son, Albus, must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: Sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.The playscript for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was originally released as a "special rehearsal edition" alongside the opening of Jack Thorne’s play in London’s West End in summer 2016. Based on an original story by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne, the play opened to rapturous reviews from theatergoers and critics alike, while the official playscript became an immediate global bestseller." This is written as the script of a play broken in Acts... Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 19613

Catalogue: Fiction/Drama

Keywords: 1338099132 Play playscript harry potter Drama Juvenile::Young Adult

SHIELDS, CAROL; DAVE WILLIAMSON

Anniversary

Winnipeg, MB: Blizzard Publishing, 1998. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 092136881X. Trade PB; Slight wear, remainder dot bottom page edges. A play from renowned Govenor-General and Pulitzer Prize winner.. Near Fine .

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Book number: 5807

Catalogue: Drama

Keywords: 092136881X Drama Dramatic Works Author General