(Theatrical) Balieff's Chauve-Souris of Moscow

(New York, Dancey-Davis Press, 1922. Original edition. Wraps. quarto; pp; 32; illustrated with color and black and white plates, several by Serge Sudeikine (Sergei Sudeikin, N. Remisoff; Ralph Barton centerfold caricature of the audience, a who's-who of the society crowd; original printed pictorial color paper wrappers; one page trimmed to margins but complete textually and with illustration, tape reinforcement in the gutters, chipping at the top edge, else, a good or better copy. In 1922 La Chauve-Souris made its first tour to America, through an arrangement with the producer Morris Gest. La Chauve Souris performed on Broadway from February 1922 to June 1922 (153 performances) and January 1925 to March 1925 (61 performances) in productions produced by F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest. Balieff was featured on the cover of Time magazine. The shows consisted of songs, dances, and sketches, most of which had been originally performed in Russia. Balieff, as master of ceremonies for the show, was known for his feigned lack of English on stage. His monologues and introductions were delivered in a mix of Russian, French, and English language and slang coupled with much gesticulation. However, in private Balieff's English was better than that of his stage persona. The Rockettes' annual "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" mimics the original Chauve-Souris choreography. Good + .

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Book number: 16479

Catalogue: Performing Arts

Keywords: Theatre; Russian; Ephemera

(Theatrical) Proem Walter Hampden

(New York, Arthur Klar, 1930. Original edition. Wraps. quarto; pp; (16); illustrated with ten photographs of Hampden in his various Shakesperian roles and as Cyrano de Bergerac; original string tied printed paper wrappers with tipped on portrait sketch lettered in gilt. Walter Hampden is the artist name of Walter Hampden Dougherty (June 30, 1879 in Brooklyn - June 11, 1955 in Los Angeles) was an American actor and theatre manager. He was a major stage star on Broadway in New York who also made numerous television and film appearances. Very good .

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Book number: 16481

Catalogue: Performing Arts

Keywords: Theatre; Shakespeare; Actors; Acting; Ephemera

(Beatrix Potter)

Peter Rabbit and Tales of Beatrix Potter

New York, The O'Neill Press for Souvenir Publishers, 1971. First Edition. Wraps. Quarto; pp; (18); illustrated with color photographs and a large fold-out poster measuring 16" x 22" duplicating the cover illustration; original printed color pictorial paper wrappers. The program from the film adaptation of these tales performed by the dancers of the Royal Ballet. Very good .

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Book number: 17416

Catalogue: Performing Arts

Keywords: Ephemera Children's Books

de Moratin, Don Leandro, Fernandez

Comedias... Con El Prologo Y Las Noticias de la Real Academia de la Historia; (El Viejo Y la Nina; la Comedia Nueva; El Baron; la Mojigata; El Si de Las Ninas; la Escuela de Los Maridos; El Medico a Palos;)

Paris, Baudry, 1838. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xl, 285; frontispiece portrait; three quarter brown calf and marbled paper covered boards and a gilt lettered spine label. Text is in Spanish, yet published in Paris; A nice copy; Paris edition of the Comedias by the Madrid born playwright and poet who spent the last years of his life at Bordeaux and Paris. Very good .

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Book number: 15932

Catalogue: Performing Arts

O'Neill, Eugene

Moon of the Caribbees and Six Other Plays of the Sea

New York, Boni And Liveright, 1921. Later (1921, 5th, November) printing. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; (vi), 217; quarter orange cloth and reddish brown paper covered boards lettered in black on upper board and spine. The Plays, Moon of the Carribees, Bound East for Cardiff, The Long Voyage Home, In the Zone, Ile, Where the Cross Is Made, and The Rope. a good or better copy, solid and complete with a darkened spine.

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Book number: 18869

Catalogue: Performing Arts

Odets, Clifford

Clash by Night

New York, Random House, 1942. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; (x0, 242; red cloth, top edge stained blue, spine lettered in gilt. Romantic drama first produced on Broadway in 1941 starring Lee J. Cobb and Tallulah Bankhead. The play would eventually be adapted into the 1952 film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, and Marilyn Monroe. Spine lightly faded else very good .

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Book number: 18887

Catalogue: Performing Arts

Shigetoshi, Kawatake

Kabuki Japanese Drama

Tokyo, Foreign Affairs Association of Japan, 1958. First Edition. Soft cover. Octavo; pp; (vi), 131, index, colophon; illustrated with sixty-six plates including four in color; red, black and green cloth with a title label printed in black bound in the Japanese style; minor edge wear, a lovely supple copy. Contains a list of a number of plays and a timeline od the History of Kabuki. The cloth cover reproduces the three traditional colors used on the striped curtains of the Kabuki stage. Very good .

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Book number: 16361

Catalogue: Performing Arts

Keywords: Art; Japan; Kabuki; Theatre;

Text by Moore, Jessica and Music by George L. Spaulding

Betsy Ross or the Origin of Our Flag; an Historical Operetta for Juveniles in Two Scenes

New York, M. Witmark & Sons, 1913. Wraps. Small quarto; pp; 32; music; original printed blue paper wrappers. Tipped in 1928 notice that for Amateur Productions, six copies must be purchased. Wrappers stained else complete and very good .

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Book number: 16882

Catalogue: Performing Arts

Keywords: Sarah Berhardt; Theatre; Music Ephemera