AGATE, JAMES (SELECTED BY)

These Were Actors : Extracts from a Newspaper Cutting Book 1811-1833

London, Hutchinson. 1943. Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight foxing to page edges and a little bumping to some corners. 150pp. Fascinating tales about actors from the 19th century. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 013013

Catalogue: Performing Arts - Theatre

Keywords: Theatre, Actors, Actresses Biography - Performing Arts

BILLINGTON, MICHAEL

The Guinness Book of Theatre Facts & Feats

Enfield, Middlesex, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1982, First Edition. (ISBN: 0851122396) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 7 inches. No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with a small tear to top rear edge. 240pp. Gives the non-specialist reader a clear picture of the theatre's history and of current practice, mixing a wealth of wide-ranging information and anecdotes. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 002241

Catalogue: Performing Arts - Theatre

Keywords: Theatre History, 0851122396

BUTLER, DOROTHY ET AL

Hyde Showtime Memories

Hyde, Cheshire, The Living Memories of Hyde Socirty. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 0951662945) Soft Cover, 11.5 x 8.25 inches. Book in mint condition. 148pp. A fascinating and nostalgic collection of people and events which took place within the many theatre, operatic and musical societies and playhouses which have come and gone in Hyde, Greater Manchester and District in the twentieth century. Very well illustrated. New.

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Book number: 014732

Catalogue: Performing Arts - Theatre

Keywords: Theatre, Manchester, Tameside, Local History 0951662945

BUTLER, DOROTHY ET AL

Hyde Showtime Memories

Hyde, Cheshire, The Living Memories of Hyde Socirty. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 0951662945) Soft Cover, 11.5 x 8.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked front board, extremely faint marking to rear and no bumping to corners. 148pp. A fascinating and nostalgic collection of people and events which took place within the many theatre, operatic and musical societies and playhouses which have come and gone in Hyde, Greater Manchester and District in the twentieth century. Very well illustrated. Very Good.

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Book number: 022639

Catalogue: Performing Arts - Theatre

Keywords: Theatre, Manchester, Tameside, Local History 0951662945

CAWTE, E. C.& HELM, ALEX & PEACOCK, N.

English Ritual Drama : A Geographical Index

London, The Folk-Lore Society. 1967. Soft Cover, 8.75 x 5.75 inches. Loose pages never actually bound. No marks or inscriptions and not creased. Clean pages with a little foxing. 132pp. Publications of the Folk-Lore Society No CXXVII. English folk-plays, their origins and tables of location. Good.

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Book number: 027467

Catalogue: Performing Arts - Theatre

Keywords: Folk Plays, History Social History Mythology

CHAMBERS, COLIN

Inside the Royal Shakespeare Company: Creativity and the Institution

London, Routledge. 2004, First Edition. (ISBN: 0415212022) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.5 inches. Ex library book with usual (minimal) marks and stamps, only to front end paper and dedication page. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and small bump to upper rear corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 262pp. A running historical critique of a major national institution and its location within British culture, spanning four decades and four artisitic directors. Very Good/Fine.

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Book number: 017687

Catalogue: Performing Arts - Theatre

Keywords: Acting, Actors, Theatre, Shakespeare 0415212022

CLARK, CUMBERLAND

Shakespeare & National Character

London, Hamlin Publishing Co. 1932, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8.25 x 5.5 inches. Previous owner's name on half-title page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean tight copy with unmarked dulled burgundy cloth boards, sunning to spine, light dusting to page edges and slight rubbing to spine ends and corners. All colour and photogravure plates present. Scarce. 308pp. 'A study of Shakespeare's knowledge and dramatic and literary use of the distinctive racial characteristics of the different peoples of the world.'. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008730

Catalogue: Performing Arts - Theatre

Keywords: Drama, Plays, Comedy, Actors, Theatre,

CREGAN, DAVID

How We Held the Square (Young Drama)

Methuen Publishing Ltd. 1973. (ISBN: 041329420X) Soft Cover, 8 x 5 inches. UC Dramsoc written on front end papers. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked lightly rubbedboards, quite dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. 90pp. Script for young persons theatre by David Cregan about how the square's inhabitants prevented it being laid to waste and concreted over. Very Good (-).

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Book number: 024981

Catalogue: Performing Arts - Theatre

Keywords: Theatre, Drama, Script, 041329420x

DENNYS, JOYCE

The Lawn : A Play in One Act for Women

London, H.F.W. Deane & Sons Ltd. 1954. Soft Cover, 7.25 x 5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Very faint creasing to covers. A clean tight booklet with slightly dusty unmarked boards. 22pp. Extremely scarce. Good.

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Book number: 010466

Catalogue: Performing Arts - Theatre

Keywords: Theatre, Women, Actors Gender Studies

DRINKWATER, JOHN

Bird in Hand : A Play in Three Acts

London, Sidgwick & Jackson. 1927, First Edition. Hard Cover, 7.5 x 5 inches. Name and date to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with bright unmarked slightly sunned red cloth boards, rubbing to ends of sunned spine and bumping to lower corners. New - previously tipped-in - paper title to spine. 96pp. First edition of the John Drinkwater play. Good (+)/No Jacket.

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Book number: 017919

Catalogue: Performing Arts - Theatre

Keywords: Theatre, Actors, Script

EDDERSHAW, M.

Grand Fashionable Nights : Kendal Theatre 1575-1985

Lancaster, Centre for north-West Regional Studies, University of Lancaster. 1989. (ISBN: 0901272620) Soft Cover, 9.75 x 7.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 57pp. The history of the theatre in Kendal. Fine.

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Book number: 007320

Catalogue: Performing Arts - Theatre

Keywords: Theatre, History, Cumbria, Lancashire 0901272620

THE EDITOR

Programme, Theatre Royal Brighton : October 1976 : Once More with Music By Ronald Millar

Brighton, England, Theatre Royal. 1967. Soft Cover, 8.25 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Light creasing to covers. A very clean very tight booklet with slightly faded unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 14pp. Theatre programme for October 1976. Includes photographs of Cicely Coutneidge and Jack Hulbert, the main stars of the performance. Good.

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Book number: 014789

Catalogue: Performing Arts - Theatre

Keywords: Actors, Actresses, Plays,

THE EDITOR

Restoration Plays from Dryden to Farquhar

London, J M Dent & Sons Ltd. 1932. Hard Cover, 7 x 4.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked olive boards, clear gilt lettering/embossing to very slightly sunned spine and very tiny bump to lower front corner. 509pp. Plays for the theatre from the time of Charles II which were sought after following the dearth of plays during the twenty years of the Commonwealth. Very Good (+)/No Jacket.

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Book number: 025574

Catalogue: Performing Arts - Theatre

Keywords: Fiction, Theatre, Historical, 17th Century

THE EDITOR

Signed By Clare Swinburne : Theatre Programme

Sheffield, Sheffield Theatres. 2008. Soft Cover, 9.75 x 6.75 inches. Signed by Clare Swinburne to 'Welcome' page No other marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 40pp. Theatre programme for The 39 Steps at Sheffield's Lyceum Theatre signed on the 'Welcome' page by actor Clare Swinburne. who has been in Eastenders, Holby City, The Bill, Inspector Lynley Mysteries etc. Fine. Signed by Artist.

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Book number: 020330

Catalogue: Performing Arts - Theatre

Keywords: The 39 Steps, Play, Actress

ENSLER, EVE

Aidoion monologoi (Vagina Monologues)

Niki. 1998. (ISBN: 9607974034) Soft Cover, 8 x 5.5 inches. Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 128pp. Text of the theatre production. All text in Greek. Fine.

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Book number: 016688

Catalogue: Performing Arts - Theatre

Keywords: Feminist, Theatre, Empowerment, Gender Studies 9607974034