Tallulah Bankhead in Noel Coward's "Private Lives. " Beginning July 22, 1946. Colonial Theatre, Boston Playbill

No Place, No Publisher. Wraps. No publisher, place or date. Presumed Boston, 1946. Photo illustrated wraps with Tallulah Bankhead on the front cover. Unpaginated. Ads throughout. Playbill for this revival staging of the play Private Lives by Noel Coward. The play originally premiered in the UK in 1930, and starred Noel Coward. It also had a brief run on Broadway, with Noel Coward, prior to the 1948 Broadway run that starred Tallulah Bankhead. Usual playbill fare, being mostly ads, with some biographies of the stars. GOOD condition. Wrappers toned and wrinkled, with a few small dampstains. Minor creasing present. Good .

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Book number: 019594

Catalogue: Drama

Keywords: Noisbn

No Author

Dramatic Table Talk or Scenes, Situations and Adventures, Serious and Comic, in Theatrical History and Biography. In Three Volumes

London, John Knight and Henry Lacey, 1825. Half Leather. Greenish morocco half leather with marbled boards and endpapers. Li, Xiii, 248; x, 288; ix, 317 pp. LACKING the illustration of the Old Drury Lane Theatre, a portrait of Shakespeare and an original letter of Sheridan in volume 3 (although this may be bound in at the end of volume 2). All other illustrations present as called for, with the frontis illustrations in volumes 1 and 2 bound in a bit further on. A collection of short anecdotes reflecting on the history or theater, commenting on notable actors, playwrights, plays, performances, etc. from ancient to the then present. With commentary on Shakespeare, brief mention of American theater, Harry Rowe, John Palmer, a riot at the Haymarket Theater, Chinese play, customs of the French theater, Charlotte Cibber, etc. GOOD condition, lacking the aforementioned plates. Leather rather scuffed along the hinges, with minor scuffing along the extremities and to the covers. Minor fading. Interiors solid, with some toning and scattered foxing, a bit heavier to the title pages and plates. A few pages cropped a bit shorter than others. Armorial bookplates of Roderick Terry present in each volume. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008470

Catalogue: Drama

Keywords: Noisbn Performing Arts

Various Authors

The Stage. March 1933

New York, John Hanrahan, Publisher, 1933. Wraps. Red illustrated wraps. Folio. Color illustration of Lynn Fontanne on the front cover, by Fred Wallace. An issue of this magazine devoted to theater, featuring articles on various dramas, including American Dream, with photos of Douglass Montgomery. With pieces on Alien Corn, Melody, We the People and others. GOOD condition. General fading, minor toning, some soiling, light spots of staining and creasing/scuffing to the covers and extremities. Minor toning in the interior. Good .

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Book number: 015125

Catalogue: Drama

Keywords: Noisbn Performing Arts

Various authors

Theatre Arts Monthly. April, 1933

New York, Theatre Arts Inc, 1933. Wraps. Printed yellow wraps. Pagination runs 253-328. Single issue of this magazine devoted to theater arts, with this having articles on the Russian theater scene, new Italian ballet, a roster of new playwrights, etc. GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy uneven darkening and browning to the wrappers. Minor soiling and a few small stains. Small date stamp on the center front cover. Upper spine torn and peeling back. Some creasing along the extremities. Owner's blindstamp on the contents page. Good .

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Book number: 016492

Catalogue: Drama

Keywords: Noisbn Performing Arts

Beichman, Janine; Makoto, OOKA (translator)

Drifting Fires. An American No

Japan, Shichigatsudo Press, 1986. Wraps. Red printed wraps. 30 pp. Text in English and Japanese. With a fold out sheet advertising a staging of the piece. An "American" play using the form of the Japanese No. By Janine Beichman, an author and scholar specializing in Japanese poetry. GOOD condition. Moderate uneven fading and offsetting to the covers. Minor wrinkling and along the extremities and corners. Good .

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Book number: 016569

Catalogue: Drama

Keywords: Noisbn

Belasco, David

A Souvenir of Shakespeare's the Merchant of Venice As Presented by David Belasco at the Lyceum Theatre, New York December 21, 1922

New York, Privately Printed, 1922. Soft Cover. Cardboard stock covers in brown printed paper wraps (adhered to the covers). Folio. 173 pp. With a section of 28 photo plates. SIGNED, with an inscription, by David Belasco, and dated 1927. With another gift inscription present from the recipient to Craig (Timberlake, an American stage actor). A privately issued work commemorating the 1922 production of the Merchant of Venice, providing Belasco's commentary on the play, the cast of characters, photo plates, and tributes. David Belasco was an American theatrical producer, as well as a playwright and director. He was influential in American stage design, and used emerging technology to create state of the art theaters in New York (see Wikipedia). GOOD condition. A large chip missing from the lower front wrap, with a smaller chip, also missing at the lower center edge of the same wrap. Mostly minor chipping, creasing and tearing along the wrappers. Minor soiling and toning. Previous owner's large decorative bookplate on the inside front cover. Text solid, with minor toning. Good .

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Book number: 007452

Catalogue: Drama

Keywords: Noisbn David Belasco Theater

Brissaud, Pierre cover Illustrator

Theatre National de L'Opera-Comique Saison 1931-1932. Pelleas Et Melisande. Samedi 21 Mai 1932

No Place, No printer or publisher Given, 1932. Original Wraps. Unpaginated. Original wraps. A theater program for a production of Debussy's opera Pelleas and Melisande, featuring black and white photos of cast members. Of note is the cover illustration by Pierre Brissaud featuring a black and white silhouette of the orchestra at the bottom and two actors and the stage done in apparent gilt style coloring, with black and white shading. In FAIR condition with dampstaining evident along the cover extremities, affecting the lower ¼ of the last half of the booklet. Moderate darkening and general fading to the covers. Minor to moderate soiling to the rear cover. Slight creasing and minor edgewear. General fading to the interior with minor scattered soiling. Nice cover art by Pierre Brissaud. Ill.: Brissaud, Pierre. Good .

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Book number: 002878

Catalogue: Drama

Keywords: Debussy Pierre Brissaud

Budry, Maurice

Trois Petits Tours Pour Les Marionettes. Les Cahiers Romands Deuxieme Serie. No. 3

Lausanne, Librairie Payot et Cie, 1932. Limited. Quarter Leather. #9 of 35 copies SIGNED by the author. Blue marbled paper covered boards with a blue leather spine (not as issued). Original wraps bound in. 136 pp. All text in French. A collection of three plays by this author and lyricist. GOOD+ condition. Heavy scuffing/fading to the leather along the spine. Minor fading and edgewear to the book. Some browning to the paper. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010811

Catalogue: Drama

Keywords: Noisbn

Bullins, Ed

The Duplex. A Black Love Fable in Four Movements

New York, William Morrow and Company, 1971. First Edition. Cloth. First edition, with no statement of later printings. Beige cloth in unclipped dust jacket. 166 pp. A play by Ed Bullins, a key figure in the Black Arts Movement and Minister of Culture in the Black Panther Party. GOOD jacket on a VERY GOOD book. Some toning and soiling to the jacket, mostly to the rear cover. Two small tears near the upper left front corner. Minor scuffing and edgewear. Light fading and edgewear to the book. Owner's name on the first endpaper. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 018564

Catalogue: Drama

Keywords: Noisbn African American

Clay, Iris (artist)

The Brig by Kenneth H. Brown. Show Flier for a Living Theatre Staging

New York, Living Theatre, presumed Publisher. Unbound. no date, circa 1963. Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. A flier advertising the play, "The Brig," by Kenneth Brown and first staged at the Living Theatre in 1963. The play, an antiauthoritarian work based on Brown's experiences incarcerated while in the Marines, won an Obie Award. The Living Theatre is a long running theater company known for its efforts to make theater less commercial and more community based. GOOD condition. Several chips and tears along the extremities, with the tip of the lower left corner torn off. Minor toning and wrinkling. Good .

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Book number: 019663

Catalogue: Drama

Keywords: Noisbn Fliers

Davies, Robertson

A Masque of Aesop

Toronto, Clarke, Irwin and Company, 1952. First Edition. Hard Cover. First edition. Hard cover in unclipped jacket. Illustrations by Grant Macdonald. 47 pages. A play by Davies based in ancient Greece and using the dramatic tool of the masque. GOOD jacket on a VERY GOOD book. Jacket in mylar. Minor general foxing to the jacket, with general fading and very minor soiling. Spine sunned. Small tear and crease present near the upper front cover hinge. Minor scuffing and a few small tears along the jacket extremities with a tiny chip missing from the head of the spine. Minor uneven fading and darkening to the book. Light edgewear. Interior clean and solid with a previous owner's small address label on the first endpaper. Ill.: Grant Macdonald. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 003225

Catalogue: Drama

Keywords: Robertson Davies

Dowson, Ernest

The Pierrot of the Minute. A Dramatic Phantasy in One Act

Portland, ME, Thomas B. Mosher [The Mosher Press.], 1913. Hard Cover. One of 950 copies printed on Van Gelder Hand-Made Paper. Original boards. 38pp. A short play from Dowson. In GOOD condition. Mostly minor darkening along the book extremities, with a faint pinkish stain along the bottom front cover. Spine sunned. Some loss to the head of spine with minor wear to the paper label. Interior solid with a sporadic faint dampstain affecting the lower corner of several of the pages throughout. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003444

Catalogue: Drama

Dryden, John

The Spanish Fryar: Or the Double Discovery. A Comedy. Written by Mr. Dryden. Marked with the Variations in the Manager's Book, at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden

London, Printed for W. Strahan; T. Davies; T. Lowndes, Etc. 1776. Disbound. Disbound. 90pp plus 2 pages of ads for plays from T Lowndes and Partners. There may be a page missing after this ad, as the plays end with the letter R. Lacking any endpapers and half titles that may have existed. In GOOD condition with minor, mostly along the extremities. Scattered minor foxing throughout. Minor wear to the extremities. Two small pen lines in the margin of the last page of ads. Good .

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Book number: 003537

Catalogue: Drama

Keywords: Noisbn John Dryden

Colum, Padraic; Hamilton, Edith et al.

Theatre Arts Monthly. May 1932. Vol. XVI, 15

New York, Theatre Arts, Inc, 1932. Wraps. Printed yellow wraps. With photos and illustrations throughout, depicting sets, plays and actors. December issue of this magazine devoted primarily to theater, although containing an occasional article on film, containing articles on the London scene, a portfolio of stage designs by Charles Ricketts, Comedy's Mirror in Ancient Rome, from circus to theatre, etc. With a black and white reproduction of a painting by Thomas Benton, "Burlesque." VERY GOOD condition. Some darkening to the wraps, especially the rear panel. Minor soiling. Some creasing and minor tearing along the extremities. Good .

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Book number: 012717

Catalogue: Drama

Keywords: Noisbn Performing Arts

Falconer, Edmund

The Husband of an Hour. An Original Drama, in Two Periods. French's Standard Drama No. CCC

New York, Samuel French. Original Wraps. No date, circa 1875 based on OCLC records. Yellow wraps. 46 pages. Includes brief instructions on the costumes, as well as cast lists for London, New York and Providence, R.I. performances in 1857. A play set in the early part of Louis XVI's reign. Edmund Falconer, (or Edmund O'Rourke) was an Irish writer and playwright, gaining fame for his London staged plays, as well as becoming a noted actor in the 1860's. In GOOD condition. General fading, minor soiling and creasing to the wraps. Small stain on the lower rear cover. Light scuffing along the extremities with a small chip to the upper left front corner. Minor foxing to the interior. Good .

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Book number: 004717

Catalogue: Drama

Keywords: Noisbn Edmund Falconer