LAURENTS, ARTHUR

Home of the Brave: A Play By Arthur Laurents Foreword By Robert Garland

New York: Random House, 1946. First Edition. First Printing; Hardcover. Cover is tan hardcover with black and red lettering on the spine. Pages are clean and tight. Copyright page states 'copyright as unpublished play, 1945....Copyright, 1946, Arthur Laurents [as published play]. Also states first printing. "....is an honest play by an honest playwright on an honest theme. Arthur Laurents, American, and now a G. I. Out of uniform, walks right up and faces the predicament of a lad who is a soldier and a Jew, but above all is a human being, sensitive to the shock of prejudice...His is more than a soldier's problem; it is the problem of people everywhere..."; 5 1/2 x 8 1/4; 167 pages; Cover has bumping, sunning, shelf wear. DJ has sunning, shelf wear, rubbing/scuffing, bumping, 1/2" chunk missing from tail of spine; in a mylar cover.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 3850

Catalogue: Theater and Drama

Keywords: Drama; Theater; Playwrights; Authors; American Authors; American Writers; Judaism; Anti-Semitism; Jewish History; Literature/Poetry/Classics Cultural History American History Biography/Memoirs/Journals Judaism/Jewish History/Jews Drama/Theater/Plays/Opera

MALAM, JOHN

Theater from First Rehearsal to Opening Night

Chicago: Peter Bedrick Books, 2000. Hardcover. ISBN: 0872265889. Cover is glazed boards. Reinforced binding. Magenta design endpapers. Pages are clean and tight; this is a NEW book. Part of the Building Works series; this one covers the how, what, where and why of how a theater operates--how the play/production actually gets out there, the backstage world. Chapters are Foyer and box office; Auditorium; Pit; Stage; Wings and flies; Light and sound; Scenery and props; Special effects; Costumes and wigs; Dressing rooms and make-up; rehearsal rooms; Types of theater; Theater history; Famous theaters; Glossary. Lavishly illustrated with wonderful color drawings; includes a two page fold out at the beginning. Really nifty and fascinating book on the theater, especially good for children. Oversized. ; Building Works Series; Color Illustrations; 11 1/2 x 9 1/4; 32 pages; Oblong shaped book. Slight edgewear and bumping. Crease on front page of first side of fold out.. Near Fine .

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Book number: 2992

Catalogue: Theater and Drama

Keywords: 0872265889 John Malam; Theater History; Theaters; Architecture; Building Works; Costumes; Costume History; Make-Up; Wigs; Cultural History Architecture Art Furniture/Interiors/Decorating Music/Opera/Songs Drama/Theater/Plays/Opera Business/Economics Craft