CROPPER, MARGARET.

The Map. A Play in Three Scenes.

Westminster:The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, nd.(c.1924). Third edition. Pp.24, plan for Tableau to end, spotting to closed page edges and to pp.14/15, rusting to staples. Blue card covers, small ink mark to rear cover. G+.

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DAISENBERGER J.A.

The Passion Play of Oberammergau 1960. Music by Rochus Dedler.

Germany: Community of Oberammergau, 1960. 1st ed. Religious festival play, written in 1860, music written in 1815. Pp. 137, frontis,owners name to fep. P/b. G.

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DESMOND, D. J. [ PSEUD. SAVILLE, MALCOLM ] .

Amateur Acting And Producing For Beginners. By D. J. Desmond .

London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd, Tower House, Southampton Street, W.C.2, 1937 . 0. First edition. A good tight binding. pp.109 . Orange cloth covered boards with black titles to both front board and spine. Light fading to front board. Light toning to endpapers, other wise clean English text throughout. VG. D. J. Desmond is the pseudonym of Malcolm Saville. His first book, the excellent handbook Amateur Acting and Producing for Beginners, was published under this name. Articles in My Garden Magazine, and in Jonathan Cape's collections for children also appeared, as did the text for a photographic picture book about the farm that many of us old 'uns had at school; John and Jennifer at the Farm. The reason why he used a pseudonym is unknown.

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VAN DRUTEN, JOHN.

After All. A Play in Three Acts.

London: G.P.Putnam's Sons, 1929. 1st edition. " 'After All' was first produced under the auspices of the Incorporated Stage Society and the Three Hundred Club at the Apollo Theatre on the evening of Sunday, May 5th, 1929. Since that production the play has been very largely revised and re-written, the alterations including the removal of one character. The present version, however, is the form in which I desire to leave the play." Pp.117. Black cloth, original paper label to spine is darkened and chipped and with major loss of title. Good.** "John William Van Druten (1 June 1901 – 19 December 1957) was an English playwright and theatre director, known professionally as John Van Druten. He began his career in London, and later moved to America becoming a US citizen. He was known for his plays of witty and urbane observations of contemporary life and society..He was one of the most successful playwrights of the early 1930s in London with star-studded West End productions of his work including Diversion (1928), After All (1929), London Wall (1931) with Frank Lawton and John Mills, There's Always Juliet (1931), Somebody Knows (1932), Behold, We Live (1932) with Gertrude Lawrence and Gerald du Maurier, The Distaff Side (1933) and Flowers of the Forest (1934)." (wiki).

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FARMER, JOHN S. (1854-1916) / UDALL, NICHOLAS .

The Museum Dramatists. Ralph Roister Doister By Nicholas Udall. Edited, with an introduction, Note-Book and Word-List, by John S. Farmer.

London: Published by Gibbings & Co. for the Early English Drama Society, 18, Bury St. (Near British Museum), MCMVII. [1907] . 0. First edition. A very good orignal binding. 8vo. 7.0" x 4.5" . pp.12/pp.151 . Green cloth covered boards, Blind stamp decoration and title to front board. Gilt title to spine. Edges lightly rubbed and bumped. White tipex mark to base of spine. Light toning to endpapers. Half-title browned, clean decorated title-page, and clean English text and illustrations throughout. Contents include: "Introduction; Ralph Roister Doister ( Text ); and a Note-Book And Word-List." VG ** "John Stephen Farmer born at Bedford March 7th 1854 to Alfred Henry Farmer (born August 27th 1827 at Biggleswade, Bedfordshire), described in the census returns as a 'City Missionary,' and Pheobe [sic] Sheppard (born about 1830 at Beaford, Bedfordshire).. John Stephen Farmer died 18th January 1916. His address was The Rookery, West Bergholt, Essex.

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FARMER, JOHN S. (1854-1916) / HEYWOOD, JOHN .

The Museum Dramatists. The Pardoner And The Friar The Curate And Neighbour Pratt. The Four P.P. By John Heywood. Edited, with an introduction, Note-Book and Word-List, by John S. Farmer.

London: Published by Gibbings & Co. for the Early English Drama Society, 18, Bury St. (Near British Museum), MCMVI. [1906] . 0. First edition. A very good orignal binding. 8vo. 7.0" x 4.5" . pp.12/pp.78 . Green cloth covered boards, Blind stamp decoration and title to front board. Gilt title to spine. Edges lightly rubbed and bumped. White tipex mark to base of spine. Light toning and edge stain to endpapers, half-title, and last leaf (also browned), clean decorated title-page, and clean English text and illustrations throughout. Contents include: "Introduction; Portrait And Facsimile Of Handwriting Of John Heywood; The Pardoner And The Friar, The Curate And Neighbour Pratt; The Four P.P.; and a Note-Book And Word-List." VG ** "John Stephen Farmer born at Bedford March 7th 1854 to Alfred Henry Farmer (born August 27th 1827 at Biggleswade, Bedfordshire), described in the census returns as a 'City Missionary,' and Pheobe [sic] Sheppard (born about 1830 at Beaford, Bedfordshire).. John Stephen Farmer died 18th January 1916. His address was The Rookery, West Bergholt, Essex.

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FARMER, JOHN S. (1854-1916) .

The Museum Dramatists. Gammer Gurton's Needle By Mr. S., Mrs. Of Art [ c.1562 ] . Edited, with an introduction, Note-Book and Word-List, by John S. Farmer.

London: Published by Gibbings & Co. for the Early English Drama Society, 18, Bury St. (Near British Museum), MCMVI. [1906] . 0. First edition. A very good orignal binding. 8vo. 7.0" x 4.5" . pp.16/pp.75 . Green cloth covered boards, Blind stamp decoration and title to front board. Gilt title to spine. Edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Light toning to endpapers. Half-title browned, clean decorated title-page, and clean English text and illustrations throughout. Contents include: "Introduction; Reduced Facsimile Title-Page Of "The Disobedient Child,"; Text Of Play; The Device of Thomas Colwell, The Printer Of "Gammer Gurton's Needle."; and a Note-Book And Word-List." VG ** "John Stephen Farmer born at Bedford March 7th 1854 to Alfred Henry Farmer (born August 27th 1827 at Biggleswade, Bedfordshire), described in the census returns as a 'City Missionary,' and Pheobe [sic] Sheppard (born about 1830 at Beaford, Bedfordshire).. John Stephen Farmer died 18th January 1916. His address was The Rookery, West Bergholt, Essex.

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FISCH, HAROLD.

Hamlet and the Word. The Covenant Pattern in Shakespeare.

New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing, 1971. 0804421986. 1st edition. "In a provocative interpretation of the greatest play in the English language, Professor Fisch shows how the idea of a covenant is inherent in the imagery and design of the play. In tthe tradition of a Hellenic tragedy, Hamlet is swept toward an inevitable doom, t in the tradition of the biblical covenant, he harnesses his instinctual fury and becomes the divine instrument of a moral purging." Pp.viii/248, owner's details to title page and final page of index. Red cloth, dustwrapper slightly rubbed with small edge tears and chipping to top and tail of spine. VG/G+.

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FITZER, H.C.

Christian Flare-Path. A Pageant for Performance by Children in Church.

London: Church Information Board. 1959. "First performed by the children of St. Mary's Church, Saltford, Somerset". Pp 19. P/b, rusting to staples. G+.

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FLEMING, CHRISTOPHER LE.

The Use of Music in Religious Drama.

London: SPCK. 1950. "Suggests ways and means of approach to the wider use of serious music in the production of plays". Pp 28. Name to fep. Pbk, rusting to staples. G+.

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Book number: 19772

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GALSWORTHY, JOHN.

Loyalties. A Drama in Three Acts.

London: Duckworth and Co,1923. Rep. Pp.118, endpapers slightly toned. Green cloth, d/w has faint water-stain to opening edge and chips to top. VG/G+.

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GAY, MR.

The Beggar's Opera. (Little Blue Book Series No.57).

London: Little Blue Book Co. n/d. "The aim of this series is to provide the greatest masterpieces of literature". Pp 64. Toning to pages. P/b. G+.

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GORDON, ANNE WOLRIGE.

Blindsight. A Play.

London: Westminster Productions. 1970. 1st ed. "The tension in this play is between extremities of good and evil. The blind people, except for Stella, become part of evil. They chose blindness. They do not want to see, or they are blind to others. This is no reflection of blind people, but indicates a state of mind which has nothing to do with physical health". Pp 86. P/b. G+.

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GRAINGER, ROGER.

Presenting Drama in Church.

London: Epworth Press. 1985. 1st ed. "More and more people are beginning to see that drama gives us a way of praising God that is natural to men and women, and particularly appropriate for Christians...This book looks at the subject from several angles, and gives practical help to those who are just beginning". Pp 110. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG.

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GREEN, ADOLPH AND COMDEN, BETTY.

Singin' in the Rain. Story and Screenplay.

London: Lorrimer Publishing, 1986. 085647116X. Classic Film Scripts series. Pp.xiv/65, 32 black & white photos. Paperback. VG.

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Keywords: Green Comden Singin in the Rain Singing Film Musical Gene Kelly Screenplay Drama 45821 Drama