STAVIS, BARRIE.

The Man Who Never Died. A Play About Joe Hill.

South Brunswick and New York: A.S.Barnes and Company, 1972. 0498075389. Revised edition with introduction by Pete Seeger. "Joe Hill was shot by the State of Utah on November 19, 1915. He had been found guilty on the charge of murder. Yet no connection was ever made between Joe Hill and the murder of which he was convicted. The adherents of Joe Hill say that he was framed becuse he was 'Joe Hill', labor's poet; because he was a member of the I.W.W, the "Wobblies", the most militant section of the labor movement at that time..Based on the many productions over the years, Barrie Stavis continually made notes for possible changes..This new edition contains over 200 changes." Pp.157, 13 black & white photo illustrations, appendix contains music and lyrics, very minor damp rippling to last few pages. Brown spine with cream boards which has a very faint damp-stain to rear. Dustwrapper has chipped loss to top and tail of spine and worn patch to lower front at spine edge, damp-stain to rear. G+/Fair.

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Keywords: Barrie Stavis Man Who Never Died Play Drama Joe Hill Iww Wobblies Militant Labor Movement Murder Pete Seeger 48941 Drama

STIVEN, L.P.B.

The Seven Sacraments In Mime and Choral Speech.

London:Darton,Longman & Todd,1960. 1st ed. "These Pieces on the Seven Sacraments are partly mimes or representations of some of the ceremonies of the Sacraments, followed by choral arrangements to drive home the doctrine." Pp.8/54,owners details to verso front cover. Limp cloth covers, slightly toned to spine edge. G+.

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Keywords: Stiven Seven Sacraments Mime Choral Speech Children Drama Baptism Confirmation Penance Eucharist Unction Holy Orders Matrimony A8589 Drama

STOPPARD, TOM.

Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land.

London: Faber and Faber, 1978. 0571110940. Reprint. Drama. "Dirty Linen eavesdrops on a Select Committee investigating the moral standards of the House of Commons." Pp.75. Paperback, black & white photos of the original cast (including Peter Bowles, Edward de Souza, and the rear view of Luan Peters as Maddie wearing stockings and frilly knickers) to front. VG.

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Keywords: Tom Stoppard Dirty Linen New Found Land Drama Play 43462 Drama

STOPPARD, TOM.

On The Razzle.

London: Faber and Faber, 1981. 0571118356. 1st ed. Play. Adapted from Einen Jux will er sich machen by Johann Nestroy. Pp.79. Pbk, minor scuffing to spine. VG.

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SWINSON, CYRIL.(EDITOR).

Christmas Plays. (The Children's Theatre No.11), Illustrated by E.Nicholson.

London: A & C Black Ltd, nd. 0. Contents includes: 1. What Can I Give Him? and 2.The Baby Smiled. by Frances M.Clarence; 3. Before Him Bow by the Reverend Richard Tydeman; 4. Christmas Carillon by A.H.Naylor. Also includes: Before the Play Begins; Reading Plays; A Note for Producers; Suggestions for Costumes; and Acting Notes. Pp.63/1(list of others in this series), black & white head and tail pieces by E.Nicholson, scuffing to inside front cover. Green illustrated cover, slightly rubbed. G+.

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Book number: 38365

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Keywords: Cyril Swinson Christmas Plays Childrens Theatre Nicholson Drama Clarence Tydeman Naylor Acting Costumes 39300 Drama

SYNGE, JOHN M.

The Playboy of the Western World/ The Tinker's Wedding/The Shadow of the Glen.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1941. 1st ed. Plays by John M. Synge. Toning and spotting to pages. P/b. Loose paper wrappers. G.

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Keywords: Synge Playboy Western World Tinkers Wedding Shadow Glen Plays A1551 Drama

TCHEHOV, ANTON.

Three Plays: The Cherry Orchard, The Seagull, The Wood Demon.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1941. Rep. Three plays by the celebrated Russian author. Translated by S.S. Koteliansky. Pp. 187/5(ads). Toning and spotting to pages. P/b. G.

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Book number: 9919

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Keywords: Tchehov Three Plays Cherry Orchard Seagull Wood Demon Russian A2553 Drama

THORNHILL, ALAN.

Hide Out. A Play.

London: Westminster Productions Ltd, 1969. 1st ed. "A play first produced at the Westminster Theatre, London , opening on 7th March 1969 .. The action takes place in a ski hut near the capital city of a country that has had to fight for its freedom." Pp68. P/b, fore-edges scuffed. G+.

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Book number: 16380

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Keywords: Thornhill Hide out Play Westminster Theatre London Freedom Drama A10059 Drama

UPDIKE, JOHN.

Buchanan Dying. A Play.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1974. 1st ed. "In a play meant to be read, Buchanan's political and private lives are represented as aspects of his spiritual life, whose crowning, condensing act is the act of dying." Pp. 9/262, illustrated endpapers. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, portrait illustrated d/w has minor edge chips. VG/VG.

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VELLERE, EDOUARD RAPHAEL WELLER.

King and Rebel, A Historical Drama... / Meted Out. An Original Modern Drama.... by Dr Vellère.

London: Samuel French, 89, Strand, [Printed by Thomas Scott, 1 Warwick Court, Holborn], 1873 . 0. Scarce edition of two plays, signed by the author. pp.72/42. Original maroon buckram with gilt titles to the front board: "King & Rebel. - Meted Out." Maroon leather spine carefully repaired. Postscript (p.72) dated: "Harrow, Nov. 29th, 1873." Original yellow endpapers, notation to front free endpaper. Inner hinges carefully strengthened. Sepia picture laid down as frontispiece. Printed title: "King And Rebel.." Neat ink inscription to top of title-page: "To The Revd. Canon C. E. Kingley, With the Authors' Comlpliments - 3/1/74." Clean English text througohut. Second title after p.72: ""Meted Out.." **"Edouard Raphael Weller Vellere was born 1823 in Pesth, Hungary. Death April 1895 in St Pancras, London. He married Emma U. Fieldsend . They had two sons and one daughter. The 1871-1881 Census list him as a Private Schoolmaster, English & Continental College, 106 Peel Road, Harrow. Then in the 1891 Census he is listed as a Teacher of German and French, and living in Fitzroy Street, St. Pancras, London. " - See Family history research.

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WALEY, ARTHUR.

The No Plays of Japan. With Letters by Oswald Sickert.

London:George Allen and Unwin,1965. 4th imp. Ex libris. "This volume established the No play for the Western reader as beautiful literature. It contains exquisite translations of about twenty plays with summaries of as many more." Pp.319,frontis. + 1 further plate,library stamps. Yellow cloth,d/w has library no. to spine and embossed stamp to cover. G+/G+.

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Book number: 8742

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Keywords: Waley No Plays Japan Letters Sickert Drama Buddhism Japanese Theatre A1421 Drama

WALKER, ROY.

The Time is Out of Joint: A Study of Hamlet.

London: Andrew Dakers Limited, 1948. 0. 1st ed. "Hamlet's fault lies not in his shortcomings as a philosopher but his limitations as a human being, a partly Christian human being." Pp.xv/157, occasional light spotting, mainly affecting closed page edges and preliminary pages, owner's details to front free endpaper (John Atkins). Brown cloth,title to spine dulled. G+.

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Book number: 34917

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Keywords: Roy Walker Time out Joint Study Hamlet Shakespeare Drama Character Literature Literary Criticism 35184 Drama

WATSON, JOHN.

All These Died in Faith. Twenty-Seven Short Plays for Worship and Study.

Perth: Westbooks, 1978. Twenty-seven short plays illustrating important points from the life or thoughts of famous and not so famous religious people. These include: Florence Allshorn, Gladys Aylward, George Bell, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Edith Cavell, Madeleine Delbrel, Charles de Foucauld, Toyohiko Kagawa, Martin Luther King, Maximilian Kolbe, Sergei Kourdakov, C.S.Lewis, Bernard Lichtenberg, Ivan Moiseyev, Albert Orsborn, Mother Maria Pilenko, Vivian Redlich, Charles Riley, Angelo Roncalli, Rose Schlosinger, Albert Schweitzer, Sundar Singh, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Simone Weil, Leonard Wilson, Gunpei Yamamuro, Roger Youderian, Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, Ed McCully, and Pete Fleming. Pp.14/155, minor spotting to title page. Pbk. VG.

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Keywords: Watson All These Died Faith Plays Drama Worship Study Allshorn Aylward Bell Bonhoeffer Cavell Delbrel de Foucauld Kagawa Luther King Kolbe Kourdakov Lewis Lichtenberg Moiseyev Orsborn Pilenko 32081 Drama

WEBSTER, JOHN.

The White Devil. (With Commentary and Notes).

London: Methuen, 1986. 0413570304. With a commentary by Simon Trussler and notes by Jacqui Russell. Pp.46/146, 5 photos of stage productions. Pbk, photo of Rupert Everett as Flamineo and Ann Mitchell as Cornelia to front. VG.

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Book number: 31369

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WILLIAMS, RAYMOND.

Drama in Performance.

Harmondsworth, England: Penguin, 1972. rep. "The author takes for his central theme the changing relations between dramatic forms and methods of performance in the long history of European drama. He analyses actual productions with reference to their social setting in such works as Sophocles' 'Antigone, Shakespeare's 'Antony and Cleopatra, Chekhov's 'The Seagull' and Ingmar Bergman's 'Wild Strawberries'. Pp.9/194 with 5 figures +13 b/w plates. P/b with illustrated cover. G+.

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Book number: 17423

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Keywords: Williams Drama Performance Sophocles Antigone Shakespeare Antony Cleopatra Chekhov Seagull Bergman Wild Strawberries A11600 Drama