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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Boeknummer: 019594

Catalogus: Drama

Trefwoorden: 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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Boeknummer: 008470

Catalogus: Drama

Trefwoorden: 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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Boeknummer: 015125

Catalogus: Drama

Trefwoorden: 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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Boeknummer: 016492

Catalogus: Drama

Trefwoorden: 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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Boeknummer: 016569

Catalogus: Drama

Trefwoorden: 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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Boeknummer: 007452

Catalogus: Drama

Trefwoorden: Noisbn David Belasco Theater

Birch, Samuel

The Adopted Child, a Musical Drama, in Two Acts. As It Is Performed at the Theatre Royal, Crow-Street

Dublin, Printed for George Folingsby, 1799. Pamphlet. Pamphlet, presumably disbound from a larger work. Lacking any wrappers or binding issued. 4, 31 pp. A play by Samuel Birch, a sometimes dramatist who served as the Lord Mayor of London from 1814 to 1815. GOOD condition. Remains of binding along the spine. Minor toning and foxing to the paper. Good .

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Boeknummer: 020044

Catalogus: Drama