Blaney, Chas. E.

The Spoilers (Programme)

S. l. (Worcester, MA), Chas. E. Blaney, 1907. Large theatre programme, n. d. (ca 1907); 11 1/2 x 8 1/2; pp. [4]; illustrated with photographs and a drawing; a few small cuts and chips to edges; old piece of tape to lower margin of pp. 1-2; in fair to good condition. A charming theater programme for Chas. Blaney's adaptation of Rex Beach's novel "The Spoilers," originally published in 1906 and based on a true story of corrupt government officials during the Nome Gold Rush, at the Worcester Theatre. Fair .

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Book number: 003608

Catalogue: Theater

Keywords: Theater

Fyodorov, P.

No. 470 ILI Tri Tysiachi Rublei Serebrom. Vodevil V Odnom Deistvii [Repertuar Russkoi Stseny No. 5] (No. 470, or Three Thousand Silver Rubles. A One-Act Vaudeville. [Repertoire of the Russian Stage No. 5])

S. Peterburg (St. Petersburg), S. n. 1852. First Edition. Pamphlet. First edition; 9 1/2 x 6 1/2; pp. 1-26; removed; complete; age-toning mostly to first and last few pages; several period notes to last blank leaf; overall in very good condition. A marvelous example of mid-19th century Russian vaudeville, it was written by renowned dramatist and translator Pavel Stepanovich Fyodorov (1803 - 1879). Said to have had significant influence over the development of Russian theater during a time, when Nicholas I exercised strict personal control over the repertory and the actors, Fyodorov produced 17 original plays and translated 57 French vaudevilles. He was also Head of the Repertory Division of the Imperial Theater in St. Petersburg from 1853 until 1879. Very good .

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Book number: 002328

Catalogue: Theater

Keywords: Vaudeville, Russian

Hentz, Flora E. and Zallee, John U.

Unique Theatre. Program, Week Oct. 2, 1905

Los Angeles, By the Proprietors, 1905. First Edition. First edition; 9 x 6; pp. [4]; salmon-colored stock, printed and illustrated in black; a few small nicks to edges; several old creases to margins; in very good condition. The Unique Theatre, situated at 629 S. Broadway in Los Angeles, opened its doors sometime in early 1903 under the proprietorship of Flora Hentz and John Zalee. Known as pioneers of "popular-priced vaudeville" in Southern California, they also had a "Unique-O-Scope," which ran movies at the theater. Interestingly enough, among the listed performances, the program also highlighted several features of the building itself. Asbestos fire curtains, fireproof scenery, and automatic sprinklers were followed by a sketch of the floor and the assertion that per the Unique's efforts "..against fires and panics..the entire eighty feet of width of the building back of the stage can, upon a moment's notice, be opened up to the sidewalk and full width of the street running back to the Theatre, thus insuring complete safety of all patrons of the Unique." The program contained several advertisements for local businesses, as well, including one for the Imperial Perfume Company, stating that the theater was perfumed every day by the latter. The theater was moved to a new location in 1909 and its building was demolished. Very good .

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Book number: 002735

Catalogue: Theater

Keywords: California-Vbf, Los Angeles, Vaudeville

Sadovskyi, M. K., (pseud.for) Tobilevych

Moi Teatralni Zhadky, 1881 - 1917 (My Theatrical Reminiscences, 1881 - 1917)

Kharkiv / Kyiv , Derzhavne vidavnytstvo Ukrainy, 1930. First Edition. First edition, 1 of 5000 copies; 8 3/4 x 6 1/4; pp. [2], 3-120, [4]; pictorial wraps, designed by Boris Kriukov (Kriukow); illustrated with portrait frontis; age-toning to margins of wraps; a small, closed cut and a few creases to fore-edge of front wrap; text block slightly pulling at front hinge; overall in very good condition. Mykola Sadovskyi-Tobilevich (1856 - 1933) was an actor, singer, director, brother of famous playwright Ivan Karpenko-Karyi, and founder of the first resident Ukrainian theater in Kyiv. While living in exile in the 1920s, he organized an emigre theater in Prague and after his return to Ukraine - he performed the lead role in the film Viter z porohiv (in English - The Last Pilot) in 1930. The wraps of the current work were designed by famous painter and universally-recognized as one of the best Ukrainian graphic artists Boris Kriukov, aka Boris Kriukow (1895 - 1967). He illustrated over 500 books during the interwar period, including those of Shevchenko, Franko, Zabila, etc. After emigrating to Buenos Aires in 1948, he worked for various Ukrainian and Argentine publishing houses and executed the stunning apsis mosaic of The Virgin and Child for the Ukrainian Cathedral in the city, which would be his last completed work. Very good .

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Book number: 003240

Catalogue: Theater

Keywords: Theater, Memoirs, Graphic Design

Starytskyi, M. (Mykhailo)

Oi Ne Khody, Hrytsiu, Ta Na Vechernytsi. Narodnia Drama Zi Spivamy V V Diiakh (Don't Go to Parties, Hryts. A Folk Musical Drama in V Acts)

Lviv, Drukarnia naukovoho tovarystva imeny Shevchenka, 1927. Second edition; 8 3/4 x 6; pp. [1], 4-56; salmon wraps, printed and ruled in black; vertical rease line along spine and a few small chips and cuts to edges of wraps; upper right corner of text block with a light discoloration, not affecting readability; in good condition. Mykhailo Starytskyi (1840 - 1904) was a Ukrainian author, poet, playwrighttranslator, and cousin of famous composer Mykola Lysenko, with whom he would work later in life to rework folk songs into plays and operas. He would also head the first Ukrainian professional theater in 1883. His current social drama, one of his most popular works, was originally released in 1892. Good .

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Book number: 003247

Catalogue: Theater

Keywords: Play, Drama, Ukraine