Osborne, John

Luther

New York: Criterion Books, (1961). (1961). New York: Criterion Books, (1961). (1961). Good. - Octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The bottom corner of the rear cover is slightly frayed. The dust jacket is rubbed & lightly chipped. 102 pages. Very good in a good dust wrapper.

First American edition. Review copy with the publisher's slip laid in. The publication date is listed as April 4, 1962 and the date 3-6-62 is penciled on the front flap of the dust wrapper. Good .

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Book number: 24547

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; THEATRE; PLAY; DRAMA; LUTHER; PLAYWRIGHT; BRITISH; REVIEW COPY.

Oxberry, William Henry.

Oxberry's Dramatic Chronology, Containing the Names, Dates of Births, First Appearances and Deaths, of Most of the Principal London Actors and Actresses, Up to 1849.

London: Published for the collector by Mr. Harris, [1850]. [1850]. - Sextodecimo, 6-7/8 inches high by 4-3/8 inches wide. Original printed tan wrappers bound into modern red cloth with a printed title label on the spine and new endpapers. 43 & [1] pages plus the original cream endpaper and several blank leaves bound in at the front and with a substantial quantity of blank leaves at the rear. The title page is darkened and chipped along the edges. There is some soiling and staining throughout. Good. First edition. SCARCE. Although announced as an annual, this was the only volume published. From the library of William Winter, signed by him on the title page and also on the original endpaper bound in at the front. Winter has made notes and markings in pencil on a number of entries. William Winter [1836-1917 was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He moved to New York City in 1859 and began his career as literary critic of the Saturday Press, then of the New York Albion [1861-65]. For the following forty years [1865-1909] he was drama critic of the New York Tribune. Brooks Atkinson, in his history of American theatre, deemed Winter an intolerable prude for denouncing modern dramatists such as Ibsen and Shaw and foreign stars like Sarah Bernhardt and Eleanor Duse for their personal lives. He credited Winter, however, with his remarkable memory which enabled him to leave vivid descriptions of the work of Edwin Booth, Henry Irving and others; and for his sometimes discriminating reviews of highly popular dramas [he regarded "East Lynne" as a piece of claptrap]. William Henry Oxberry (1808-1852), was the son of the actor William Oxberry. He was himself an actor and made his first professional appearance at the Olympic in 1825 as Sam Swipes in "Exchange No Robbery". He appeared principally in burlesque and had a reputation as a comic dancer. In addition to acting, Oxberry was a voluminous playwright. Good .

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Book number: 97131

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; WILLIAM HENRY OXBERRY; OXBERRY'S DRAMATIC CHRONOLOGY; CONTAINING THE NAMES, DATES OF BIRTHS, FIRST APPEARANCES AND DEATHS, OF MOST OF THE PRINCIPAL LONDON ACTORS AND ACTRESSES, UP TO 1849; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; WIL

Parker, John; compiler; Gaye, Freda; editor.

Who's Who in the Theatre: A Biographical Record of the Contemporary Stage.

London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd. (1961). (1961). - Thick octavo, maroon cloth in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is chipped with a tear to the top edge of its front panel. Its rear panel is soiled. viii & 1593 pages plus ads printed on blue paper. Illustrated with theatre seating plans & with a folding chart of measurements of London stages. The chart is slightly misfolded & the top & front edges of the last panel are creased. Very good in a good dust wrapper. Thirteenth edition. Originally compiled by John Parker. Edited by Freda Gaye. Very good .

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Book number: 37371

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE. THEATER; STAGE; REFERENCE; WHO'S WHO IN THE THEATRE: A BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF THE CONTEMPORARY STAGE; JOHN PARKER, ORIGINAL COMPILER; FREDA GAYE, EDITOR; THEATRE SEATING PLANS; DIMENSIONS OF LONDO STAGES; LONDON THEATRES; NEW YORK THEATRES; B

Dos Passos, John

Airways, Inc

New York: The Macaulay Company, (1928). (1928). New York: The Macaulay Company, (1928). (1928). Good. - Octavo, gray paper covered boards backed with black cloth. The binding is lightly bumped. The covers are lightly soiled with a few tiny stains & their edges are rubbed & darkened. The head & tail of the spine are lightly chipped & the titling on the spine is faded. 148 pages. The contents are very good. Good.

First edition.

"A New Playwrights' Theatre Production". Good .

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Book number: 23357

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; PLAY; AUTHOR; NOVELIST; AMERICAN; JOHN DOS PASSOS; AIRWAYS, INC.; NEW PLAYWRIGHTS' THEATRE PRODUCTION; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Patrick, Robert Y

Judas: A Play in Three Acts

1977. 1977. 1977. 1977. Good. - sc Quarto, mechanically reproduced typescript bound with staples between yellow cover sheets. The cover sheets are lightly soiled & creased & the rear cover sheet is detached. Each scene is paginated separately. A number of page corners are lightly creased. Good.

A photocopied sheet is laid in with quotes from reviews of the first production of the play and a review of the second production.

Scarce. Good .

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Book number: 26706

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; PLAY; TYPESCRIPT; PLAYWRIGHT; AMERICAN; ROBERT PATRICK; JUDAS; NEW TESTAMENT; BIBLICAL; BIBLE.

Patterson, George

Pandora in the Never Never: A Drama by George Patterson,

N.p. [Sydney, Australia}: (G. Patterson), n.d. [1950s]. n.d. [1950s]. N.p. [Sydney, Australia}: (G. Patterson), n.d. [1950s]. n.d. [1950s]. Good. - Small quarto [8 inches high by 6-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in printed vermilion wraps. The wraps are faded along the spine & slightly bumped. There is a light stain to the front wrap with some horizontal black marks to the rear wrap. Title, [3] leaves & 55 mimeogrqphed pages. There is a light crease to each of the first few leaves with a very few pencil marks in the margins. Good.

First [and only] edition.

Inscribed at the top of the title page "To Joan and Bim at Bearsville" but not signed, and dated 12 April 1960. The recipient, "Bim", is James Pond, head of the Pond Lecture Bureau.

George Patterson is best known for his Australian fishing book "Chasing Rainbows". His modern version of the story of Pandora is set in vast wilderness of Central Australia, sometimes known as the Never Never Land.

Scarce. Good .

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Book number: 16112

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; PLAY; AUTHOR; AUSTRALIAN; GEORGE PATTERSON; INSCRIBED; PANDORA IN THE NEVER NEVER; CENTRAL AUSTRALIA; NEVER NEVER LAND.

Sartre. Jean-Paul

Loser Wins (Les Sequestres D'Altona): A Play in Five Acts

London: Hamish Hamilton, (1960). (1960). London: Hamish Hamilton, (1960). (1960). Very good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. There is a small stain to the spine. The dust jacket is lightly soiled. The jacket spine is a bit darkened with its head lightly chipped & with a small stain to its mid-section. 152 pages. There is some light staining to the last text page. Very good in a good dust wrapper.

First edition in English. Translated from the French by Sylvia and George Leeson. Very good .

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Book number: 27179

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; THEATRE; PLAY; FRENCH AUTHOR; PLAYWRIGHT; JEAN-PAUL SARTRE; LOSER WINS; LES SEQUESTRES D'ALTONA; ENGLISH TRANSLATION; SYLVIA LEESON; GEORGE LEESON; FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH; 1ST EDITION IN ENGLISH.

Pawlowski, Tadeusz

Happening

Warszawa: Wiedza Powszechna, 1982. 1982. Warszawa: Wiedza Powszechna, 1982. 1982. Good. - Small octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wraps. The wraps are rubbed with a small piece out of the front edge of the rear wrap. 147 & [5] pages plus 32 full-page black-and-white illustrations. Good.

Presentation copy inscribed to Dick Higgins of Something Else Press on the title page. The text is in Polish. Good .

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Book number: 13744

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; AVANTGARDE; HAPPENINGS; TADEUSZ PAWLOWSKI; POLISH; HAPPENING; PRESENTATION COPY; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Pinter, Harold.

The Birthday Party. A Play in Three Acts by Harold Pinter.

London: Encore Publishing Co. Ltd, (1959). (1959). - Octavo, 8-1/4 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled black & white pictorial wrappers. The covers are slightly rubbed and soiiled with some creases along the edges of the spine. [ii], 57 & [1] pages. The corners of a few pages are bumped. Very good.

First edition, first printing of Pinter's first full-length play. It is the author's first book. Very good .

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Book number: 98117

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: LITERATURE; PLAY; HAROLD PINTER; THE BIRTHDAY PARTY; THE BIRTHDAY PARTY A PLAY IN THREE ACTS; THEATER; THEATRE; PLAY; FIRST EDITION; FIRST PRINTING; ENGLISH PLAYWRIGHT; FIRST BOOK; 1ST EDITION; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY.

Pinter, Harold

Landscape

[London]: Emanuel Wax for Pendragon Press, 1968. 1968. [London]: Emanuel Wax for Pendragon Press, 1968. 1968. Very good. - Octavo, light gray buckram backed with magenta cloth & titled in gilt on the spine. The corners of the covers are slightly frayed. The top edge of the front cover is darkened & there is some light soiling to the rear cover. 45 & [1] pages plus colophon. Very good.

Number 1970 of a first edition limited to 2,000 copies.

"Landscape" was first presented on radio by the BBC on April 25th 1968 with Peggy Ashcroft and Eric Porter. Very good .

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Book number: 18313

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; PLAYWRIGHT; BRITISH; HAROLD PINTER; PLAY; LANDSCAPE; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; MODERN FIRST EDITION.

Pinter, Harold

A Night out / Night School / Revue Sketches: Early Plays by Harold Pinter

New York: Grove Press, Inc. (1967). (1967). New York: Grove Press, Inc. (1967). (1967). Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed black-and-white wraps. The wraps are lightly rubbed & foxed. Half-title, title & 106 pages. There is very light foxing & soiling to the fore-edge & to the top & bottom edges. Very good.

First American edition, wraps issue. Very good .

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Book number: 13591

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; PLAYWRIGHT; BRITISH; HAROLD PINTER; EARLY PLAYS; A NIGHT OUT; NIGHT SCHOOL; REVUE SKETCHES; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, WRAPS ISSUE; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION, WRAPS ISSUE.

Pinter, Harold

Old Times

New York: Grove Press, Inc. (1971). (1971). New York: Grove Press, Inc. (1971). (1971). Very good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. There is some light spotting to the covers. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed with the spine slightly sunned and there are creases to the film surface of the front cover. 75 pages. Very good in a good dust wrapper.

First American edition. Very good .

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Book number: 32800

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; PLAYS; BRITISH PLAYWRIGHT; BRITISH DRAMATIST; HAROLD PINTER; OLD TIMES; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.

Sutro, Alfred. (1863-1933). English playwright and translator of Maeterlinck.

Autograph Note Signed by English Playwright Alfred Sutro.

London: Circa [1900]. [1900]. London: Circa [1900]. [1900]. Very good. - 16 words penned in black ink on a textured note card, approximately 3- 1/2 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide, with his address printed in raised lettering at top right. Signed "Alfred Sutro". There is a small area of light blue staining around the address. Very good.

Sutro writes that he cannot accept an invitation as "I've a long-standing engagement ..."

Alfred Sutro OBE [1863-1933] was an English author, playwright and translator. In addition to a succession of successful plays of his own in the first quarter of the twentieth century, he made the first English translations of works by Maeterlinck. Very good .

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Book number: 34821

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: LITERATURE; TRANSLATION; THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED BY ENGLISH PLAYWRIGHT ALFRED SUTRO; ANS; A.N.S.; SIGNATURE; TRANSLATOR OF MAETERLINCK.

Anspacher, Louis K. (1878-1947. American poet, playwright and screenwriter.

Card Inscribed and Signed by American Poet, Playwright and Screenwriter Louis K. Anspacher.

January 29, 1933. 1933. - A 2 inch high by 2-7/8 inch wide card is boldly inscribed and signed: "Sincerely yours / Louis K. Anspacher / Jan 29/33. / I have no picture here --". The bottom edge of the card is slightly darkened. 2 pieces of tape adhere to the verso where the card has been removed from an album. Very good. Louis K. Anspacher [1878-1948] was an American poet, playwright and screenwriter. He wrote the scripts for four films which were adapted from his plays: ""The Embarrassment of Riches" [1918], "A Woman of Impulse" [1918] and "The Unchastened Woman" [filmed in 1918 and again in 1925]. Very good .

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Book number: 95580

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; FILM; MOVIES; POETRY; AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT; DRAMATIST; SCREENWRITER; POET; LOUIS K. ANSPACHER; INSCRIBED AND SIGNED CARD; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNATURE.

Powers, James T

Twinkle Little Star: Sparkling Memories of Seventy Years. With a Foreword by Charles Hanson Towne

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1939). (1939). New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1939). (1939). Good. - Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt. The covers are bumped & unevenly faded & there is a small tear to the front edge of the rear cover. The spine & its gilt titling are faded & the top of the rear joint is rubbed. xiv & pages [15]-379. Color frontispiece, 1 black-and-white plate & profuse black-and-white illustrations. Good.

First edition. Good .

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Book number: 3565

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; AMERICAN THEATER; ACTOR; JAMES T. POWERS; MEMOIRS; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.