Rostand, Edmond.

L'Aiglon: A Drama in Six Acts in Verse. Translated by Basil Davenport.

New Haven: Yale University Press / London: Oxford University Press, 1927. 1927. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE TRANSLATOR BASIL DAVENPORT - Octavo, brown & black cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The binding is rubbed & discolored with small areas of the cloth of the rear cover rubbed away. The head of the spine is chipped with a tiny chip to the tail. viii & 333 pages. The top page corners are lightly bumped & there is a light vertical crease to each page of the preliminary material. Good.

First edition.

Inscribed and signed in full by the translator Basil Davenport on the front endpaper. Good .

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Book number: 37411

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; FRENCH THEATRE; FRENCH PLAYWRIGHT; PLAY; DRAMA; VERSE PLAY; L'AIGLON; ENGLISH TRANSLATION; TRANSLATOR; BASIL DAVENPORT; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Rostand, Edmond.

L'Aiglon: A Play in Six Acts.

New York: R. H. Russell, 1900. 1900. - Octavo, dark blue cloth titled & profusely decorated in gilt on the front cover with additional gilt decorations on the spine. The corners of the covers and the head & tail of the spine are lightly rubbed and the spine is very slightly darkened. 262 untrimmed pages, partially unopened. Illustrated with a black-and-white portrait frontispiece & with decorations in black & white. The gutters are darkened & some of the overlapping page edges are chipped. A very good, attractive copy.

First American edition.

Translated by Louis N. Parker.

L'Aiglon is based on the life of Napoleon's son, Napoleon II of France, Duke of Reichstadt. The title comes from a nickname for Napoleon II, the French word for a young eagle. The title role was created by Sarah Bernhardt in the play's premiere on 15 March 1900 at the Théàtre Sarah Bernhardt. In October of the same year, the play was presented in Parker's translation at New York's Knickerbocker Theatre with Maude Adams in the title role. The cast list for the New York production precedes this translation of the play. Very good.

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Book number: 32696

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; PLAY; HISTORY PLAY; FRENCH PLAYWRIGHT; EDMOND ROSTAND; L'AIGLON; NAPOLEON II; ENGLISH TRANSLATION; LOUIS N. PARKER, TRANSLATOR; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION

Rouverol, Aurania [Aurania Ellerbeck Rouveyrol].

The Great American Family: A Comedy. Adapted from the Novel by Lee Shippey.

New York: Samuel French, (1947). (1947). - Octavo, soft cover bound in printed gray wraps. The spine & extremities are darkened. There are small indentations to the front wrap & the price has been blocked out in ink. [vii], 138 & [3] pages. There are some light indentations to the prelims & the page edges are darkened. Illustrated with 2 scene design plans. Good.

First edition.

Aurania Rouverol was the pseudonym of Aurania Ellerbeck Rouveyrol, who was the creator of the characters for MGM's "Andy Hardy" films.

Rare. Good .

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Book number: 4261

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; PLAY; COMEDY; AURANIA ROUVEROL; AURANIA ELLERBECK ROUVEYROL; ADAPTATION; LEE SHIPPEY; FILM; MOVIES; ANDY HARDY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Russell, Sol Smith. (1848-1902). Nineteenth-century American comedic actor.

Cut Signature of Nineteenth-Century American Comedic Actor Sol Smith Russell.

Circa [1890]. [1890]. - Close of a letter, approximatly 1-1/2 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide, mounted on a slightly larger piece of card. Signed "Yours very truly / Sol Smith Russell". The mount is slightly darkened. Very good.

Sol Smith Russell [1848-1902] was a nineteenth-century American comedic actor who began performing as a boy during the Civil War. At the age of thirteen, soon after the outbreak of the war, he ran away from home to serve in the Union Army as a drummer boy. He tried to enlist as a musician but was unable to obtain the written consent of his parents. He soon became popular with the officers and soldiers by providing entertainment to break the dull routine of their daily camp life. Very good .

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Book number: 34607

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; AMERICAN ACTOR; CUT SIGNATURE OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN COMEDIC ACTOR SOL SMITH RUSSELL; AUTOGRAPH; CIVIL WAR; BOY ENTERTAINER.

Sakakeeny, Kaleel.

The Actor's Search.

Cambridge, MA: Larry Stark Press, 1971. 1971. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wraps. The wraps are lightly bumped. The rear wrap is soiled with light soiling to the front wrap, & the spine is darkened. 84 pages. Some top page corners are lightly creased. Good.

First edition. Scarce. Good .

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Book number: 14292

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; THE ACTOR'S SEARCH; KALEEL SAKAKEENY; AMERICAN; ARTISTIC DIRECTOR; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Salvini, Tommaso. (1829-1915). Italian actor.

Close of a Letter Signed by the Italian Actor Tommaso Salvini.

Circa [1880s]. [1880s]. - Two-and-a-half lines from the close of a letter penned on a slip of paper, approximately 2 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Signed "Tommaso Salvini". The paper is mounted on a piece of card, 4-3 /4 inches high by approximately 7 inches wide. The slip of paper is somewhat darkened & its top edge has been irregularly torn or cut. Good.

Tommaso Salvini [1829-1915] was an Italian actor. In 1847 he joined the company of Adelaide Ristori and won his first success in tragedy playing the title role in Alfieri's Oreste opposite Ristore as Elettra. His most famous role was Othello, which he played for the first time at Vicenza in June 1856. He acted frequently in England and America, playing Othello to the Iago of Edwin Booth in 1886. When playing with an English-speaking company he always delivered his lines in Italian. His acting in Othello inspired the young Russian actor Constantin Stanislavski who saw him perform in Moscow and later wrote that Salvini was the "finest representative" of his own approach to acting. Good .

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Book number: 34233

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; ITALIAN THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; ITALIAN ACTOR; TOMMASO SALVINI; SIGNED CLOSE OF A LETTER; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; OTHELLO.

Sartre, Jean-Paul; Blau, Herbert; Clurman, Harold; Carnovsky, Morris; Gorelik, Mordecai; Vicente, Gil; et al.

The Tulane Drama Review. Vol. 5 , No. 3. March, 1961.

New Orleans, LA: Tulane University, 1961. 1961. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed wrappers. The binding is bumped with the spine & extremities darkened. The rear wrap is foxed & lightly soiled. 188 pages. The top corners of the pages in the first half of the review are lightly creased. There is minor foxing to the edges. Good.

The featured playwright in this issue is Jean-Paul Sartre with an article by him, "Beyond Bourgeois Theatre"; an interview by Oreste F. Pucciani; and articles on "Les Sequestres d'Altona" and on the philosopher as dramatist. The issue also includes four short plays by Portuguese dramatist Gil Vicente [c. 1470-c. 1539], "Notes for a Production of Heartbreak House" by Harold Clurman, and articles on stage design by Morris Carnovsky and Mordecai Gorelik. The editor of the Review is Robert Corrigan. Good .

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Book number: 35338

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; PERIODICAL; THE TULANE DRAMA REVIEW. VOL. 5 , NO. 3. MARCH, 1961; FRENCH PLAYWRIGHT; JEAN-PAUL SARTRE; LES SEQUESTRES D'ALTONA; INTERVIEW; ORESTE F. PUCCIANI; PORTUGUESE PLAYWRIGHT; GIL VICENTE; AMERICAN DIRECTOR; HAROLD CLUR

(Schacter, Susan). Shewey, Don.

Caught in the Act: New York Actors Face to Face. Photographs by Susan Schacter. Interviews by Don Shewey.

New York and Scarborough, Ontario: New American Library, (1986). (1986). - Quarto [10-7/8 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is lightly rubbed & slightly bumped with a price-sticker on the rear panel. 304 pages. Profuse full-page photographic illustrations by Susan Schacter. Near fine.

First edition, wraps issue. Very good .

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Book number: 22201

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; AMERICAN THEATRE; ACTORS; CAUGHT IN THE ACT: NEW YORK ACTORS FACE TO FACE; INTERVIEWS; DON SHEWEY; PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS; SUSAN SCHACTER; FIRST EDITION, WRAPS ISSUE; 1ST EDITION, WRAPS ISSUE.

(Schechner, Richard; editor).

The Drama Review. Volume 12, Number 2 (T-38) Winter 1968.

New York: School of the Arts, New York University, 1968. 1968. - Large octavo [approximately 10 inches high by 6-3/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wraps. The wraps are rubbed & lightly bumped. The spine is foxed with the head chipped. 178 pages plus ads. Black-and-white illustrations. Very good.

Among the contents of this issue are an interview with Peter Schumann of The Bread & Puppet Theatre, a conversation about Bertolt Brecht between Joseph Chaikin and Erika Munk, a play "The Beggar" by Brecht, and articles on Brecht, Genet, and the Elizabethan stage. Very good .

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Book number: 12955

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; ALTERNATIVE THEATRE; EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE; AVANTGARDE THEATRE; PERIODICAL; THE DRAMA REVIEW; RICHARD SCHECHNER; BERTOLT BRECHT; PAUL DESSAU; GALILEO; JEAN GENET; INTERVIEWS; PETER SCHUMANN; BREAD AND PUPPET THEATRE; JOSEPH CHAIKIN.

Schiller, Friedrich.

Friedrich Schiller: Gesammelte Werke in Funf Banden. Zweiter Band: Dramatische Dichtungen II.

[Germany]: Sigbert Mohn Verlag, (1960). (1960). - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is very lightly bumped with the spine & extremities slightly faded. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed & chipped. 622 & [2] pages. Very good.

Edited by Reinhold Netolitzky. This volume includes Wallenstein, Maria Stuart, Die Jungfrau von Orleans and Die Braut von Messina.

The text is in German. Very good .

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Book number: 30591

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; PLAYS; DRAMATIC WORKS; GERMAN PLAYWRIGHT; FRIEDRICH SCHILLER: GESAMMELTE WERKE. Dramatische Dichtungen II; WALLENSTEIN; MARIA STUART; DIE JUNGFRAU VON ORLEANS; DIE BRAUT VON MESSINA; REINHOLD NETOLITZKY, EDITOR.

Schiller, Friedrich.

William Tell.

Oxford: Clarendon Press / (London: Macmillan and Co.) 1878. 1878. - Octavo, dark green cloth. The binding is lightly rubbed & the head of the spine is chipped. [v] & 343 pages. The pastedowns & endpapers are lightly rubbed & there is some minor foxing to the versos of the endpapers. There are pencil notations on the front endpaper & flyleaf with a previous owner's name on the flyleaf. The top edges of the pages are slightly darkened & there is a short tear to the front edge of pp. 15 /16. Good.

Translated into English verse by the Rev. Edward Massie. First edition of the Massie translation.

The German text and the English translation are printed side-by-side. Good .

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Book number: 30546

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; PLAY; DRAMA; GERMAN PLAYWRIGHT; FRIEDRICH SCHILLER; WILLIAM TELL; ENGLISH VERSE TRANSLATION WITH GERMAN TEXT; EDWARD MASSIE, TRANSLATOR; FIRST EDITION OF THE MASSIE TRANSLATION; 1ST EDITION OF THE MASSIE TRANSLATION.

Schneider, John; and Theatre X.

Scenarios for the Living / for the Dead. An Interest in Strangers: A Cabaret Show / I Used to Like This Place Before They Started Making All Those Renovations: An Exercise / Acts of Kindness: A Theatre Piece.

(Amsterdam, Netherlands): Bridges, (1983). (1983). - Octavo, softcover bound in printed yellow wraps. The binding is unevenly faded & lightly bumped. There is a light crease to the front edge of the front wrap & some light soiling to its bottom corner. There is some light staining to the spine. 139 pages. The bottom corners of the pages in the first half of the book are lightly creased. Very good.

Review copy with a mechanically reproduced note from Bridges to Bonnie Marranca of Performance Magazine laid in. Very good .

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Book number: 25629

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; AMERICAN THEATRE; EXPERIMENTAL; AVANTGARDE; ALTERNATIVE THEATRE; THEATRE X; JOHN SCHNEIDER; SCRIPTS; SCENARIOS FOR THE LIVING / FOR THE DEAD; REVIEW COPY.

(Schnitzler, Arthur). Barker, Granville.

Anatol: A Sequence of Dialogues by Arthur Schnitzler; Paraphrased for the English Stage by Granville Barker.

New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1911. 1911. - Octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The covers are rubbed at edges. 125 pages. Very good.

First American edition. Very good .

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Book number: 1445

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; LITERATURE; PLAY; ENGLISH STAGE; THEATRE; GRANVILLE BARKER; ARTHUR SCHNITZLER; ANATOL; A SEQUENCE OF DIALOGUES; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY.

Schnitzler, Arthur.

Professor Bernhardi: Komodie in Funf Acten.

Berlin: G. Fischer Verlag, 1913. 1913. - Octavo, cream cloth backed brown paper covered boards titled in brown on spine; t.e.g. The boards are very lightly rubbed. 255 pp. & 1-page publisher's catalogue. Near fine.

Stated first edition.

The text is in German. Fine .

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Book number: 1436

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; GERMAN; PLAY; PLAYWRIGHT; ARTHUR SCHNITZLER; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Von Schonthan, Franz (1849-1913).

A Kettle of Fish: A Practical Comedy in Three Acts. Adapted from the German of Franz Von Schonthan.

Boston: Walter H. Baker & Co. (1889). (1889). - 16mo, 7-1/4 inches high by 4-3/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed tan wraps decorated and illustrated in black on the front cover. The edges of the covers are slightly chipped with a few tiny pieces out from the corner and edges. The wrappers are fragile and are splitting along the head & tail of the spine. 53 & [3] pages. There is a light vertical crease down the middle of the book. Good.

First American edition.

The Austrian journalist, actor and writer Franz von Schonthan (1849-1913) joined the Imperial Royal Navy as a cadet in 1867, serving 4 years. He went on to take private acting lessons making his debut at the Dessau Court Theater. Schonthan began writing while also performing with various ensemble companies, penning articles for various newspapers and magazines before tackling stage plays. His comedy "The Girl from Stranger" premiered on February 20, 1879 at Hamburg's Thalia Theater. Theodor Lebrun, the director of the First Berlin Comedy Theater, hired him on the spot to write for his Wallner Theater. Appointed head director of the Vienna City Theater, Schonthan unfortunately lost his position when the theater burnt down barely a year later. He retired to his estate, returning to writing for the editorial department of the Berliner Lustig Blatter and the Wiener Tagblatt in 1887. His contributed to the script for the German silent screen detective film "Where is Coletti?" just prior to his death. Good .

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Book number: 96997

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; LITERATURE; PLAY; STAGE; THEATRE; A KETTLE OF FISH; A PRACTICAL COMEDY IN THREE ACTS; FRANZ VON SCHONTHAN; AUTRIAN JOURNALIST, ACTOR, WRITER; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST U.S. EDITION; BAKER'S EDITION OF PLAYS