Kyle, Howard. (1861-1950). American stage and screen actor, a founding member of Actors' Equity and later secretary of the rival organization The Actors Fidelity League. He was a sixty-year member of The Players Club.

Autograph Letter Signed by American Stage and Screen Actor Howard Kyle Inviting J.B. And Mrs. Pond to Attend a Dinner Honoring the Actors' Fidelity League.

Baltimore, MD: 3rd November, 1919. 1919. - Closely written letter penned in black ink and filling one side of an 11 inch high by 8-1/2 wide sheet of Hotel Kernay, Baltimore letterhead with the hotel pictured in black at the top. Kyle has written in above the printed address "Academy of Music". Signed "Howard Kyle". Pond's "date answered" stamp is placed above the text of the letter. Folded 3 times for mailing. Very good.

Kyle writes from Baltimore where he is appearing in "a new play, 'All the King's Horses' by Louis K. Anspacher". He is inviting J. B. Pond of the Pond Lecture Bureau in New York City and his wife to attend a dinner to be given by the Society of Arts and Sciences in honor of the Actors Fidelity League. "I sent your name in as one of my friends who should be given the opportunity to attend..It should be an interesting affair to say the least..It could be arranged, I think, so you would sit at my wife's table, if desirable to you."

Howard Kyle [1861-1950] was an American stage and screen actor and lecturer for more than fifty years. He was a founding member of Actor's Equity and served as its first recording secretary, resigning in 1919 over a dispute involving the direction the organization was going. Later he served as secretary of The Actors Fidelity League, a rival organization headed by George M. Cohan. He was a sixty-year member of the Players Club and was best remembered for his starring role in turn-of-the-century plays "Way Down East", "Nathan Hale" and "John Ermine of the Yellowstone". Very good .

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Keywords: THEATER; THEATRE; FILM; MOVIES; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY AMERICAN STAGE AND SCREEN ACTOR HOWARD KYLE INVITING J. B. AND MRS. POND TO ATTEND A DINNER HONORING THE ACTORS' FIDELITY LEAGUE; ALS; A.L.S; SIGNATURE; FIRST ACTOR'S EQUITY RECORDING SECR

Cowl, Jane.(1883-1950). American stage and screen actress

Signed Contract for "Yes, My Darling Daughter

New York: Actors' Equity Association, 1946. 1946. New York: Actors' Equity Association, 1946. 1946. Very good. - Actors' Equity Stock Jobbing contract [4-3/4 inches high by 7 inches wide] between Jane Cowl and Jules Leventhal & Frank McCoy. Signed "Jane Cowl" and "Jules J. Leventhal" with the managers' stamp above Leventhal's signature. The edges of the form are very slightly darkened. There is a short tear to the righthand margin. Very good.

This contract dated June 7, 1946 is for Jane Cowl to appear in "Yes, My Darling Daughter", opening July 8, 1946 at the Cox Theatre, Cincinnati, Ohio at a salary of $1,000 per week. A typed rider on the verso states: "It is agreed and understood that should Miss Cowl play 'Candida' instead of 'Yes, My Darling Daughter' Miss Cowl is to have a complete unit company."

Jane Cowl was an American stage and film actor and playwright, sometimes called "Crying Jane" for her propensity to play lachrymose parts. Her first leading role was as Fanny Perry in Leo Ditrichstein's "Is Matrimony a Failure?", produced by David Belasco in 1909. She was known for her Shakespearean roles, playing Juliet, Cleopatra and Viola on Broadway. She played the lead in two silent films, "Garden of Lies" [1915] and "The Spreading Dawn" [1917] and after a long interval returned to the screen in "Payment on Demand" [1951] with Bette Davis. She also wrote several plays in collaboration with Jane Murfin, often using the pseudonym Allan Langdon. Very good .

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Book number: 31497

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Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; ACTRESS; AMERICAN STAGE ACTOR; FILM ACTOR; PLAYWRIGHT; JANE COWL; SIGNED CONTRACT; ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION STOCK JOBBING CONTRACT; JULES J. LEVENTHAL; YES, MY DARLING DAUGHTER; COX THEATRE, CINCINNATI, OH.

Brisson, Frederick. (1913-1984). Stage and film producer who introduced such writers as Harold Pinter, Peter Shaffer and Tom Stoppard to American audiences.

Typed Letter to the Widow of Robert E. Sherwood About the Failure of "Dance a Little Closer" Signed by Producer Frederick Brisson.

New York: May 19, 1983. 1983. New York: May 19, 1983. 1983. Very good. - 70 words typed on a sheet of Brisson Productions letterhead, 11-3/4 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide, with New York and Beverly Hills addresses printed at the top and lists of the company's stage and film productions at the foot. Signed "Freddie". There is some very light creasing to the letterhead & its top corners are lightly creased. Together with a copy of an unsigned form letter from Brisson to investors. Both letters are folded twice for mailing. Very good. Brisson writes to the widow of Robert E. Sherwood who had given permission for her husband's antiwar comedy "Idiot's Delight" to be turned into a musical. "Dance a Little Closer" opened on Broadway on May 11, 1983 with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Charles Strouse. Following disastrous reviews, the musical closed after one performance and twenty-five previews. Brisson thanks Madeline Sherwood for her eloquent and heartwarming note. "Not being used to 'one night stands', I am particularly grateful for your genuine and warm expression of having no regrets in giving your permission to have your late husband's play done as a musical. We tried, but we had many problems." Brisson encloses a copy of his May 13 letter to the investors explaining the financial situation and telling them that the company will support the complete write-off of their investment. Carl Frederick Brisson [1913-1984] was born in Denmark and grew up in England. He began his career as a theatrical manager and in 1937 moved into films as an associate producer. He also opened a talent agency with offices in London, Paris and Hollywood. Finding himself more or less permanently based in the U.S. he served in the American Air Force during World War II. After the war he formed Independent Artists Pictures and co-produced the hit musicals "The Pajama Game" [1954], "Damn Yankees" [1955] and "New Girl in Town" [1957]. He also mounted numerous straight plays, introducing important British writers, such as Harold Pinter, Peter Shaffer and Tom Stoppard to American audiences. Among his Broadway productions were the stage presentations of the musicals mentioned above and the plays "Five Finger Exercise", "The Caretaker" and "Jumpers". Very good .

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Book number: 35906

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; FILM; MOVIES; CINEMA; TYPED LETTER TO WIDOW OF ROBERT E. SHERWOOD ABOUT THE FAILURE OF "DANCE A LITTLE CLOSER" SIGNED BY PRODUCER FREDERICK BRISSON; TLS; T L.S.; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; MADELINE SHERWOOD; IDIOT'S DELIGHT; MUS

(Sherwood, Robert E.). Hewitt Alan. (1915-1986). American stage and film actor.

A Typed Letter Signed by Alan Hewitt to the Widow of Robert E. Sherwood. Together with 8 Pages of Notes Outlining the Development of the 1936 Premiere of Robert E. Sherwood's Play "Idiot's Delight.

New York: April 8, 1986. 1986. New York: April 8, 1986. 1986. Very good. - Over 325 words typed on an 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide sheet of Hewitt's personalized letterhead with his name and address printed at the top. In his letter to Robert E. Sherwood's widow, which accompanies a summary of substantial notes which he had made throughout the development of the original premiere of Sherwood's "Idiot's Delight", Hewitt states that "By the time I had thought of it, it was too late to do an article for The Washington Post, and get it printed, before the Kennedy Center revival of 'Idiot's Delight'. On the upper shelf of a closet, I found the diaries that I once kept, and decided to transcribe my notes of the original production, fifty years ago." Signed "Alan" in blue ink. The letter is accompanied by Hewitt's fascinating notes typed & later mechanically reproduced on both sides of 4 stapled sheets of 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide paper. These notes about the 1936 production, transcribed by Hewitt on February 15, 1986, were once paper-clipped to the letter as attested to by paper-clip marks to the top edges. In the top left corner of the letter the recipient has noted in ink the date it was answered. The bottom right corner is creased. Very good. Robert E. Sherwood's play "Idiot's Delight' premiered on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre in March 1936 and won the 1936 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Alan Hewitt was cast in the production which starred Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. When the play was revived at the Kennedy Center in March 1986, directed by Peter Sellars, Hewitt looked up the diaries he was keeping at the time of the original production and found the notes he had made on the process of rehearsing and developing the play. He sent the eight pages of notes to a friend in the Kennedy production, who was so pleased with them that he made copies for all the cast. He is now sending a copy to Madeline Sherwood, the playwright's widow. Alan Hewitt's notes provide fascinating source material to the events leading up to and the process of staging Robert E. Sherwood's "Idiot's Delight". On Friday, Dec. 13, 1935, Hewitt has yet to be offered a role in the play and writes that the Lunts have very striking ideas for "Macbeth" and are seriously interested in James Elroy Flecker's "Hassan". Hewitt relates that, by December 30th, he was informed that the run of "Taming of the Shrew" in which he had a role would be foreshortened as the Lunts had decided on their new play. "Alfred Hunt called me down and said that there was no part for me in 'Idiot's Delight' by Robert E. Sherwood -- but that they would like me to play one of four Italian officers who speak nothing but Italian. It would mean less salary too. He said I could have a few days to think it over. I think I shall accept the offer, as I have nothing else in prospect and it would be well to get firmly cemented with the Lunts and with the Guild. Then, too, I am curious about the play, anxious to remain with the Lunts and the company because of friendly associations." Hewitt is also hoping that, as had happened before when he was promoted from playing a servant in "Taming of the Shrew" to the role of Lucentio, he might well get such an opportunity again. Hewitt briefly comments on rehearsals and mundane events and then, on Tuesday January 21st, writes: "Miss Fontanne has already conceived a brilliant entrance for herself in the first act, but it should be grand, not just because she is a star but because of Irene's character. Windy [Bretaigne Windust] told me that it was Whorf's [Richard Whorf] idea to have her make a false entrance in the 2nd act, find no one in the lounge & return later when she could make an impression." A few days later, on January 25th, Hewitt writes that "Windy told me that "Idiot's Delight' developed from an idea of Sherwood which was twisted around by the Lunts. It was built around the characters of a woman who was an awful liar & a man who was a traveling master of ceremonies. The story crystallized more firmly about a year ago, but Sherwood didn't get down to writing it. It was written comparatively recently & in a very fast time. Edward Sheldon told Sherwood that he thinks it is his best play.." Though working on "Idiot's Delight", the Lunts are still involved in their ongoing productions which Hewitt summarizes thus: "The diary also notes several bits of new 'business' the the Lunts put into 'The Shrew'. Thinking about the new play didn't keep them from having fresh ideas for the current one.." On February 23rd, Hewitt relates that "For the first time Lunt did some of the dance number is learning with the girls.." and observes that Lunt has been taking "10-minute lessons in tap dancing after each show from Arthur Chester, one of the horses. He is very funny about it." On March 9th, Hewitt observes that "The audience response to the play was excellent & the cast took thirteen calls. They were full company calls again, the Lunts refusing to take any alone. Sherwood sent a telegram to the company & a very funny one to the six blondes, telling them not to steal the show from Lunt.." Hewitt's notes cover the period through March 14th and he then goes on to make a comparative list of the company members who played roles in both the "Taming of the Shrew" and "Idiot's Delight" with the names of the character they played in each. He concludes with an account of the New York opening night: "People were shouting 'Bravo' & calling for the author, but Munsell shouted from the wings that Sherwood had locked himself in Lunt's dressing-room. On the 13th call, we all looked off L as if expecting Sherwood to appear; on the next call we all looked to the R. After a final call, the girls leaped at Lunt and covered his cheeks with lipstick, repeating the process with Russel Crouse & Sherwood. A pleasant incident of the evening occurred just after the second act, when Fontanne, as she entered her room, called to Lunt next door: 'Alfred, you were awfully good in that scene.'... Very good .

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Book number: 94794

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Keywords: THEATER; STAGE; ALAN HEWITT; TYPED LETTER SIGNED; DIARY NOTES; DEVELOPMENT OF THE 1936 PREMIERE; ROBERT SHERWOOD; PLAY; IDIOT'S DELIGHT; WIDOW OF ROBERT E. SHERWOOD; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; KENNEDY CENTER; AMERICAN STAGE & SCREEN ACTOR; ALFRED LUNT;

Steinberg, Mollie B

The History of the Fourteenth Street Theatre

NY: The Dial Press / Toronto: Longmans, Green & Co. 1931. 1931. NY: The Dial Press / Toronto: Longmans, Green & Co. 1931. 1931. Good. - Small octavo, navy blue cloth titled in yellow on the spine. The covers are lightly bumped & the spine is slightly faded. xii & 105 pages. There is a small stain to the top edge of the title & the page edges are darkened. Illustrated with 9 black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece & 8 full-page facsimiles. Good.

First edition.

The Fourteenth Street Theatre opened its doors on May 25th, 1866. The book's preface is by Eva Le Galliene, who took over the theater and renamed it the Civic Repertory Theatre in October 1926. Good .

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Book number: 9019

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; THEATRE; AMERICAN; NEW YORK CITY; FOURTEENTH STREET THEATRE; CIVIC REPRTORY THEATRE; MOLLIE B. STEINBERG; EVA LE GALLIENE; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; FACSIMILES; THE HISTORY OF THE FOURTEENTH STREET THEATRE.

(Connelly, Mark; Buell, William A.; Bynner, Witter; Crouse, Russel; et al). Stewart, George Woodbridge; editor

The Players After 75 Years. New York 1888 - 1963

(New York: The Players, 1968). 1968). (New York: The Players, 1968). 1968). Very good. - Large octavo, red cloth. There is some slight fading to the rear cover. 267 pages. Color frontispiece & full-page black-and-white illustrations. Very good. Very good .

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Book number: 4084

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; THEATRE; PLAYERS; CLUB; NEW YORK STATE; NEW YORK CITY; MEMBERS; OFFICERS; HISTORY OF PLAYERS; GEORBYNNER; RUSSEL CROUSE; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Stoppard, Tom.

After Magritte.

London: Faber and Faber, (1971). (1971). London: Faber and Faber, (1971). (1971). Very good. - Octavo softcover bound in printed yellow & white wrappers. The binding is lightly soiled & slightly bumped. 47 pages. Very good.

First edition.

This play was first performed at the Ambience Lunch-hour Theatre Club on April 9th 1970. Very good .

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Book number: 34219

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; PLAY; AFTER MAGRITTE; BRITISH PLAYWRIGHT; TOM STOPPARD; SURREALISTIC PLAY; AMBIENCE LUNCH-HOUR THEATRE CLUB; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Stoppard, Tom

Albert's Bridge: A Play

London: Samuel French, (1969). (1969). London: Samuel French, (1969). (1969). Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in decorative wrappers. The binding is very lightly bumped with the front wrap slightly darkened & the rear wrap darkened along the spine. [iv], 38 & [1] pages. Very good.

Tom Stoppard notes: "Albert's Bridge was written for radio, and little or no attempt has been made to adapt the script for the stage; this edition, therefore, might be described as a director's challenge.." He makes suggestions but encourages directors to adapt at will: "Feel free." . Very good .

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Book number: 33300

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; ACTING EDITION; RADIO PLAY; ALBERT'S BRIDGE; BRITISH PLAYWRIGHT; TOM STOPPARD.

Stoppard, Tom

The Real Thing

London and Boston: Faber and Faber, (1983). (1983). London and Boston: Faber and Faber, (1983). (1983). Fine. - Octavo, softcover bound in decorative wrappers. 84 pages. Near fine.

Originally published in 1982. Here reprinted with revisions. Fine .

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Book number: 22793

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Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; PLAYS; PLAYWRIGHT; BRITISH; TOM STOPPARD; THE REAL THING.

(Strindberg, August). Janni, Therese Dubois

August Strindberg: En Biografi I Text Och Bild

[Stockholm, Sweden): Bonniers, (1972). (1972). [Stockholm, Sweden): Bonniers, (1972). (1972). Good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The bottom corner of the front cover & the tail of the spine are stained & there is some very light staining to the edges of the covers. The spine of the dust jacket is slightly faded with slight fading to the top edge of its rear panel. 362 pages. Numerous black-and-white illustrations, including facsimiles. The page edges are slightly darkened. Good in a very good dust wrapper.

First Swedish edition.

The text is in Swedish, translated from the original Italian. Good .

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Book number: 30263

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Keywords: THEATRE; SCANDINAVIAN THEATRE; SWEDISH PLAYWRIGHT; AUGUST STRINDBERG: EN BIOGRAFI I TEXT OCH BILD; PICTORIAL BIOGRAPHY; THERESE DUBOIS JANNI; FIRST SWEDISH EDITION; 1ST SWEDISH EDITION.

Strindberg, August

Plays by August Strindberg: Creditors / Pariah. Translated from the Swedish, with Introduction by Edwin Bjorkman. Authorized Edition

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. 1912. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. 1912. Good. - Octavo, dark brown cloth titled in gilt on front cover & spine, in dw. The covers are lightly bumped with a light stain to the rear cover; the head & tail of the spine are rubbed. The dw spine is darkened & torn with pieces out; the panels are darkened, soiled & lightly chipped & there are tears to the front fold. Half-title, title [1] leaf & 89 pp. There is an ink name on the front pastedown & a bookseller's label on the rear pastedown. Very good in a fair dw.

First American edition, in a somewhat scarce dustwrapper. The English edition was published the following year. Good .

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Book number: 22421

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; DRAMA; PLAYS; PLAYWRIGHT; SCANDINAVIAN; SWEDISH; AUGUST STRINDBERG; EDWIN BJORKMAN; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.

(Strindberg, August). Olsson, Folke; Sydhoff, Beate; Theorell, Anita; Waern, Harriet; editors.

Strindberg.

[Stockholm]: LiberForlag, (1981). (1981). [Stockholm]: LiberForlag, (1981). (1981). Very good. - Quarto [10-3/8 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is rubbed & slightly bumped with light vertical creases to the spine. 208 pages. Black-and-white illustrations, including facsimiles. Very good.

Catalog for an exhibition about the life and work of Strindberg held at the Kulturhuset, Stockholm from May 15 to October 4, 1981. The text is in Swedish. Very good .

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Book number: 34476

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; SWEDISH THEATRE; SWEDISH PLAYWRIGHT; DRAMATIST; AUGUST STRINDBERG; ILLUSTRATED CATALOG; EXHIBITION; KULTURHUSET, STOCKHOLM; FOLKE OLSSON; HARRIET WAERN; BEATE SYDHOFF; ANITA THEORELL.

Swann, Mona

An Approach to Choral Speech

Boston, MA: Expression Company Publishers, (1934). (1934). Boston, MA: Expression Company Publishers, (1934). (1934). Very good. - 8vo, green cloth (top edge & spine quite faded); titled in gilt on spine. 90 & [vi]pp. (owner's name on front endpaper). Very good.

First American edition. Very good .

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Book number: 3485

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: MUSIC; CHORAL SPEECH; VOICE; VOCAL TRAINING; ANTIPHONAL; REFRAIN-SPEAKING; THEATRE; STAGE; MONA SWANN; 1ST; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.

Synge, J.M.

The Playboy of the Western World. A Comedy in Three Acts.

Boston: John W. Luce & Company, 1911. 1911. Boston: John W. Luce & Company, 1911. 1911. Very good. - Octavo, 7-1/4 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in blue calf titled in gilt with gilt floral devices within gilt ruled raised bands on the spine. The covers are further enhanced by a gilt-ruled frame. The top edge is gilt and the book is further enhanced by marbled endpapers. The joints are rubbed. 111 & [1] pages. Very good. First American edition. With the signature of Ambassador Lincoln MacVeagh penned in Boston on October 20, 1911. Also with his initials stamped in gilt at the base of the spine. From the library of Lincoln MacVeagh and his wife Margaret with their "Arcades ambo" bookplate. Lincoln MacVeagh (1890-1972), a Renaissance man, graduated from Harvard magna cum laude in 1913. He went on to study languages at the Sorbonne and became fluent in German, French, Spanish, Latin, Greek and Classical Greek. He served in the Atois, St. Mihiel and Meuse Argonne campaigns of World War I as an aide to the commanding general of the 80th Division and of the Ninth and Sixth Army Corps. He rose to the rank of Major. After the war he became a director of the Henry Holt and Company publishing firm where he became friendly with the poet Robert Frost. In 1923 he left the firm and founded the Dial Press. His name appears on the imprint of many of their publications. In 1933 President Roosevelt appointed him Minister to Greece. He followed presentation of his credentials with a speech in Classical Greek. While in Greece he conducted excavations beneath the Acropolis and made archeological contributions to the National Museum in Athens. He left Greece in 1941 when the German army over ran the country. From there he was appointed the first US Minister to Iceland where he negotiated agreements for the construction of the Keflavik airfield. In late 1942 he became Minister to the Union of South Africa and coordinated American wartime agencies there. In 1943 he was sent to Cairo as Ambassador so that he could assist the governments in exile of Greece and Yugoslavia. He returned to Athens as Ambassador in 1944. MacVeagh gave secret testimony before Congress concerning the Balkans in 1947, testimony that was an important factor in the formation of the Truman Doctrine. In 1948 as Ambassador to Portugal MacVeagh was influential in admitting her into NATO. In 1952 President Truman named him Ambassador to Spain. President Truman wrote to him on March 9, 1948: "On the occasion of your appointment as Ambassador to Portugal, I would like to make some personal expression of appreciation for the high services you have already rendered your country. During the past fifteen critical years you have served with distinction as Chief of the United states Missions to Iceland, the Union of South Africa, Yugoslavia and Greece. In this last post especially - as Minister from 1933 to 1941 and as Ambassador since 1943 - your scholarly statesmanship and diplomatic judgment have been of the utmost value. Very good .

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Book number: 98667

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; LITERATURE; PLAYS; THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD; A COMEDY IN THREE ACTS; LEATHER BINDING; GILT-DECORATED; J.M. SYNGE; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST U.S. EDITION; LINCOLN MACVEAGH; AMBASSADOR; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAP

Szajna, Josef (1922-2008); et al

Teatr Studio. (Cover Titlle)

Warszawa: Teatr Studio, [1972]. [1972]. Warszawa: Teatr Studio, [1972]. [1972]. Good. - Small quarto [8 inches high by 6-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in decorative wrappers. The binding is lightly rubbed & soiled with some tiny marks to the front wrap & with the wrap's top corner slightly creased. Unpaginated. full-page black-and-white illustrations. Very good.

A book about the work of Josef Szajna with a section about Polish playwright Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz [1885-1939] whose plays Szajna directed and designed and in whom he developed a particular interest.

Josef Szajna [1922-2008] was a Polish set designer, director, playwright, theatrical theoretician, painter and graphic artist. He directed and designed for a number of Polish theatres including Jerzy Grotowski's Wroclaw Laboratory Theatre. During World War II and the occupation of Poland, Szajna was a prisoner in Auschwitz and Buchenwald.

The text is in French and English.

Rare. WorldCat locates 5 copies. Good .

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Book number: 31863

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; POLISH THEATRE; DIRECTOR; DESIGNER; PLAYWRIGHT; ARTIST; JOSEF SZAJNA; PLAYWIGHT; Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz; ILLUSTRATIONS.