ROBERTSON, DOREEN.

What Colour was The Cross? A Play.

London: The Mothers Union, nd. (1960s). A short play written for The Mothers Union. Synopsis: "A Coloured family come to live in a block of luxury flats, thereby upsetting some of the other tenants. One in particular is determined to drive them out. However, she meets with some unexpected resistance." Pp.16. Purple stiff card cover. VG.

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Book number: 49869

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SAYERS, DOROTHY L.

The Emperor Constantine. A Chronicle.

Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2011. 9781610970211. "As Ann Loades makes cl+ear in her extremely informative introduction, Dorothy L. Sayers' plays arguably the place where she did her best theological work." Pp.212. Paperback. VG.

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Book number: 50512

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Keywords: Dorothy L Sayers Emperor Constantine Chronicle Drama Play 51990 Drama

SAYERS, DOROTHY L.

The Just Vengeance. The Lichfield Festival Play for 1946.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1946. 0. 1st edition. "a miracle-play of Man's insufficiency and God's redemptive act, set against the background of contemporary crisis. The whole action takes place in the moment of the death of an Airman shot down during the late war." Pp.80, owners name to fep. Black cloth, d/w has small closed tear to lower front edge. VG/VG.

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Book number: 34446

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Keywords: Dorothy L Sayers Just Vengeance Lichfield Festival Play 1946 Drama Miracle Play 34668 Drama

SAYERS, DOROTHY L.

The Man Born to be King. A Play-Cycle on the Life of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

London: Victor Gollancz,1946. 0. 11th impression. Written for broadcasting and presented by the BBC Dec.1941 - Oct.1942, and produced by Val Geilgud. Pp.343, occasional minor spotting + some creasing to lower corners, owner's notation to front free endpaper. Blue cloth, dustwrapper with darkening to spine and chipping to edges. G+/G+.

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Book number: 1425

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Keywords: Sayers Lord Saviour Jesus Christ Play Play-Cycle 48087 Drama

SCRIVEN, R.C.

The Seasons of the Blind and Other Radio Plays in Verse.

London: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 1974. 0563126604. 1st edition. R.C.Scriven was a free-lance journalist and radio dramatist, despite being nearly stone deaf since the age of eight and blind for much of his life. Pp.184. Black cloth, dustwrapper rubbed with minor edge wear. VG/G+.

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Book number: 41830

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Keywords: Scriven Seasons Blind Radio Plays Verse All Early April Peacock Screamed Dandelion Parsnip Summer Flowers Drama 43128 Drama

SETH, VIKRAM.

Arion & The Dolphin. (A Libretto).

London: Phoenix House, 1994. 1897580460. "This enchanting libretto from the author of "A Suitable Boy" is published to coincide with the first performance of the opera Arion and the Dolphin (music Alec Roth), commissioned by the Baylis Programme at the English National Opera, in June 1994." Pp.60, owner's inkstamp to inside front cover. Paperback. VG.

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Book number: 39695

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Keywords: Vikram Seth Arion Dolphin Libretto Drama English National Opera 40592 Drama

SHAFFER, PETER.

Five Finger Exercise. A Play.

London: Samuel French Limited, 1958. French's Acting Edition. Pp.89, frontispiece photograph by Angus McBean. Stiff card covers, slightly rubbed, crease to rear top corner. G+.

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Book number: 47666

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Keywords: Peter Shaffer Five Finger Exercise Play Drama Actors Edition Script Angus Mcbean 49144 Drama

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM.

Histories. (Vol 2. in series of 3).

London: Collins,nd. Edited by Peter Alexander, Regius Professor of English Landuage and Literature, University of Glasgow. With an Introduction, a Preface to each play, and a Glossary. Pp.704, portrait frontis. Red leatherette, gilt title to spine. VG.

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Book number: 1468

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SHAVE, ERIC.

Before the Dawn or "The Same Night in Which He was Betrayed".

Westminster: The Livingstone Press. nd (c.1940). "A Costume Play in Three Scenes." Pp 38. P/b. G+.

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Book number: 16086

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SHAW, BERNARD.

Saint Joan. A chronicle play in six scenes and an epilogue.

Leipzig: Bernard Tauchnitz,1924. Copyright edition. Collection of British authors Tauchnitz Edition. Vol.4657. 15.5cms x 12cms. Pp.254, owners names to fep and half-title page, a few minor underlings and marginal marks. Maroon ribbed cloth, motif to front, decoration and gilt title to spine. VG.

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Book number: 1470

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Keywords: Shaw Saint Joan Play Drama Tauchnitz 12217 Drama

SHERIDAN, RICHARD BRINSLEY (1751-1816) .

The Critic; or, a tragedy rehearsed; a dramatic piece, in three acts. As performed at the Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden. Printed under the authority of the managers, from the prompt books.

Edinburgh: Published by Oliver & Boyd, Baron Grant's Close, High Street, [no date c. 1823 ] . 0. 12mo, 5.25" x 3.50" (13.5cm x 9.0cm), papered boards with modern paper label and spine. Carefully re-sewn. 46pp. Engraved frontispiece by Corbould, lightly stained. Title-page creased, with off-setting. Clear English text throughout. Pages lightly toned, most with a light water stain. Printed in Edinburgh by Oliver and Boyd; a rare copy of this play of which COPAC only locates the National Library of Scotland copy.

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Book number: 44580

Catalogue: Drama: : 18th Century

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NIPPON GAKUJUTSU SHINKOKAI.

The Noh Drama. Ten Plays from the Japanese Selected and Translated by the Special Noh Committee, Japanese Classics Translation Committee.

Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1960. First in this edition. "Combining the elements of the dance, miming, music, and chants, Noh plays may be described as lyrico-dramatic tone-poems, in which thetext has a function somewhat similar to that of the libretto in a Wagner or a Debussy opera.." 26cms x 18.5cms. Pp.xvi/193, occasional black & white plates + numerous marginal figure illustrations, folding plan, map to end, illustrated endpapers. Brown cloth, dustwrapper slightly rubbed but has a removable clear protective wrap. VG/G+.

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Book number: 43870

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Keywords: Noh Drama Ten Plays Japanese Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkokai Drama Theatre 45230 Drama

SHUBIK, IRENE.

Play for Today: The Evolution of Television Drama.

London: Davis-Poynter, 1975. 076701488. 1st edition. Ex-library. Shubik "details the background and experiences of all the writers who have contributed to the BBC 'Play for Today' series, raising such questions as how they first came into the medium and how they sold their first plays, as well as examining the style and content of their work. She discusses the intellectual, financial, technical and logistic problems of production, and includes a fascinating chapter on reactions to the finished product, both from critics and from the audience, and how such reactions are measured.". Pp.191, front free endpaper has been removed. library inkstamps to front and rear endpapers and copyright page, owner's name to half-title page, old tape marks to rear endpapers. Black cloth, dustwrapper slightly toned. G/G+.

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Book number: 47751

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Keywords: Shubik Play for Today Evolution Television Drama Scripts Authors Editing Bbc Drama Producer Wednesday Play Edna Inebriate Woman William Trevor Gentle Gerontocrat Variety Budget Innovators Form 49229 Drama

SIMS-WILLIAMS, MICHAEL.

The Christie Saga. A Religion through Drama Course.

London: The Society For the Propagation of the Gospel. 1951. "The play covers a long period. Two hundred and fifty years have brought great changes of life and manners of thought. There is a great contrast between the men who saw the need of British Colonists in South Carolina for Spiritual ministrations, and the experiences of a young Doctor in the jungle warfare of 1943 in Burma". Pp 104, 3 b/w illustrations, 1 sketch map. P/b, slight scuffing to spine, illustrated cover. G+.

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Book number: 22520

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Keywords: Sims Williams Christie Saga Religion Drama Course A17656 Drama

SINCLAIR, UPTON.

Bill Porter. A Drama of O. Henry in Prison.

Pasadena: Published by the author, 1925. 1st edition. "The central figure of this play is the writer of short stories known to all the world as O.henry. His name was William Sydney Porter; "Bill" Porter to his intimates in the Ohio State Penitentiary, where, beginning at the age of thirty-six, he served a sentence of three years and three months for embezzlement of national bank funds. This play follows, as literally as possible, the facts concerning "Bill" Porter's life and behaviour in prison, as revealed in his letters and other published records." pp.58/4(ads for other works by Upton Sinclair), owner's name and dates to front pastedown, slight toning to endpapers. Maroon cloth, title to spine dulled, uneven fading to top and spine edges of front board. G+.

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Book number: 45704

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Keywords: Upton Sinclair Bill Porter Drama o Henry Prison Play 47249 Drama