Bond, Edward

Narrow Road to the Deep North / a Comedy

London: Eyre Methuen, (1973). (1973). London: Eyre Methuen, (1973). (1973). Very good. - Small octavo, softcover bound in pictorial black, white & blue wraps. The wraps are lightly rubbed & the head & tail of the spine are lightly chipped. 59 pages plus 5-page publisher's catalog. Very good. Very good .

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Book number: 14615

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; PLAY; PLAYWRIGHT; BRITISH; EDWARD BOND; NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH.

Bond, Edward

The Pope's Wedding

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. (1971). (1971). London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. (1971). (1971). Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial black, white & blue wrappers. The wraps are lightly rubbed & bumped with a price-sticket on the rear wrap. 111 & [1] pages plus 5-page publisher's catalog. 4 or 5 pages were creased in the printing process. Very good.

First edition, wraps issue, of Bond's first play.

Also included are two stories, "Mr. Dog" and "The King with Golden Eyes" and "Sharpville Sequence (A Scene, A story and Three poems)", written on the occasion of the Sharpville massacre. Very good .

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Book number: 17074

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; PLAY; FIRST PLAY; THE POPE'S WEDDING; EDWARD BOND; STORIES; THE KING WITH GOLDEN EYES; MR. DOG; SHARPVILLE SEQUENCE; FIRST EDITION, WRAPS ISSUE; 1ST EDITION, WRAPS ISSUE.

Bond, Edward

Saved

New York: Hill and Wang, (1965). (1965). New York: Hill and Wang, (1965). (1965). Good. - Small octavo, softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wraps. The wraps are rubbed & lightly bumped with the rear wrap foxed & soiled. 96 pages. Good.

First American edition, wraps issue. Good .

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Book number: 13657

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; PLAYWRIGHT; BRITISH; EDWARD BOND; PLAY; SAVED; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, WRAPS ISSUE; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION, WRAPS ISSUE.

Bond, Edward

The Sea / a Comedy

London: Eyre Methuen, (1973). (1973). London: Eyre Methuen, (1973). (1973). Very good. - Small octavo, softcover bound in pictorial black, white & blue wraps. The wraps are lightly rubbed & bumped & the head & tail of the spine are lightly chipped. [vi] & 65 pages plus 6-page publisher's catalog. There is foxing to the top edge. Very good.

First edition, wraps issue. Very good .

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Book number: 14614

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; PLAY; PLAYWRIGHT; BRITISH; EDWARD BOND; THE SEA; FIRST EDITION, WRAPS ISSUE; 1ST EDITION, WRAPS ISSUE.

Boucicault, Dionysius Lardner "Dion" (1820[2]-1890). Irish actor & playwright famed for his melodramas.

Autograph: Close of a Letter Signed by the Irish Actor & Playwright Dion Boucicault.

Mid-19th Century. Mid-19th Century. Very good. - A few words to do with financial arrangements penned on 2-3/4 inch high by 4-3/8 inch wide buff paper signed "Yours faithfully Dion Boucicault". Once folded, the paper is mounted onto stiffer backing and the corners have been clipped. Very good. The Irish actor and playwright Dionysius Lardner "Dion" Boucicault (1820[2]-1890) was known for his melodramas and recognized in both Europe and America as one of the most successful English language actor-playwright-managers of the period. Although he and his wife had both become American citizens in 1873, the New York Times praised him as "the most conspicuous English dramatist of the 19th century" following his death in 1890. Very good .

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Book number: 96262

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; STAGE; LITERATURE; THEATER; PLAYWRIGHT; DIONYSIUS LARDNER DION BOUCICAULT; IRISH ACTOR; MANAGER; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNED; CLOSE OF A LETTER; SIGNATURE; FINANCIAL MATTERS; DRAMATIST.

(Brook, Peter; Grotowski, Jerzy; Wilson, Robert; et al). Brandt, Willy; Hey, Richard; et al

Theater Heute: Die Deutsche Theaterzeitschrift. 13. Jahrgang Nr. 10 Oktober 1972. Herausgegeben Von Erhard Friedrich Und Henning Rischbieter

(Hannover: Friedrich Verlag), 1972. 1972. (Hannover: Friedrich Verlag), 1972. 1972. Good. - Quarto [11-3/4 inches high by 9-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wraps. The wraps are rubbed & bumped with some light foxing to the spine & extremities. 68 pages. Black-and white illustrations. The page corners are bumped & the page edges are slightly darkened with occasional light foxing. Good.

Among the contents of this issue are the script of Richard Hey's "Kandid"; "Theater als Politikum", a piece by Willy Brandt; and articles on Peter Brook's "Midsummer Night's Dream", Grotowski's Theaterlaboratorium, and Stockhausen, Kagel and Robert Wilson at the Shiraz Festival. The text is in German. Good .

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Book number: 16824

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; PERIODICAL; GERMAN; TEATER HEUTE; ERHARD FRIEDRICH; HENNING RISCHBIETER; WILLY BRANDT; PETER BROOK; MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM; JERZY GROTOWSKI; THEATERLABORATORIUM; ROBERT WILSON; SHIRAZ FESTIVAL; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Brecht, Bertolt; Weill, Kurt; Frisch, Max; Bentley, Eric; Auden, W. H.; et al. (Corrigan, Robert; editor)

Tulane Drama Review. Vol. 6. September 1961. No. 1

New Orleans, LA: Tulane University, 1961. 1961. New Orleans, LA: Tulane University, 1961. 1961. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray & cream wrappers. The binding is darkened & lightly bumped & soiled. 138 pages. Illustrated with a black- and-white portrait frontispiece. The contents are very good. Good.

This issue on Brecht includes an English version by W. H Auden and Chester Kallman of "The Seven Deadly Sins of the Lower Middle Class". Good .

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Book number: 23374

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; PERIODICAL; TULANE DRAMA REVIEW; ROBERT CORRIGAN; BRECHT ISSUE; BERTOLT BRECHT; GERMAN PLAYWRIGHT; PLAY; THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS OF THE MIDDLE CLASS; W. H. AUDEN; CHESTER KALLMAN; KURT WEILL; ERIC BENTLEY; MAX FRISCH.

(Shaw, Bernard). Broad, C. Lewis; and Broad, Violet M

Dictionary to the Plays and Novels of Bernard Shaw with Bibliography of His Works and of the Literature Concerning Him with a Record of Principal Shavian Play Productions

London: A. & C. Black, Ltd. (1929). (1929). London: A. & C. Black, Ltd. (1929). (1929). Fair. - Octavo, vermilion cloth titled in gilt on spine. The spine & extremities are faded. The covers are rubbed & bumped with some small stains. There is a short tear to the head of the spine & the tail is chipped & frayed. xi, 230 & [1] pages & 4-page publisher's catalog. There is scattered light foxing & occasional light soiling. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece. Good working copy.

First edition. Fair .

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Book number: 29893

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; LITERATURE; PLAYS; NOVELS; PLAYWRIGHT; IRISH; BERNARD SHAW; DICTIONARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; PRODUCTIONS; D. LEWIS BROAD; VIOLET M. BROAD; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Christians, Mady. (1892-1951). Austrian-born actor who starred on Broadway and in American films.

Portion of an Envelope Addressed to Agent Browne and Signed by Mady Christians, Austrian-Born Actor Who Starred on Broadway and in American Films.

circa [1938]. [1938]. - A portion of a manila envelope addressed and signed in blue ink: "Mr. Chamberlain Brown / 145 W. 45th St. NY. / from / Miss Mady Christians". There are a few light creases to the envelope. Very good. Born in Vienna, actor Marguerita Maria "Mady" Christians moved to New York with her family in 1912. After returning to Europe to study under Max Reinhardt and appearing in a number of European films, she moved back to the U.S. where she made a successful career in theatre and film until she was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. She starred in Lillian Hellman's "Watch on the Rhine" on Broadway and originated the title role in the 1944 play "I Remember Mama". Her last movie roles were in the film adaptation of Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" and in "Letter from an Unknown Woman". Some attributed her death of a stroke at the age of 59 to the stress of being blacklisted. Very good .

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Book number: 31609

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; FILM; MOVIES; AUSTRIAN-BORN ACTOR; ACTRESS; MADY CHRISTIANS; STAGE ACTOR; FILM ACTOR; SIGNATURE ON AN ENVELOPE; AUTOGRAPH.

(Le Brocquy, Louis). O'Connor, Frank

The Art of the Theatre

Dublin/London: Maurice Fridberg, (1947). (1947). Dublin/London: Maurice Fridberg, (1947). (1947). Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pink & green wrappers. The binding is rubbed & slightly bumped with light soiling to the rear wrap. The head & tail of the spine are lightly chipped. 50 pages. Illustrated with a color frontispiece by Louis Le Brocquy. The top page corners are lightly bumped. Good.

First edition. Good .

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Book number: 25192

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; THE ART OF THE THEATRE; FRANK O'CONNOR; AUDIENCE; WRITER; ACTOR; ILLUSTRATOR; LOUIS LE BROCQUY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

(Brook, Peter; Hughes, Ted). Smith, A.C.H.

Orghast at Persepolis. By A.C. H. Smith. An International Experiment in Theatre. Directed by Peter Brook and Written by Ted Hughes.

New York: The Viking Press, (1973). (1973). New York: The Viking Press, (1973). (1973). Very good. - Octavo, 8-1/4 inches high by 5-5/8 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in green cloth titled in purple on the spine, in a pictorial dust wrapper. The dust jacket is slightly soiled and creased with staining to the top of the jacket's interior. 264 pages, with textual illustrations. There are a couple of thin stains to the front pastedown and minor foxing to the book's fore edge. Very good. First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 98315

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; ORGHAST AT PERSEPOLIS; A.C.H. SMITH; AN INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENT IN THEATRE; DIRECTED BY PETER BROOK; WRITTEN BY TED HUGHES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; ILLUSTRATED; THEATER; BIOGRAPHICAL; ILLUSTRATIONS.

(Strehler, Giorgio; et al). Brook, Peter; Bablet, Denis; Brandt, Willy; et al

Travail Theatral: Cahiers Trimestriels No. 10, Octobre - Janvier 1973

(Lausanne, Suisse/Dijon, France): Travail Theatral, (1973). (1973). (Lausanne, Suisse/Dijon, France): Travail Theatral, (1973). (1973). Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is bumped & lightly rubbed & soiled with some light foxing to the edges of the wraps. 159 & [1] pages. Black-and-white illustrations. The page corners are bumped & there is light dampstaining to the bottom corners of the first few leaves. The edges of the magazine are lightly foxed with light foxing to the front edges of a number of pages. Good.

Among the contents of this issue are an interview with Peter Brook by Denis Bablet; an interview with Charles Joris, founder of the Theatre Populaire Romand, by Francois Truan; an article on Giorgio Strehler; and a discourse by German Chancellor Willy Brandt, given on September 17, 1972 on "le pouvoir et le theatre".

The text is in French. Good .

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Book number: 31922

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; THEATRE JOURNAL; THEATRE MAGAZINE; TRAVAIL THEATRAL; INTERVIEWS; PETER BROOK; CHARLES JORIS; THEATRE POPULAIRE ROMAND; GIORGIO STREHLER; WILLY BRANDT; DENIS BABLET; FRANCOIS TRUAN; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Broughton, James

The Playground: (a Play for Precarious Grown-Ups)

(San Francisco): The Centaur Press, 1949. 1949. (San Francisco): The Centaur Press, 1949. 1949. Very good. - Octavo, textured brown paper covered boards (bumped & warped; head of spine rubbed) titled in reddish brown, in dust wrapper (extremities darkened & chipped; small piece out of front panel; short tears to rear panel; dw spine torn with pieces out & partially repaired with tape). 45 pages plus colophon. Illustrated with monochrome vignettes & 1 full-page illustration by Zev. Very good internally. Good.

First edition. 1/1000 copies.

This was the first book published by the Centaur Press and was designed by Kermit Sheets. Very good .

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Book number: 14445

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; LITERATURE; POETRY; THE PLAYGROUNG; JAMES BROUGHTON; FIRST EDITION; LIMITED EDITION; CENTAUR PRESS; SMALL PRESS; KERMIT SHEETS; PLAY; DRAMA; ILLUSTRATED; ZEV.

(Brown, Allen A.)

A Catalogue of the Allen A. Brown Collection of Books Relating to the Stage in the Public Library of the City of Boston

NY: Kraus Reprint Co. 1970. 1970. NY: Kraus Reprint Co. 1970. 1970. Fine. - Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt. 251 pp. Near fine.

Reprint of the original edition published by the Trustees of the Boston Public Library in 1919. Fine .

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Book number: 6549

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; STAGE; DRAMA; ACTORS; PLAYS; PLAYWRIGHTS; COLLECTION; COLLECTOR; ALLEN A. BROWN; CATALOGUE; REFERENCE; BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY. (Theater). A CATALOGUE OF THE ALLEN A. BROWN COLLECTION OF BOOKS RELATING TO THE STAGE IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF THE CIT

Brustein, Robert,

The Culture Watch: Essays on Theatre and Society, 1969-1974.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. 1975. - Octavo, decorative white boards backed with black cloth & titled in gilt on the spine in a dust wrapper. The top edge of the front cover & the bottom edge of the rear cover are darkened. There is a vertical line of light soiling to the front cover. The dust jacket is slightly darkened. xv, 197 & vii pages plus colophon. Very good. First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 94493

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; THE CULTURE WATCH: ESSAYS ON THEATRE AND SOCIETY, 1969-1974; ROBERT BRUSTEIN; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.