(Pollock, Channing). (1880-1946). American playwright, critic and film scenarist.

James B. Pond Presents Channing Pollock, Author of the Greatest Play Produced in America in Many Years, "the Fool". (Promotional Brochure).

New York: The Pond Bureau, circa [1923]. [1923]. - Quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], printed in black on cream- colored paper with a portrait of the playwright on the title page. The corners are slightly creased. There is a short tear to the top edge of each page with a small area of light soiling near the bottom edge of the title page. Very good. Following the title page, the brochure includes a one-page bio of ChannIng; descriptions of two of his addresses, "The Fool and I" and "Personal Responsibility in the Theatre"; and "several letters out of several thousand" praising "The Fool"; written to Pollock by prominent individuals. Channing Pollock [1880-1946] was an American playwright, critic and writer of film scenarios. He began his career in 1896 as drama critic at The Washington Post and later worked at the Washington Times. He was the author of "The House Beautiful", "The Fool", "The Enemy" and many other successful Broadway productions. He also wrote film scenarios, including "The Evil Thereof" [1916], and a memoir "The Footlights, Fore and Aft" [1911]. Very good .

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Book number: 96077

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; AMERICAN THEATRE; BROADWAY; PLAYWRIGHT; CRITIC; FILM SCENARIST; CHANNING POLLOCK; THE FOOL; PROMOTIONAL BUREAU; JAMES B.POND, TOUR MANAGER; THE POND BUREAU.

Pollock, Channing. (1880-1946). American playwright, critic and film scenarist.

Typed Note Signed by Playwright, Critic and Film Scenarist Channing Pollock Together with a Card Inscribed and Signed by Him.

New York: January 30th, 1933. 1933. - Sixteen words typed on a 7-1/4 inch square sheet of his personalized letterhead with his name & address printed in raised lettering at the top. Signed "Channing Pollock". Mounted below the signature is a 3 inch high by 5 inch wide card inscribed and signed "To / Elinor Ann Schloss / with best wishes / Channing Pollock / 1933". The edges of the note are darkened & its bottom left corner is lightly creased. Two small newspaper cuttings - a portrait of the playwright & a 3-line bio - have been glued to the left of the printed address on the letterhead, probably by the recipient. The card is unevenly darkened. On the versos several pieces of tape adhere to the note & card where they have been removed from an album. Good. Pollock writes that he is very glad to send the recipient his autograph and thanks her for wanting it. Channing Pollock [1880-1946] was an American playwright, critic and writer of film scenarios. He began his career in 1896 as drama critic at The Washington Post and later worked at the Washington Times. He was the author of "The House Beautiful", "The Fool", "The Enemy" and many other successful Broadway productions. He also wrote film scenarios, including "The Evil Thereof [1916], and a memoir "The Footlights, Fore and Aft" [1911]. Good .

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Book number: 95413

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; FILM; AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS; PLAYS; BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS; FILM SCENARIOS; MEMOIR; DRAMA CRITIC; TYPED NOTE SIGNED BY PLAYWRIGHT, CRITIC AND FILM SCENARIST; CHANNING POLLOCK TOGETHER WITH A CARD INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY HIM; TNS; T.N

Dane, Clemence [Pseudonym of Winifred Ashton]. (1888-1965)

A Bill of Divorcement: A Play in Three Acts

London: William Heinemann, 1921. 1921. London: William Heinemann, 1921. 1921. Good. - Octavo, tan paper covered boards titled in black on the front cover & spine. The covers are lightly bumped & soiled with the extremities slightly darkened. The joints are rubbed, the rear joint is split with the backstrip partially detached & there is a short tear to the top of the front joint. The spine is darkened & rubbed with a tiny tear near the tail. Half-title, title, [2] leaves & 92 pages. The page edges are slightly darkened. Good.

First edition.

Inscribed to William Arnold by the author on the date of its premiere on the front endpaper: "W. A. from W. A. (Clemence Dane) / March 14 - 1921". William Arnold's attractive bookplate is mounted on the front pastedown.

Additionally, the book is signed by the entire cast of the premiere on the cast-list page, as well as by the producer, Basil Dean. Good .

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Book number: 15730

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; PLAY; PLAYWRIGHT; BRITISH; CLEMENCE DANE; WINIFRED ASHTON; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; CAST SIGNATURES; ACTOR AUTOGRAPHS.; PRODUCER; BASIL DEAN; LILIAN BRAITHWAITE; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT; TWENTIETH CENTURY

Dane, Clemence

The Lion and the Unicorn: A Play in Three Acts

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1943. 1943. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1943. 1943. Very good. - Octavo, decorative paper covered boards backed with black cloth & titled in gilt on the spine. The boards are lightly bumped. viii & 110 pages plus colophon, partially uncut. Black-and-white frontispiece & black-and-white plates. The front endpaper is darkened, else a very good, attractive copy.

Number 59 of a limited edition of 1,000 copies numbered and signed by the author. Clemence Dane is the pseudonymn of Winifred Ashton. Very good .

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Book number: 3622

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; PLAYWRIGHT; AUTHOR; PLAY; HISTORY; HISTORICAL PLAY; BRITISH; ELIZABETHAN; ELIZABETH I; FRANCIS BACON; EARL OF ESSEX; CLEMENCE DANE; WINIFRED ASHTON; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; LIMITED EDITION.

Dane, Clemence,

The Way Things Happen: A Story in Three Acts

London: William Heinemann Ltd. (1924). (1924). London: William Heinemann Ltd. (1924). (1924). Very good. - Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine, in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is chipped with its spine & extremities darkened & with tears to & pieces out of the top edge, affecting the titling. [vii] & 93 pages with an errata slip bound in. There is a small stain to the front pastedown & some very light staining to the front endpaper. The fore- edge is foxed with occasional light foxing to the front edges of the leaves. Very good in a good dust wrapper.

First edition.

Clemence Dane is the pseudonym of Winifred Ashton. Signed by the author as Clemence Dane on the half-title. Also initialed by her, "WA", on the dust wrapper. Very good .

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Book number: 3625

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; PLAY; AUTHOR; PLAYWRIGHT; BRITISH; CLEMENCE DANE; WINIFRED ASHTON; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Dane, Clemence [pseudonymn of Winifred Ashton]

Will Shakespeare: An Invention. This Play Was First Acted by the Reandean Company at the Shaftesbury Theatre London, November 1921

London: William Heinemann, [1921]. [1921]. London: William Heinemann, [1921]. [1921]. Good. - Small quarto [10-1/2 inches high by 8 inches wide], decorative black, brown & white paper covered boards backed with black cloth with a printed paper label on the spine. The top edge is gilt. The boards are bumped & lightly rubbed with the paper chipped around the edges. The head & tail of the spine are chipped & the label is rubbed. Half-title, title, vi & 133 pages, partially unopened. There is occasional light soiling & staining with a larger stain to the bottom margins of 2 facing pages. Good.

Number 115 of a limited edition of 250 copies signed "Clemence Dane" on the colophon.

Additionally inscribed to Victor Steghel as Winifred Ashton on the front endpaper and signed "Winifred". Good .

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Book number: 10057

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; THEATRE; STAGE; PLAY; REANDEAN COMPANY; WILL SHAKESPEARE: AN INVENTION; CLEMENCE DANE; WINIFRED ASHTON; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; LIMITED EDITION.

Dane, Clemence

Will Shakespeare: An Invention in Four Acts

London: William Heinemann, n.d. [1920s]. n.d. [1920s]. London: William Heinemann, n.d. [1920s]. n.d. [1920s]. Very good. - Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine. The covers are bumped. Half-title, title, [3] leaves & 131 pages. The page edges are somewhat darkened, else very good with the remnants of the dust wrapper laid in.

First trade edition.

Clemence Dane is the pseudonym of Winifred Ashton. This copy is signed as Clemence Dane on the half-title. The initials "WA" are penciled on the front panel of the dust wrapper. Very good .

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Book number: 3632

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; PLAY; WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE; CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE; ANNE HATHAWAY; AUTHOR; BRITISH; CLEMENCE DANE; WINIFRED ASHTON; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; FIRST TRADE EDITION; 1ST TRADE EDITION.

Dane, Clemence

Will Shakespeare: An Invention Writtten by Clemence Dane. This Play Was First Acted by the Reandean Company at the Shaftesbury Theatre London, November 1921

London: William Heinemann, n.d. [1921]. n.d. [1921]. London: William Heinemann, n.d. [1921]. n.d. [1921]. Very good. - Quarto, decorative tan, black & white paper covered boards backed with black cloth with a printed paper label on the spine. The top edge is gilt. The covers are bumped with small tears to the bottom corners & with some light score marks to the rear cover. The head & tail of the spine are rubbed. [x] & 133 pages. The endpapers are slightly darkened with a light crease to the rear endpaper. There is a small, very light stain to the half-title & title. Black-and-white illustrations. Despite its flaws, a very good, attractive copy.

Clemence Dane is the pseudonym of Winifred Ashton. Of a limited edition of 250 copies on handmade paper, numbered and signed by the author as Clemence Dane, this is one of 25 copies for presentation and is inscribed on the front endpaper and signed "Winifred" in the year of publication. Very good .

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Book number: 8291

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; PLAY; WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE; CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE; ANNE HATHAWAY; AUTHOR; BRITISH; CLEMENCE DANE; WINIFRED ASHTON; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; LIMITED EDITION.

Davidow, Mike

People's Theater: From the Box Office to the Stage

Moscow: Progress Publishers, (1977). (1977). Moscow: Progress Publishers, (1977). (1977). Fine. - 8vo, white cloth titled in black in pictorial brown dw. 248pp. with photographic illustrations. Near fine in a very good dw.

"Mike Davidow, an American Marxist theatrical reviewer, tells of the leading theater companies of the U.S.S.R. and gives his impressions of stage productions, rehearsals, and talks with producers, actors, and other theater people." The previous sentence, quoted from the dw blurb, continues along doctrinal lines: "He convincingly refutes the attempts of the bourgeois press to present Soviet theater as dreary monotony incarnate, and counters these hostile contrivings by showing what it is really like." . Fine .

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Book number: 1031

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; STAGE; PERFORMING ARTS; RUSSIA; SOVIET UNION; HISTORY; COMMUNIST PARTY; PEOPLE'S THEATER; MARXIST; U.S.S.R.; THEATRE; MIKE DAVIDOW.

Kaufman, S. Jay. (1886-1957). Broadway producer, director and writer.

Typed Letter to Impresario James Pond About a Lecture Series Signed by Broadway Producer and Director S. Jay Kaufman.

New York: December 5, 1923. 1923. - Six typed paragraphs filling most of a sheet of 11" high by 8-1/2 inch wide Evening Telegram /"Round the Town" letterhead with the Telegram's address printed at the top and a small box at top left enclosing the words "ROUND the TOWN / With S. Jay Kaufman". Signed "S Jay Kaufman". The bottom corners of the letter are darkened with the bottom right corner creased. The bottom edge of the letter is darkened, creased & lightly chipped. There is a light paper-clip imprint to the top edge together with the recipient's faded stamp and letter "L". Folded 3 times for mailing. Good.

Broadway producer, director and writer S. Jay Kaufman [1886-1957] replies to a letter from impresario James Pond who has proposed a lecture series. Kaufman agrees to Pond's terms for the series: "However, the one matter which isn't clear is the circulars and printed matter. Still, your letter reads that in the event of your undertaking any special mailing campaigns on my behalf, the mailing campaigns are to be mutually agreed upon before undertaking. This is satisfactory to me. On the whole I think you will find me very easy to deal with."

"Round the Town" was a musical revue produced by Kaufman which was due to open on May 23, 1924. Kaufman also wrote a column with the same name for the Evening Telegram. Good .

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Book number: 36005

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; AMERICAN THEATRE; BROADWAY; TYPED LETTER TO IMPRESARIO JAMES POND ABOUT A LECTURE SERIES SIGNED BY BROADWAY PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR S. JAY KAUFMAN; TLS; T.L.S.; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; MUSICAL REVUE; EVENING TELEGRAM COLUMN; ROUND THE TOWN.

Dixey, Henry E. (1859-1943). American actor & theatre producer.

Playful Autograph Quote "I Never Was Born / I Was Quarried" Signed by the American Actor Henry E. Dixey.

September 18th, 1886. 1886. - A quote alluding to his role as the statue of Adonis which comes to life in the burlesque musical of the same name, "I never was born / I was quarried", signed by the American stage and screen actor Henry E. Dixey. The quote, penned on 3-3/8 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide paper is dated "Sept 18th / 86". The paper is mounted in glue from the verso onto heavier stock which was once mounted into an album. The top right corner is diagonally clipped, though not affecting the text. Very good. Born in Boston, the American actor and theatre producer Henry E. Dixey (1859-1943) joined the cast at the Howard Athenaeum when only 9 years old, playing the child character Peanuts in Augustin Daly's "Under the Gaslight". He went on to perform in many plays and musicals and was best known for his role in the burlesque musical "Adonis" from 1883 to 1885. Dixie played the title role of a handsome male statue that comes to life and, finding the ways of man unpleasant, chooses to turn back into stone. Dixie went on to perform other roles on stage and in silent movies. He was one of the group of "gentlemen" invited by Robert Emmet Odlum to witness his fatal jump from the Brooklyn Bridge and was the one who timed the jump with his gold stopwatch. Very good .

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Book number: 96337

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; BURLESQUE MUSICALS; THEATER; STAGE; HOWARD ATHENAEUM; HENRY E. DIXEY; ADONIS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; AUTOGRAPH; QUOTE; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; ADONIS; I WAS NEVER BORN I WAS QUARRIED; ACTOR; PRODUCER; SILENT SCREEN.

Van Doren, Mark.

Mark Van Doren: Three Plays.

New York: Hill and Wang, (1966). (1966). - Octavo, yellow boards backed with gray cloth in a dust wrapper. There is a tiny stain to the rear joint. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed with a tear to the head of its spine. Very good. First edition. The three plays are "Never, Never Ask His Name" "A Little Night Music" and "The Weekend That Was". Very good .

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Book number: 36495

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT; MARK VAN DOREN: THREE PLAYS; NEVER, NEVER SAY HIS NAME; A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC; THE WEEKEND THAT WAS; FIRST EDITION.

Downey, Roger; and Kroetz, Franz Xaver.

Mensch Meier: A Play of Everyday Life. By Franz Xaver Kroetz, Translated by Roger Downey.

New York: Theatre Communications Group, (1983). (1983). New York: Theatre Communications Group, (1983). (1983). Very good. - Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled printed gray wrappers with a black tape spine. The top & front edges of the back cover are foxed. [69] unnumbered pages. Very good. First edition. "Plays in Progress", Volume Four Number Eleven. Very good .

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Book number: 98146

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: LITERATURE; PLAY; FRANZ XAVER KROETZ; ROGER DOWNEY; MENSCH MEIER; A PLAY OF EVERYDAY LIFE; THEATRE; PLAY; GERMAN PLAYWRIGHT; TRANSLATION; PLAYS IN PROGRESS SERIES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP.

Downey, Roger; and Kroetz, Franz Xaver.

Through the Leaves. By Franz Xaver Kroetz, Translated by Roger Downey.

New York: Theatre Communications Group, (1983). (1983). New York: Theatre Communications Group, (1983). (1983). Very good. - Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled printed gray wrappers with a black tape spine. The edges of the covers are lightly foxed. [46] unnumbered pages. Very good. First edition. "Plays in Progress", Volume Four Number Twelve. Very good .

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Book number: 98136

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: TITERATURE; PLAY; FRANZ XAVER KROETZ; ROGER DOWNEY; THROUGH THE LEAVES; THEATRE; PLAY; GERMAN PLAYWRIGHT; TRANSLATION; PLAYS IN PROGRESS SERIES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP.

(Dreiser, Theodore); Gregory, Odin

Caius Gracchus: A Tragedy by Odin Gregory. With an Introduction by Theodore Dreiser

New York: Boni and Liveright, (1920). (1920). New York: Boni and Liveright, (1920). (1920). Good. - Octavo, brown cloth titled in red. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped with 3 tiny white marks & a very light stain to the front cover; the titling on the spine is faded. 172 pp. Good. Good .

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Book number: 2930

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; PLAY; TRAGEDY; VERSE PLAY; DRAMA; VERSE DRAMA; LITERATURE; ROME; ANCIENT ROME; CAIUS GRACCHUS; ODIN GREGORY; THEODORE DREISER.