Nathan, George Jean

The Theatre Book of the Year 1949-1950: A Record and an Interpretation

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. 1950. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. 1950. Good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped with some white spotting to the front cover. The dust jacket is rubbed & chipped with pieces out & with its spine slightly faded. xi, [2] leaves, 285 & iv pages plus colophon. Good.

First edition. Good .

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Book number: 21203

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; ANNUAL; AMERICAN THEATRE; CRITIC; GEORGE JEAN NATHAN; THE THEATRE BOOK OF THE YEAR 1949-1950; PERFORMANCES; PRODUCTION; PLAYS; PLAYWRIGHTS; AUTHORS; COMPOSERS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Nathan, George Jean

The World in Falseface

London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd. [1923]. [1923]. London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd. [1923]. [1923]. Very good. - Octavo, gray boards backed by a golden yellow cloth spine, titled in black on the spine. The covers are lightly rubbed and bumped. xix & 326 pages. A previous owner's bookplate is mounted onto the front pastedown and there is some offsetting to the front endpaper. A very good, largely unopened copy.

First English edition. Very good .

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Book number: 3801

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; DRAMA; ART; CRITICISM; STAGE; THEATRE; THE WORLD IN FALSEFACE; FALSE FACE; MASK; JOHN LANE; THE BODLEY HEAD; FIRST ENGLISH EDITION; 1ST; MUSIC; PERFORMING ARTS.

O'Neill, Eugene

Dynamo

New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. 1929. New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. 1929. Very good. - Octavo, dark green cloth titled in gilt on spine with decorative frame in light green on front cover, in a dust wrapper. The covers are very lightly spotted. The dust jacket is very lightly chipped. viii & pages [9]- 159. A lovely, unusually attractive copy of this book.

First trade edition. Scarce in this condition. Very good .

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Book number: 29044

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; PLAY; PLAYWRIGHT; AMERICAN; EUGENE O'NEILL; FIRST TRADE EDITION; 1ST TRADE EDITION.

(O'Neill, Eugene). Atkinson, Jennifer McCabe

Eugene O'Neill: A Descriptive Bibliography

[Pittsburgh]: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1974. 1974. [Pittsburgh]: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1974. 1974. Very good. - (Pittsburgh Series in Bibliography). Octavo, black cloth backed grayish blue cloth titled in gilt on spine and in gilt within gilt-framed black rectangle on front cover. Lightly ruubed & bumped. xxiii & 410 pp. Illustrated with facsimiles. Very good.

First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 6738

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; ART OF THE BOOK; BIBLIOGRAPHY; (Theater). (Playwrights). EUGENE O'NEILL: A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY. (O'Neill, Eugene). Atkinson, Jennifer McCabe.

Neto, Jose Possi; Mendoza, Liwayway; Schechner, Richard; Shank, Theodore; et al. (Kirby, Michael; editor)

The Drama Review: Annual Performance Issue. Volume 21, Number 3 (T-75) September 1977

New York: New York University School of the Arts, 1977. 1977. New York: New York University School of the Arts, 1977. 1977. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed green & white wraps. The wraps are lightly rubbed & bumped with some light foxing & staining. 112 & [4] pages plus ads. Black-and-white illustrations. Very good.

This Annual Performance Issue includes a section on the New Theatre Festival, Baltimore, with articles by Theodore Shank on Squat Theatre, Ron Argelander on Studio Scarabee and Bill Simmer on Soon 3; and an Annual Performance section on theatre from Brazil, Israel, the Philippines, Poland, Sicily, India and Turkey. Very good .

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Book number: 16078

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; PERIODICAL; ANNUAL PERFORMANCE ISSUE; THE DRAMA REVIEW; MICHAEL KIRBY; NEW THEATRE FESTIVAL; SQUAT THEATRE. STUDIO SCARABEE; SOON 3; THEODORE SHANK; RON ARGELANDER; BILL SIMMER; RICHARD SCHECHNER; JOSE POSSI NETO; LIWAYWAY MENDOZA; BRAZI

Glaspell, Susan. (1876-1948). American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, actress, novelist and journalist.

Typed Letter Signed by Susan Glaspell Regarding the Premiere of Her Play "the Comic Artist".

Provincetown, MA: June 25, [1928]. [1928]. - Quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide]. Approximately 268 typed words filling one side of a sheet of cream stock. Signed "Susan Glaspell" with a handwritten P.S. The edges of the sheet are slightly darkened. Folded 3 times for mailing. Together with the original mailing envelope. Very good.

A splendid letter to actor Morgan Farley who had just opened, playing the part of Karl Rolf, in "The Comic Artist", a play by Glaspell and her husband Norman Matson, at the Strand Theatre, London. "Norman and I were so happy to have your letter, and know you were to play Karl. We always thought of you for it, but you were very much occupied at the time, so we did not venture to hope for you. How we should love to have been in London last night and seen you and the play and the audience. / I'd love a line telling how things went. Yours is a first production of the play, so we've never seen it.."

Susan Glaspell was a most remarkable woman, whose work and reputation were almost lost for many years but who is now being reassessed as a pioneering feminist writer and America's first important modern female playwright. With her husband George Cram Cook, she founded the Provincetown Players, and is credited with discovering the work of Eugene O'Neill. She was a widely published and admired novelist and, though untrained, was hailed by Jacques Copeau as "a truly great actress". After George Cook died, she was romantically involved for eight years with the younger writer Norman Matson, credited as co-author of "The Comic Artist". She wrote many plays, including "Alison's House", for which she won the Pulitzer Prize in 1931. After her relationship with Norman Matson ended, she fell into depression and alcoholism and died of pneumonia in 1948.

A rare letter. Very good .

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Book number: 31214

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; PLAY; AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT; SUSAN GLASPELL; FEMINIST; PULITZER PRIZE-WINNER; NOVELIST; ACTRESS; THE COMIC ARTIST; ACTOR; MORGAN FARLEY; NORMAN MATSON; TYPED LETTER SIGNED; TLS; T.L.S; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH.

The Savage Club of Ithaca NY.

The Savage Club: Fifth Annual Performance. At Lyceum Theatre, Ithaca, New York. May 16th, 1913 . (Cover Title).

Ithaca, NY: The Savage Club of Ithaca NY, 1913. 1913. - 12mo [approximately 6-1/2 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial brown & gray wrappers with an illustration in black on the front cover. The right side of the front cover is faded. [6] pages, including inside wraps, printed on gray paper with decorations in green. The bottom corners are slightly bumped. Good. The Savage Club of Ithaca was founded in 1895 by members of the Cornell University Mandolin, Banjo, Glee Club as a charter of the Savage Club of London (1854), a private social club for the pursuit of happiness through music, literature and the performing arts. Ithacas club has been meeting and entertaining the Ithaca community more or less continuously since. In 2005 the club incorporated as a nonprofit charitable organization. Its mission is to cultivate a lifelong pursuit and enjoyment of the arts through its support of community groups and events. The fifth annual performance was of "Laughing Water" a musical comedy by W. B. Hare directed by G. O. Huey. Good .

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Book number: 37478

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; PERFORMING ARTS; THE SAVAGE CLUB OF ITHACA NY; CORNELL UNIVERSITY; THE SAVAGE CLUB: FIFTH ANNUAL PERFORMANCE, LYCEUM THEATRE MAY 1913; MUSICAL COMEDY; LAUGHTER WATER BY W. B. HARE; G. O. HUEY, STAGE DIRECTOR.

Olson, Charles.

The Fiery Hunt / and Other Plays.

Bolinas, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, (1977). (1977). - Octavo, softcover bound in printed white wraps. The wraps are lightly soiled & spotted & the spine is darkened. xxi, [1] leaf & 125 pages & 1-page publisher's catalog. Very good. First edition, wraps issue. The introduction is by George Butterick. Very good .

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Book number: 10411

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: LITERATURE; THEATER; THEATRE; VERSE DRAMA; PLAYS; THE FIERY HUNT AND OTHER PLAYS; POET; AMERICAN POET; BLACK MOUNTAIN POET; CHARLES OLSON; GEORGE BUTTERICK; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Orton, Joe

Crimes of Passion: The Ruffian on the Stair / the Erpingham Camp

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, (1967). (1967). London: Methuen & Co Ltd, (1967). (1967). Very good. - Small octavo, softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wraps. The binding is bumped & lightly rubbed with some very light foxing to the wraps and a small, light stain to the front wrap. 90 pages plus 4-page publisher's catalog. The rear endpaper is lightly soiled. Very good.

First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 30596

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; PLAY; PLAYWRIGHT; BRITISH; JOE ORTON; CRIMES OF PASSION; THE RUFFIAN ON THE STAIRS; THE ERPINGHAM CAMP; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Orton, Joe.

Entertaining Mr. Sloane: A Comedy.

New York: Grove Press, Inc. 1964. 1964. New York: Grove Press, Inc. 1964. 1964. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed white wraps. The wraps are lightly rubbed, bumped & soiled with some light foxing to the edges. [x] & 84 pages. Good.

First American edition. Good .

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Book number: 34262

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; PLAY; COMEDY; BRITISH; PLAYWRIGHT; JOE ORTON; ENTERTAINING MR. SLOANE; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.

Orton, Joe

The Orton Diaries / Including the Correspondence of Edna Welthorpe and Others

New York: Harper & Row Publishers, (1986). (1986). New York: Harper & Row Publishers, (1986). (1986). Very good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. There is some very light spotting to the covers & there is a price-sticker on the front flap of the dust jacket. 304 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Very good.

First American edition.

Edited by John Lahr. Very good .

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Book number: 22372

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; THEATRE; PLAYWRIGHT; BRITISH; JOE ORTON; THE ORTON DIARIES; KENNETH HALLIWELL; GAY PLAYWRIGHT; JOHN LAHR; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.

Orton, Joe

The Orton Diaries Including the Correspondence of Edna Welthorpe and Others. Edited by John Lahr

NY: Harper & Row, Publishers, (1986). (1986). NY: Harper & Row, Publishers, (1986). (1986). Very good. - Octavo, black cloth titled in gilt in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The binding is bumped with staining to the bottom edges of the covers. 304 pages. Illustrated in B&W. Very good.

First American edition. Very good .

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Book number: 30597

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: LITERATURE; THEATRE; STAGE; THEATER; DRAMA; JOE ORTON; THE ORTON DIARIES.

Orton, Joe.

What the Butler Saw - Original Program for the 1969 Premiere.

London: The Queen's Theatre, 1969. 1969. London: The Queen's Theatre, 1969. 1969. Fine. - Octavo, 9 inches high by 6 inches wide. Softcover, bound in white wrappers with the title printed in red. [20] pages, illustrated with photographs of the members of the cast and advertisements. Near fine. First edition. The play opened on March 5, 1969 at The Queen's Theatre in London. The cast included Ralph Richardson, Coral Browne, Stanley Baxter, Julia Foster, Peter Bayliss, and Hayward Morse. It was directed by Robert Chetwyn. Fine .

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Book number: 98633

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; PLAY; JOE ORTON; WHAT THE BUTLER SAW; STAGE; ORIGINAL PROGRAM FOR THE 1969 PREMIERE; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; ILLUSTRATED; THE QUEEN'S THEATRE; LONDON; THEATER; RALPH RICHARDSON; CORAL BROWNE; STANLEY BAXTE

Osborne, John.

The Entertainer.

London: Faber and Faber, (November) (1957). (1957). London: Faber and Faber, (November) (1957). (1957). Very good. - Octavo, 8 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in teal green cloth titled in gilt on the spine, laid into a price-clipped black & white dust wrapper featuring a photograph of Laurence Olivier by Tony Armstrong Jones. There are small tears and chips along the bottom edges of the dust jacket. 89 pages. There is minor offsetting to the front endpaper with minor faint foxing to the first and last few pages. Very good. Second printing. Very good .

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Book number: 98394

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: LITERATURE; JOHN OSBORNE; THE ENTERTAINER; THEATRE; THEATER; PLAY; ENGLISH PLAYWRIGHT; CLASSIC PLAY; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY.

Osborne, John; and Creighton, Anthony

Epitaph for George Dillon: A Play in Three Acts

New York: Criterion Books, (1958). (1958). New York: Criterion Books, (1958). (1958). Fine. - Octavo, decorative blue paper covered boards backed with black cloth & titled in silver on the spine, in a dust wrapper. The covers are lightly bumped. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed with the rear panel slightly darkened around the edges. 94 pages. ear fine in a veyr good dust wrapper.

First American edition. Fine .

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Book number: 3331

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; STAGE; DRAMA; PLAY; PLAYWRIGHT; BRITISH; JOHN OSBORNE; ANTHONY CREIGHTON; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.