Anspacher, Louis K. (1878-1947. American poet, playwright and screenwriter.

Card Inscribed and Signed by American Poet, Playwright and Screenwriter Louis K. Anspacher.

January 29, 1933. 1933. - A 2 inch high by 2-7/8 inch wide card is boldly inscribed and signed: "Sincerely yours / Louis K. Anspacher / Jan 29/33. / I have no picture here --". The bottom edge of the card is slightly darkened. 2 pieces of tape adhere to the verso where the card has been removed from an album. Very good. Louis K. Anspacher [1878-1948] was an American poet, playwright and screenwriter. He wrote the scripts for four films which were adapted from his plays: ""The Embarrassment of Riches" [1918], "A Woman of Impulse" [1918] and "The Unchastened Woman" [filmed in 1918 and again in 1925]. Very good .

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Book number: 95580

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; FILM; MOVIES; POETRY; AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT; DRAMATIST; SCREENWRITER; POET; LOUIS K. ANSPACHER; INSCRIBED AND SIGNED CARD; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNATURE.

Powers, James T

Twinkle Little Star: Sparkling Memories of Seventy Years. With a Foreword by Charles Hanson Towne

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1939). (1939). New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1939). (1939). Good. - Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt. The covers are bumped & unevenly faded & there is a small tear to the front edge of the rear cover. The spine & its gilt titling are faded & the top of the rear joint is rubbed. xiv & pages [15]-379. Color frontispiece, 1 black-and-white plate & profuse black-and-white illustrations. Good.

First edition. Good .

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Book number: 3565

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; AMERICAN THEATER; ACTOR; JAMES T. POWERS; MEMOIRS; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Price, Gilbert; and Hawkins, Ira

In-Person Autographs. Signed by Two of the Stars of the Broadway Production of "Timbuktu!", Ira Hawkins & Gilbert Price

[New York]: [1978]. [1978]. [New York]: [1978]. [1978]. Very good. - An 11 inch high by 8-1/4 inch wide sheet with a photocopy of the program page and photocopied portraits of Ira Hawkins and Eartha Kitt as well as stills from the musical reproduced from magazine clippings mounted as a collage on the page. Signed by Ira Hawkins and with a signed inscription by Gilbert Price down the sides of the program. The sheet is creased and slightly chipped along the left edge. Very good.

In-person autographs signed by 2 of the stars of the Broadway production of "Timbuktu!" at the Mark Hellinger Theatre.

A protege of Langston Hughes, Gilbert Price (1942-1991) was an Aftrican-American Operatic baritone and actor. He was nominated for the Tony Award as best actor for his role in Timbuktu!

The sheet was signed for a collector who had put together an album of collages which he took around to concerts and performances. Very good .

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Book number: 33060

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; MUSICAL THEATER; STAGE; AMERICAN THEATRE; ORIGINAL BROADWAY PRODUCTION; TIMBUKTU!; AMERICAN ACTORS; STARS; AUTOGRAPHS; SIGNATURES; GILBERT PRICE; IRA HAWKINS; TONY AWARD NOMINATION; SINGERS; ACTORS; PERFORMERS.

Priestley, J. B.

Theatre Outlook.

London: Nicholson & Watson, (1947). (1947). - 8vo, white cloth (front cover slightly warped with a few tiny brown marks to both covers; light staining to front joint; head & tail of spine darkened) titled in gilt, in dw (rubbed & chipped; dw spine faded). 76 & [6] pp. (light foxing to endpapers; light offsetting to half-title). B&W & color illustrations from photographs & 6 color pictorial charts. Good.

First edition.

A study of the state of postwar English theatre and of its "ruinous and insane" economics.

Laid in is a program for a production of Priestley's "Dangerous Corner" by the Salisbury Players of Salisbury, CT. Good .

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Book number: 781

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; THEATRE; BRITISH; ENGLISH; ECONOMICS; PLAYWRIGHT; J. B. PRIESTLEY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Stevens, Roger L. (1910-1998). American theatre producer and arts administrator. Founding chairman of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the NEA.

An Apologetic Typed Letter Signed by the American Theater Producer Roger L. Stevens, As Chairman of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Apologizing to Jean Dalrymple Who Was Apparently Upset About Being Left out of the Loop in the Production of a Revival.

New York, February 19, 1983. 1983. - Over 220 words typed on 11 inch high by 8-1/4 inch wide creamy white "John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts" stationery with the center's logo and title printed in teal & green at the top. Responding to his friend City Center producer and ANTA's executive director Jean Dalrymple who was upset at being left out of the loop in decisions made in staging a revival of "On Your Toes". Stevens begins by saying that "I am distressed by your letter. I had no intention of upsetting you.." He goes on to describe how the project had "started off on a very small scale and somehow ballooned into a monster." Though most of the money was put up by the Kennedy Center, ANTA (the American National Theater and Academy) still had substantial funding involved. He explains that "From the beginning, we ran into a beehive of problems, not the least of which was Makarova's shocking injury; and with it all, we never really sat down and thought very clearly about the relation of ANTA and the Kennedy Canter." To appease her, Stevens hopes to have her attend the first preview with him and offer her opinion. "..the first preview is on Tuesday, March 1, and I very much hope that you will attend that with me and Delly and give us your opinion." Signed "Roger". Folded for mailing, else fine. The ballerina Natalia Makarova was injured by falling scenery during a performance of "On Your Toes", and was replaced in the role by Valentina Kozlova. The Virginia Theater opening was delayed and re-scheduled for March 6. Delly, to whom Stevens refers, is Alfred de Liagre, the executive producer for ANTA. Roger L. Stevens [1910-1998] was an American theatrical producer, arts administrator and real estate executive. He was the founding chairman of both the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts [1961] and the National Endowment for the Arts [1965]. He produced more than a hundred plays and musicals over his career, including "West Side Story", "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "Bus Stop". He became known for introducing plays by such adventurous writers as Harold Pinter, Arthur Kopit and Tom Stoppard. Jean Dalrymple (1902-1998) was the dynamic producer and director of theater and light-opera at Manhattan's City Center. Dalrymple began her career in vaudeville, appearing with James Cagney and Cary Grant in the early 1930s. She was a founding member of the American Theatre Wing, the theatre service organization. She worked over the years as a personal manager for the likes of Leopold Stokowski, Mary Martin, Jose Iturbi, Andre Kostelanetz, Nathan Milstein, and Lily Pons. She began her work at City Center with its founding in 1943, serving as a board member and publicist. Her productions there from the 1940s through the 1960s were a revitalizing influence on the whole New York theatre scene. In 1951, Jean Dalrymple married Major-General Philip deWitt Ginder, commander of the Thunderbirds in Korea. She was a friend to Presidents and entertainment personalities throughout the world. Fine .

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Book number: 96514

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; THEATRE; JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS; CHAIRMAN; ROGER L. STEVENS; TYPED LETTER SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; JEAN DALRYMPLE; MANHATTAN CITY CENTER PRODUCER; MANAGER; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; ON YOUR TOES; RODGERS AND HA

Spooner, Cecil. (1874-1953). Stage actress, theatre producer and feminist.

Autograph Note Signed by Stage Actress, Theatrical Producer and Feminist Cecil Spooner.

Jan 19th 1943. Jan 19th 1943. - sc 11 words penned in blue ink on a card 3 inches high by 5 inches wide. Signed "Cecil Spooner". The card is slightly darkened. Near fine.

A note acknowledging receipt of the scripts "It's on the House" and "Judy Takes a Punch".

One of the more dramatic incidents of Spooner's career occurred in 1913 [as reported in the New York Times of December 13 under the headline "Arrest of Actress Stops a Vice Play / Cecil Spooner Rides to Night Court in Patrol Wagon--Manager a Prisoner, Too"] when she was arrested, along with the manager of her theatre, as she was about to go onstage. The play, a dramatization of Reginald Wright Kaufmann's "The House of Bondage" was about white slavery and had drawn complaints of indecency. The audience protested vociferously, many of them following her to the police station. She was paroled into the custody of her counsel.

A scarce autograph. Very good .

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Book number: 33092

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; AMERICAN; ACTOR; ACTRESS; PRODUCER; FEMINIST; CECIL SPOONER; AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED; ANS; A.N.S.; SIGNATURE.

Stevens, Roger L. (1910-1998). American theatre producer and arts administrator. Founding chairman of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the NEA.

Typed Letter Signed by the American Theater Producer Roger L. Stevens, As Chairman of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Responding to Jean Dalrymple's Request for His Thoughts on a Book She Is Compiling.

New York, October 30, 1978. 1978. - Over 110 words typed on 11 inch high by 8-1/4 inch wide creamy white "John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts" stationery with the center's logo and title printed in teal & green at the top. Responding to his friend, City Center producer Jean Dalrymple's letter, Stevens apologizes for the delay in replying "In cleaning up my desk after having neglected it for awhile due to some travelling and putting together several plays, I came across your letter of August 9th.." Stevens continues "I am not really very knowledgeable about music so probably would not have had any worthwhile thoughts for the book you are compiling.." Signed "Roger". Folded for mailing, else fine. Roger L. Stevens [1910-1998] was an American theatrical producer, arts administrator and real estate executive. He was the founding chairman of both the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts [1961] and the National Endowment for the Arts [1965]. He produced more than a hundred plays and musicals over his career, including "West Side Story", "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "Bus Stop". He became known for introducing plays by such adventurous writers as Harold Pinter, Arthur Kopit and Tom Stoppard. Jean Dalrymple (1902-1998) was the dynamic producer and director of theater and light-opera at Manhattan's City Center. Dalrymple began her career in vaudeville, appearing with James Cagney and Cary Grant in the early 1930s. She was a founding member of the American Theatre Wing, the theatre service organization. She worked over the years as a personal manager for the likes of Leopold Stokowski, Mary Martin, Jose Iturbi, Andre Kostelanetz, Nathan Milstein, and Lily Pons. She began her work at City Center with its founding in 1943, serving as a board member and publicist. Her productions there from the 1940s through the 1960s were a revitalizing influence on the whole New York theatre scene. In 1951, Jean Dalrymple married Major-General Philip deWitt Ginder, commander of the Thunderbirds in Korea. She was a friend to Presidents and entertainment personalities throughout the world. Fine .

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Book number: 94948

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; THEATRE; JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS; CHAIRMAN; ROGER L. STEVENS; TYPED LETTER SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; JEAN DALRYMPLE; MANHATTAN CITY CENTER PRODUCER; MANAGER; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY.

(H.P. Hanaford Publisher).

The Cast. New York, Saturday, June 24, 1922. Vol. 84, No. 833.

New York: H. P. Hanaford Publisher, 1922. 1922. - 24mo [approximately 5-1/2 inches high by 3 inches wide], softcover bound in red & white wrappers with a vignette portrait of Anne Morrison in "The Bat" in black & white on the front cover. There is some minor soiling to the binding & the spine is slightly rubbed. 28 pages with pictorial ads on the inside wraps. Very good. "Containing the complete programs of attractions of leading theatres of Manhattan for the following week. / The only authentic guide to New York Theatres used by the amusement-seeking public." Among the productions listed in this issue are "The Bat" by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood, Irving Berlin's Music Box Revue, The Sixteenth of the Series of the National Institution Glorifying the American Girl / Ziegfield Follies" and "He Who Gets Slapped" by Leonid Andreyev. Very good .

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Book number: 37322

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; NEW YORK THEATRE; PERIODICAL; H. P. HANAFORD PUBLISHER; CAST; JUNE 1922 THEATRE GUIDE; ZIEGFIELD FOLLIES; IRVING BERLIN'S MUSIC BOX REVUE; MARY ROBERTS RINEHART; HE WHO GETS SLAPPED BY LEONID ANDREYEV.

Rattigan, Terence Merryn.

French without Tears: A Comedy in Three Acts.

New York: Farrar and Rinehart, Inc. (1938). (1938). New York: Farrar and Rinehart, Inc. (1938). (1938). Good. - Small octavo, red cloth titled in black on the front cover & spine. The covers are rubbed & bumped with some light staining. The spine is darkened with the tail chipped & the head lightly chipped & frayed. Half-title, title, [2] leaves & 168 pages. Illustrated with a stage diagram & a black- and-white frontispiece. The inner edges of the pastedowns & endpapers. are darkened. There is light staining to 1 or 2 pages & the page edges are slightly darkened. Good.

First edition.

From the library of film and Broadway actor Tom Seidel [1917-1992], signed by him on the front endpaper.

There are number of pencil underlinings, notations and small alterations in the text [affecting several different characters], which appear to have been made by someone involved in a production of the play. Good .

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Book number: 34323

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; PLAY; COMEDY; PLAYWRIGHT; BRITISH; ENGLISH; TERENCE RATTIGAN; FRENCH WITHOUT TEARS; ACTOR; TOM SEIDEL; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Rattigan, Terence; Hoffman, Theodore; Schwartz, Arthur; Cowan, Lester; Parker, Tyler; Gassner, John; Hotchner, A. E.; et al

Theatre Arts. Special Issue: Main Street to Broadway. July 1953. Volume XXXVII, No. 7

New York: National Theatre Arts Council, 1953. 1953. New York: National Theatre Arts Council, 1953. 1953. Good. - Quarto [11-3/8 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in black, white & red pictorial wrappers with a cover illustration by Al Hirschfeld. The binding is lightly rubbed, soiled & bumped with some stains to the wraps. There is a mailing label on the rear wrap & 2 small areas of the surface of the rear wrap are rubbed away. 96 pages. Black-and- white illustrations & pictorial ads. The top page corners are lightly bumped. Good.

This issue contains the complete script of "The Deep Blue Sea" by Terence Rattigan. Good .

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Book number: 21080

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; PERIODICAL; MAGAZINE; THEATRE ARTS; SPECIAL ISSUE: MAIN STREET TO BROADWAY; PLAYWRIGHT; BRITISH; TERENCE RATTIGAN; PLAY; SCRIPT; THE DEEP BLUE SEA; THEODORE HOFFMAN; ARTHUR SCHWARTZ; LESTER COWAN; PARKER TYLER; JOHN GASSNER; A. E.

Reed, Mark

Yes, My Darling Daughter: A Comedy in Three Acts

New York: Samuel French, 1937. 1937. New York: Samuel French, 1937. 1937. Very good. - Octavo, black cloth titled in gilt on front cover & spine. The binding is rubbed & the spine is somewhat faded. Half-title, title, [2] leaves & 128 pages. Illustrated with black-and-white plates [production shots]. The contents are very good.

First edition.

Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "To Maria Dickson With best wishes -- Mark Reed". Very good .

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Book number: 3320

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; STAGE; PLAY; PLAYWRIGHT; MARK REED; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Ribman, Ronald

The Rug Merchants of Chaos / and Other Plays

(New York): Theatre Communications Group, (1992). (1992). (New York): Theatre Communications Group, (1992). (1992). Fine. - Octavo, softcover bound in decorative yellow & red wraps. [v] & 177 pages. The top edge is lightly foxed. Near fine.

First edition.

The book also contains "Buck" and "Sweet Table at the Richelieu". Fine .

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Book number: 11137

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; THEATRE; STAGE; PLAY; PLAYWRIGHT; AMERICAN; RONALD RIBMAN; THE RUG MERCHANTS OF CHAOS; BUCK; SWEET TABLE AT THE RICHELIEU; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Rischbieter, Henning; editor.

Buhne Und Bildende Kunst IM XX. Jahrhundert: Maler Und Bildhauer Arbeiten Fur Das Theater / Herausgegeben Von Henning Rischbieter / Dokumentiert Von Wolfgang Storch.

Hannover: Friedrich Verlag, (1968). (1968). - Oblong quarto [12 inches high by 13 inches wide], dark magenta cloth titled in black on the front cover & spine, in a dust wrapper. There are tears to the cloth at the corners of the front cover & some small white stains to the rear cover. The head & tail of the spine are chipped & slightly frayed & the head of the spine is faded. The dust jacket is rubbed, chipped & soiled with a large piece out of the head of the spine & the adjacent corner of the rear panel. 305 pages. There is soiling to the bottom edge. The endpapers are creased with some staining to the rear endpaper. The rear blank is lightly creased & stained. Profusely illustrated in color & black & white. Very good in a fair dust wrapper. First edition. A book about scenic design by painters and sculptors, including, among many others, Leon Bakst, Picasso, Edvard Munch, Braque, Matisse, George Grosz, Salvador Dali, Franz Masereel, Henry Moore, Marcel Duchamp and Jim Dine. The text is in German. Good .

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Book number: 95640

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: ART; THEATER; THEATRE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; STAGE DESIGN; SCENE DESIGN; ARTISTS; PAINTERS; SCULPTORS; BUHNE UND BILDENDE KUNST IM XX. JAHRHUNDERT: MALER UND BILDHAUER ARBEITEN FUR DAS THEATER; HENNING RISCHBIETER; WOLFGANG STORCH; ILLUSTRATION

Robins, Edward.

Twelve Great Actresses.

New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, the Knickerbocker Press, 1900. 1900. - Octavo, light green cloth titled and decorated in gilt and black on the front cover and the spine with a depiction of a stage in gilt and black on the front cover. The top edge is gilt. The covers are slightly soiled with minor wear to the head and tail of the spine. [iii], x, 446 & [2] pages, illustrated with 20 plates, including 11 photogravures, each with a tissue guard. Very good. First edition. Biographies of Sarah Siddons, Margaret Woffington, Anne Oldfield, Frances Abington, Frances Ann Kemble, "Perdita" Robinson, Rachel, Charlotte Cushman, Adelaide Neilson, Ristori, Dora Jordan, and Anne Bracegirdle. Very good .

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Book number: 36316

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; PORTRAITS; TWELVE GREAT ACTRESSES; FIRST EDITON; 1ST EDITION; EDWARD ROBINS; SARAH SIDDONS; MRS. BARRY; ANNE OLDFIELD; FRANCES ABINGTON; FRANCES ANNE KEMBLE; PERDITA ROBINSON; RACHEL; CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN

Robins, Edward

Twelve Great Actors

New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons/The Knickerbocker Press, 1900. 1900. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons/The Knickerbocker Press, 1900. 1900. Very good. - Octavo, olive green cloth titled & decorated in gilt on the front cover & spine. The top edge is gilt. The covers are bumped & lightly rubbed & the head & tail of the spine are lightly chipped. x iv & 474 pages plus 3- page publisher's catalog. Illustrated with 19 black-and-white plates, including 12 photogravure portraits with tissue guards. There is a short tear to the bottom edge of the title & the front edge of 1 index page is chipped. The page edges are slightly darkened. Very good.

First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 3779

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; ACTORS; EDWARD ROBINS; DAVID GARRICK; JOHN PHILIP KEMBLE; EDMUND KEAN; JUNIOR BRUTUS BOOTH; EDWIN FORREST; WILLIAM CHARLES MACREADY; CHARLES JAMES MATHEWS; EDWIN BOOTH; CHARLES ALBERT FECHTER; WILLIAM E. BURTON; EDWARD A. SOUTHERN; JOHN LESTER WA