Ferlinghetti, Lawrence,

Unfair Arguments with Existence.

NY, New Directions, (1963). 6th ptg. VG PB. Five short plays bring to life a series of brilliant stage figures, each isolated in his own world and obsessions, and. bring Ferlinghetti closer in form and content to Ionesco, Genet and Tardieu than to any American playwright. Slight edge wear.

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Book number: BOOKS050084I

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La Comedie-Francaise,

Volpone!: December 1971.

np, Comedie-Francaise, (1971). G lg sz PB. Laid in program from "Becket ou l'Honneur de Dieu piece en quatre actes, de M. Jean Anouilh" with analyse & photos.

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Book number: BOOKS031552I

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France, Richard,

Obediently Yours, Orson Welles (a play in two acts).

np, np, (1995). VG in clear cover. Typewritten xeroxed manuscript of France's play now playing in Paris until October 29, 2010. The play features M. Drouot who. according to some critics greatly resembles Welles. France's play is also the basis for Mascares (Masks) which played at the San Sebastian Film Festival in September, 2009. Jose Maria Pou played Welles. France's later work published in 2001 is "Orson Welles on Shakespeare: the W.P.A. and Mercury Theatre Playscripts" won rave reviews for illuminating Welles and for giving us access to Welles.

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Book number: BOOKS047574I

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Galsworthy, John,

Old English: a play in three acts.

NY, Scribner, 1925. VG in G DJ. DJ browned, some foxing.

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Book number: BOOKS029621I

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Genet, Jean, preface by Jean-Paul Sartre,

The Maids and Deathwatch: two plays.

NY, Grove, (1962). 20th ptg. G PB. Genet was born in Paris in 1910, an illegitimate child who never knew his parents. He was adopted by a peasant family &. when caught stealing at 10 was sent to a reformatory. Later he joined the Foreign Legion but quickly deserted. For many years he wandered through Europe begging, thieving & smuggling & spent time in almosts every country through which he passed. He escaped life imprisonment & was granted a pardon by the president after a group of eminent writers & artists submitted a petition. He spent many years in intense creative activity & became a legendary figure. Edge wear.

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Book number: BOOKS029614I

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afterword by Clayton Hamilton,

Caponsacchi: a play in 3 acts, prologue & epilogue based upon Robert Browning's poem, "The Ring and the Book".

NY, Appleton, (1927). 4th ptg. VG. Orange cover, gilt lettering & decoration of sword. Owner name.

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Book number: BOOKS029615I

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Harris, Jed,

A Dance on the High Wire: recollections of a time and temperament.

NY, Crown, (1979). VG in VG DJ. "I never knew a director who could stage a play more skillfully than Jed Harris. He could dissect a script like a surgeon.". Marc Connelly. DJ sl soil & edge wear.

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Book number: BOOKS029613I

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Ibsen, Henrik, translation & introduction by C. H. Herford,

Brand: from The Collected Works of Henrik Ibsen.

NY, Scribner, 1917. Reprint. VG. Brick colored binding, gilt signature ft cover. Owner name fep.

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Book number: BOOKS029629I

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Ibsen, Henrik, introduction by H. L. Mencken,

Eleven Plays.

NY, Modern Library, nd. VG. Rose binding, black title box, gilt lettering & decoration.

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Book number: BOOKS029639I

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Keene, Donald, editor,

20 Plays of the NO Theatre.

NY, Columbia University Press, (1970). 3rd printing. VG PB. Edge wear. illustrated with drawings by Fukami Tanro and from the Hosho Texts. Number LXXXV of the Records of Civilization.

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Book number: BOOKS056061I

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MacLeish, Archibald,

J.B.: a play in verse.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, (1958). VG in Fair DJ. "If God is God He is not good, If God is good He is not God, Take the even, take the odd." The justification of the. injustice is not, in this play, our blind acceptance of god's inexplicable will, nor our blinder acceptance of the existence oft the world because the world exists. The justification is our love, in spite of everything, for God; our love of life in spite of life. Man depends on God for all things: God depends on man for one. And love is a free gift or it is nothing. Damp stain to top of DJ & book, DJ has some splits at corner.

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Book number: BOOKS053013I

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Mantle, Burns - Editor,

The Best Plays of 1943-44.

NY, Dodd, Mead & Co., 1944. VG. Some of the best plays of the war years: Winged Victory, The Voice of the Turtle, etc.

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Book number: BOOKS001117I

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Masefield, John,

Tristan and Isolt: A play in verse.

NY, Macmillan, 1927. 1st ed. VG. Some difference in coloring on front cover, back ep has marks as if something removed, top and bottom of spine sl wear.

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Book number: BOOKS001196I

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Racine, J., edited by Edward S. Joynes,

Athalie: a tragedy by J. Racine with explanatory notes.

NY, Holt, (1892). New ed. G. Index. Green binding, some discoloration. Owner notations endpapers, corners bumped.

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Book number: BOOKS041908I

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Rice, Elmer,

"Street Scene" theater program, Davidson Theater, March 30, 1930.

np, Moebius Co., (1930). VG. Aqua program with ad inset of Pierce-Arrow auto from Thinker Motor Co., Milwaukee. 8 page brochure full of ads. Sl edge wear. Winner of Pulitzer Prize 1929.

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Book number: BOOKS032140I

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