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RUSSIAN THEATRE Set and Costume Design 20th Century
The Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum
Moscow: Iskusstvo Publishing House 1971. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong folio. Original publisher's linen boards. 182 pp. 1f. <br/><br/>Profusely illustrated with 162 reproductions of Russian set and costume designs and several portraits relating primarily to Russian theatrical productions of the 20th century many in color from the collection of the State Central Museum of Theatre Art founded by Alexei Alexandrovich Bakhrushin 1865-1929. With introduction and full descriptive inventory of illustrations in Russian and English. On coated paper. Binding slightly worn. In worn dustjacket. Iskusstvo Publishing House hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 35717
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THEATRE Early 20th Century
Two early 20th-century broadside announcements for theatrical performances in Paris
No binding. Very Good. 1 Ca. 149 x 199 mm. For a performance of Willemetz Jacques-Charles and Saint-Granier's revue "On dit ça" at the Casino de Paris. Featuring Jane Marnac 1892-1976 Dorville 1883-1940 Saint-Granier 1890-1976 Mitty et Tillio The Real Jazz Kings and other noted artists. With a color illustration by C. Gesmar to verso. Ca. 1923<br/><br/>2 Ca. 132 x 212 mm. For a performance of Charles Méré's "La Danse de Minuit" at the Théatre de Paris. Featuring Véra Sergine 1884-1946 Victor Francen 1888-1977 Pierre Renoir 1885-1952 Henri Rollan 1888-1967 Marcelle Praince 1882-1969 and other noted actors. With 2 identical photographs by G.L. Manuel Frères of a painting presumably of Sergine to verso.<br/><br/>Creased at folds; minor wear. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 24726
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THEATRE Early 20th Century
Program for a performance of Leonid Andreyev's play He Who Gets Slapped at the Fulton Theatre on Broadway
No binding. Very Good. 24 pp. illustrated wrappers. Ca. 196 x 134 mm. Dated New York March 13 1922.<br/><br/>Featuring Edgar Stehli Ernest Cossart Frank Reicher Helen Westley Martha Bryan Allen Edwin R. Wolfe Richard Bennett and other prominent actors. <br/><br/>Moderate foxing browning and wear especially to wrappers. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 24729
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Pandemonium Theatre Company Bradbury Ray; Charles Rome Smith founder
Archive of 10 posters from Ray Bradbury plays Original posters for 10 plays from 1988-2004
Los Angeles: Pandemonium Theatre Company 2004. An archive of 10 original posters for productions staged by Ray Bradbury's Pandemonium Theatre Company from 1988 to 2004. The plays were performed in Southern California predominantly at The Court Theatre Falcon Theatre Theatre West The Raven Playhouse and Melrose Theatre. <br/><br/>The archive includes posters from 10 productions including "Fahrenheit 451" "The October Country" "Past Present & Future" "The Time of Going Away" and "Drunk and In Charge of a Bicycle." and his Irish play "Falling Upward!" "Falling Upward!" was one of Bradbury's favorite plays and especially as he advanced in age he was know to encourage its frequent production simply for the joy of being able to see it again. <br/><br/>Bradbury was an avid playwright and a familiar and enthusiastic presence in the Southern California theatre circuit near his home. In 1963 he and director Charles Rome Smith founded Pandemonium Theatre Company. The two friends would go on to work with the company together for the next four decades until Rome's death in 2004. This archive is a solid representation of the company's latter half before Smith's passing and Bradbury's hearing loss which would necessitate that he stop attending performances. <br/><br/>Posters approximately 11 x 17 inches. About Fine condition. Pandemonium Theatre Company unknown books
Bookseller reference : 132996
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The Living Theatre Beck Julian and Judith Malin
Paradise Now Program and photographs from the 1968 play
N.p.: N.p. 1968. Collection of three single weight and one double weight vintage photographs and an original program from the 1968 premiere of The Living Theatre's experimental theatre piece "Paradise Now" performed on July 24 at a Carmelite cloister as part of the 22nd Avignon Festival in Avignon France. <br/><br/>Three of the photographs with stamps of the Gamma photo agency or photographers on the verso two with holograph annotations regarding the production on the verso. <br/><br/>The program published by Walter Swennen contains the text of "Let Us Talk about Counterrevolution" from the play in both French and English. <br/><br/>After a dispute with the IRS led to the closing of their New York City theater in 1963 Julian Beck and Judith Malina moved The Living Theatre to Europe where they toured almost exclusively refining the group's vision of improvisational collaborative and participatory leftist theatre. In 1968 they debuted what would become their signature piece "Paradise Now" at the Avignon Festival where at the conclusion of the piece both performers and audience members took to the streets in a combination demonstration and parade that caused controversy among the residents of the town. <br/><br/>Program: 4.25 x 10.5 inches 30 pages saddle stapled in wrappers. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Photographs: Variously sized between 7.75 x 5.75 inches and 12 x 7.75 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 138257
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The Living Theatre Holst Spence
25 Stories and Storytelling Flyer Archive from reading at The Living Theatre on February 1 1961
New York: Self published 1960. Archive of two pieces from one of the New York Underground's most creative and charismatic orators Spencer Holst. Includes Holst's self-published first book "25 Stories" 1960 and a flyer from a reading shortly after publication at The Living Theatre in New York on February 1 1961. <br/><br/>Holst was already a well-known and gifted speaker by the time "25 Stories" was published with the help of his wife abstract expressionist painter Beate Wheeler. He frequently held audiences with his psychedelic and surrealistic tales and would give performances at Judith Malina and Julian Beck's The Living Theatre selling copies of "25 Stories" at the show. Holst's work continued to fascinate audiences and "25 Stories" was reprinted in 1993 by Station Hill Press as the better part of a career-spanning collection "The Zebra Storyteller."<br/><br/>Book: tall handbound perfect bound wrappers 4.5 x 14 inches. Spine ends chipped cracked front hinge dampstains and soiling overall Good plus and still serviceable surviving copies of this fragile book are scarce in any condition. <br/><br/>Flyer: 8 x 12.5 inches. Very Good plus with one vertical fold and minimal toning along the fold. Self published unknown books
Bookseller reference : 131291
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Royal Books and American Film Institute Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
Behind the Fourth Wall: Actors and Directors on the Set 1926-2001 Exhibition Catalog
Baltimore MD: Royal Books 2014. First Edition. First Edition. An exhibition catalog accompanying the photography exhibition at the American Film Institute Silver Theatre and Culture Center from March 7 to May 26 2014. <br/><br/>A deluxe catalog featuring 50 vintage photographs of directors and actors from around the world at work behind the camera including Alfred Hitchcock Nicholas Ray Federico Fellini Michelangelo Antonioni Audrey Hepburn Fred Astaire Orson Welles Robert Wise Jerome Robbins Ben Hecht Peter O'Toole Stanley Kubrick Roman Polanski Arthur Penn Monte Hellman and many others. <br/><br/>9 x 8 inches. Fine in perfect bound wrappers. Royal Books unknown books
Bookseller reference : 133502
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YIDDISH THEATRE ADLER Celia with Jacob Tikman
Celia Adler dertzeilt The Celia Adler Story. Geshribn mit der hilf fun Jacob Tikman
New York: Celia Adler Fondeyshon un bukh-komitet Celia Adler Foundation 1959. First Edition. Two octavo volumes 24cm. Blue cloth boards; dustjackets; viii688pp; illus. Old damp-marks to board edges of both volumes causing discoloration to cloth but no structural damage. Text clean tight and unmarked; jackets lightly worn and sun-faded; complete sound and Good. Text entirely in Yiddish save verso of title page which provides both a transcription and an English-language translation of the title and publisher. Exceedingly uncommon autobiography of Celia Adler 1899-1979 daughter of Jacob Adler and half-sister to Stella Adler known as the "First Lady of the Yiddish Theatre." Adler was associated with the Yiddish Art Theater movement of the 1920s and gave one of the first theatrical portrayals of a Holocaust survivor in her brother Luther's 1946 Broadway production A Flag is Born. Unaccountably scarce even for an American work written entirely in Yiddish: OCLC notes a single location only in the U.S. Northwestern; five more copies are in European and Israeli institutions. Celia Adler Fondeyshon un bukh-komitet [Celia Adler Foundation] unknown books
Bookseller reference : 49878
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GRAPHICS PRAGUE CITY THEATRE
Ro enka Kruhu Solistu 1933 Ro nÃk X. Mestskych Divadel Pražskych
Prague 1933. First Edition. 12mo 14.5cm.; publisher's orange cloth-backed pictorial boards printed in darker orange and black; 115pp.; 24 leaves of photomontaged plates illustrated ads throughout. Light shelf wear faint dampstaining along fore-edge of rear cover else Very Good and sound internally fine. Tenth annual yearbook issued by the Prague City Theatre featuring twenty-four photomontaged portraits of cast members the portraits often incorporating elements from the short poems about each member. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 45243
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HAYES Helen AMERICAN NATIONAL THEATRE AND ACADEMY WEST
Commemorative Book The American National Theatre and Academy West and the Antans Present the 1976 National Artist Award to Miss Helen Hayes.
Los Angeles: American National Theatre 1976. First Edition. Quarto 28cm.; publisher's silver photo-illustrated card wrappers; unpaginated approx. 250pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Light shelf wear else Very Good or better. Quite a substantial souvenir album devoted to the career of stage and film actor Helen Hayes. American National Theatre unknown books
Bookseller reference : 43758
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CAPE COD POETS THEATRE GOUVEIA Jose ed
Full Moon Dancers: Cape Poet. Spring 2001
N.p.: Cape Cod Poets Theatre 2001. First Edition. Octavo 21.5cm.; publisher's yellow pictorial staplebound wrappers; 31pp. Just a hint of wear and soil else Near Fine. Poetry anthology including contributions by Marge Piercy and Martin Espada. This title unlocated in OCLC as of October 2018. Cape Cod Poets Theatre unknown books
Bookseller reference : 42702
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THEATRE SCHOOL OF DRAMATIC ARTS BRACE Norman
Co-Ed Summer Session at Briarcliff Lodge Briarcliff Manor New York . Intensive Course in Dramatic Arts for Teachers Directors and Students. From July Seventh to August Nineteenth
New York: Theatre School of Dramatic Arts 1938. First Edition. Octavo 22.5cm.; original pink staplebound double self-wrappers printed in brown; unpaged; textblock printed on pink stock interleaved with photographic plates. Fine. Order blank laid in. New York Historical Society only in OCLC as of June 2015. Theatre School of Dramatic Arts unknown books
Bookseller reference : 26792
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Americana 19th Century Theatre Photography
Circa 1882 Cabinet Card Photograph of Opera Tenor Ernesto Nicolini By Sarony New York
New York: Sarony 1882. Cabinet card image of French opera tenor Ernesto Nicolini 1834 - 1898 with the photographer's name of Sarony 37 Union Sqr. N.Y. on the mount below the image; about 4 1/4" x 6 1/2" overall size; light wear; in very good condition. Photography. Not Bound. Very Good. Sarony Paperback books
Bookseller reference : 22648
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Theatre.
Two Boston Theatre Playbills.
Boston: 1854. Broadsides 7 1/2 x 19†wood and lead letterpress printing in protective sleeve; very good. § Two playbills from 1854 featuring “Mr. Forrest†in “Damon and Pythias or The Test of Friendship†and “Gladiator!†Edwin Forrest 1806-1872 was the first American-born star of the U.S. stage. His feud with British actor William Charles Macready was said to have played a major role in the deadly Astor Place Riot of 1849. 1854. Broadsides unknown books
Bookseller reference : 108140
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Americana New York City Theatre History
Theatre Masque Theatre Program Week Beginning Monday Evening February 11 1929 T.S. Productions Inc. Present "The Subway" By Elmer Rice Directed By Adele Gutman Nathan Settings Conceived By Walter Walden
New York NY: The New York Magazine Program 1929. 16 pages; color cover & endpaper illustrations; black and white illustrated within. Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" size; stapled paper wraps some darkening wear to covers covers creaed; in good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. The New York Magazine Program paperback books
Bookseller reference : 26298
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National Theatre
THE PLAYBILL FOR THE NATIONAL THEATRE; THE CONSTANT WIFE
N.p.: Playbill. Very Good. 1951. Pamphlet. Playbill for the National Theatre 1951. 40 pages. The interior is clean and bright with all ads intact. The paper wrappers are crisp. Overall a very good copy. . Playbill unknown books
Bookseller reference : 42288
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Seifert Jaroslav editor; Dramaticky klub Theatre Club
Nová scéna: mÄsÃÄnÃk pro divadelnà poesii The new stage: a monthly journal for theatrical poetry nos. 1-6. All published
Prague: Otto Girgal 1929-1930. Small quartos 24.5 à 17.5 cm. Original printed wrappers; consecutive pagination 135 6 pp. Occasional illustrations. Small loss to lower right corner of first issue not affecting text; the other issues in fine condition in protective mylar. Complete run of this Czech avant-garde theatre journal which arose as a polemical forum for a less conservative more visually inventive and experimental theatre and was edited by the poetist writer Jaroslav Seifert. As the surrealist poet VÃtÄzslav Nezval writes in his manifesto "The avant-garde stage" from the first issue: "Forget all theatres that don't implement the most furtive needs of your bodies and souls forget them all" p. 9. With theoretical essays and manifestos by F. X. Å alda Jan BartoÅ¡ E. F. Burian ArnoÅ¡t DvoÅák Karel Teige JiÅà Karásek ze Lvovic VÃtÄzslav Nezval; poetry by Halas and Hora; excerpts of plays by Nezval BartoÅ¡ Alfred Jarry and others. Also contains shorter glosses about cultural events related to theatre. With drawings by Toyen Jaroslav Král FrantiÅ¡ek Muzika and Arch. Heythum and appealing understated typographic design throughout to both front and rear wrappers. KVK OCLC show copies at the British Library Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Cambridge Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Getty Harvard Herder-Institut and Oxford. unknown books
Bookseller reference : P5666
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Americana New York City Theatre History
Ambassador Theatre Program Week Beginning Monday Evening January 30 1928 Alexander Mckaig Presents "The Racket" By Bartlett Cormack with John Cromwell Edward G. Robinson and Marion Coakley Settings Designed By Livingston Platt
New York NY: The New York Magazine Program 1928. 24 pages; color cover & endpaper illustrations; black and white illustrated within. Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" size; stapled paper wraps some darkening wear to covers corners with tiny chips; contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. The New York Magazine Program paperback books
Bookseller reference : 26293
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THEATRE. Raucourt Francoise Marie Antoinette Saucerotte 1756 1814
Mlle. Raucourt D'après le Portrait peint par Mr. Gros en 1796. Gravée par Ruotte
Paris 1796. 390 x 290 mm. <br/><br/>Some foxing and minor wear. Hall III p. 385 2. <br/><br/>Raucourt a popular and controversial French actress made her debut at the Comédie Française in 1772 as Dido going on to play all the classical tragédienne roles. "Her beauty and talent had made her famous but her not so secret love affairs with other women made her notorious . Raucourt led the Sect of Anadrynes a society of lesbians in Paris . At the outbreak of the Revolution she was imprisoned for six months with other royalist members of the Comédie Française and she did not reappear upon that stage until the close of 1793 and then only for a short time. She deserted with a dozen of the best actors in the company to found a rival colony but a summons from the Directory brought her back in 1797 . Her funeral was the occasion of a riot. The clergy of her parish having refused to receive the body the crowd broke in the church doors and were only restrained from further violence by the arrival of an almoner sent posthaste by Louis XVIII." Wikipedia. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21336
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THEATRE. Le Kain Henri Louis 1729 1778
Original engraving by Auguste de St.-Aubin after the painting by S.B. Le Noir
Le Kain is depicted in the role of Orosmane in Voltaire's "Zaire." 420 x 282 mm. No place no date but Paris ca. 1775. <br/><br/>Slightly browned and foxed. Proof before text. Hall III p. 32. <br/><br/>Le Kain was a noted French actor who performed with the Comédie Française. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21321
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Theatre Broadside
RICHARDSON'S THEATRE.WHEN WILL BE PERFORMED A NEW ASIATIC MELO DRAME CALLED THE AFRICANS OR THE DESOLATE ISLAND.caption title
London: Hughes 1800. Broadside 10 x 7 1/4 inches. Mounted onto a later sheet. Minor soiling. Very good. An engaging broadside for a theatre performance centered around a drama called "The Africans." The scenery for the play is taken from the work of the intrepid British explorer Mungo Park and features views of the African coast and interior "Omai's Cave" and warrior huts. The characters include Omai an African Chief evidently confusing him with the famed Omai from the South Seas warriors named Wahedooa Tongataboo Tiaiarboo and Kiahiargo and a Princess named Terapo. The bill promises an evening in which "the retributive hand of Providence will manifest its abhorrence of Vice; and Virtue and Constancy eventually triumphant." A pantomime called "Harlequin Traveller; or a Trip Round the World" would also be performed the whole evening culminating with a grand panoramic view of the Rock of Gibraltar. Hughes unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCAM32859
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California Theatre
DIETZ OPERA HOUSE! OAKLAND. THE GRANDEST EXHIBITION IN THE WORLD. McDONOUGH & EARNSHAW'S ROYAL MARIONETTES! FOR ONE WEEK ONLY.ORDER OF PROGRAMME - PART FIRST. CHRISTY MINSTRELS.
Oakland 1874. Handbill 8 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches printed on yellow paper. Old light folds else fine. Scarce handbill advertising a night's entertainment at the Dietz Opera House the first theatre in Oakland located at the corner of Webster and 12th Streets. Shows began there around 1874 and continued until 1905 and the theatre hosted stars such as Buffalo Bill and Sarah Bernhardt. Along with McDonough & Earnshaw's Royal Marionettes and the Christy Minstrels part three of the night's entertainment is a performance called "Sports of the Fantoccini" composed of Chinese bell ringers and "Brigham Young and Family." In an 1896 SAN FRANCISCO CALL article about theatrical manager Mark Thall he claims to have been present for McDonough and Earnshaw shows at the theatre "with the first company that opened the old Dietz Opera- house" a date he places at 1870. But since shows did not begin at the Dietz until around 1874 we place the printing of this broadside at that date. unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCAM48099
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Sanders Theatre
1953 Program Joint Concert with Princeton Glee Club and Harvard Glee Club
Cambridge 1953. Paper. Very good. Sanders Theatre. Included Berlioz Bach Kodaly Gilbert & Sullivan and Russian Italian Welsh and Philippine Folk Songs. Closing Number united singing Handel Words by Milton with Old Nassau and Fair Harvard. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 10451
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Theatre Playbill. Shaw Mary. Ritchie Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt 1819 1870 Playwright
ARMAND! Or --- the Peer and the Peasant. Fourth Appearance of Miss Mary Shaw. To Conclude with the Musical Farce called Swiss Swains. BOSTON MUSEUM. August 19 1858
Boston: Hooton Printing Establishment 1858. 1st printing. Buff printed paper. Modest wear to paper some age-toning rubbing/light chipping to edges horizontal crease. Very Good. Single broadsheet printed recto only. 12-1/16" x 5-9/16" <br/><br/> Hooton Printing Establishment unknown books
Bookseller reference : 41641
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Living Theatre Gelber Jack
Living Theatre Promotional Booklet for The Connection by Jack Gelber
New York: Living Theatre 1960. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Plastic ring bound slender volume which collects newspaper and magazine reviews of the Living Theatre performances of The Connection by Jack Gelber which was performed for the first time on July 15 1959 directed by Judith Malina and designed by Julian Beck. 36 pp. Not dated but realistically circulated sometime around 1960. Very good condition with a few of the fragile plastic rings having partially snaped off. Living Theatre paperback books
Bookseller reference : 30310
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Odeon Theatre
A Collection of 9 stills from the gala premiere of "There's No Business Like Show Business" at the Odeon Theatre in 1955
London: N.p. 1955. Collection of 9 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1955 release of the 1954 US film "There's No Business Like Show Business" at the Odeon Theatre in London. Mimeograph snipes affixed to the versos. <br/><br/>Several celebrities attended the premiere of the Marilyn Monroe-starring film including Arlyn Roberts and Vernon Gray Helene Cordet Elizabeth Welch Yolande Donlan Beth Douglas and Vera Lynn all represented in this collection. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good withmoderate toning and short creases to the edges. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 132427
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LIVING THEATRE. Silvestro Carlo. ed.
The Living Book of the Living Theatre.
Greenwich: New York Graphic Society 1976. First US edition. 246 pp. Very good plus in like dust jacket with two closed edge tears. Richard Schechner introduces this collection of text and illustrations 281 b&w images by and about the Living Theatre. Greenwich: New York Graphic Society unknown books
Bookseller reference : 72768
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BABYLON THEATRE.
The Refillable Steamy.
Salt Lake City: Litmus 1976. First edition. 85 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Dramatic works with a history of the group. Salt Lake City: Litmus unknown books
Bookseller reference : 47395
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BEEF LOVENSKO/Omaha Magic Theatre. et al eds.
Beef Tabloid 1-22 complete.
Omaha & San Francisco: Lovensko 1980-1987. Complete run of 22 issues all very near fine or better. Founded in Omaha Nebraska moved to San Francisco in mid-life. After initially concentrating on the small but active Omaha arts scene the focus of the tabloid rapidly expanded to include articles on overseas arts injustices in South America alternative living and American politics in addition to art record and film reviews. Specific appearances within the covers: interviews with The Waitresses 9 Philip Glass 10 21 Lawrence Ferlinghetti 13 Meredith Monk 13 Jean Tinguely 14 Shonen Knife 16 Survival Research Labs 17 Nina Hagen 18 H.R. Giger 18 Exene Cervenka & Wanda Coleman 18 Yoko Ono 19 Nam Jun Paik 21 Fakir Musafar 22; articles on mail art 3 14 computer hacking 12 ; poems John M. Bennett 3 opal nations 4 a short piece on an Allen Ginsberg performance in Denver with photographs 9 Mike Basinski 12; art by Gary Panter 4; an insert: “Cow Town Art: Bovine Issue #4†by Patrick Beilman 5; and Calypso Machine Gun/Bump Fuzz 7†single on red vinyl laid into issue #9. BEEF TABLOID was distributed free; complete runs are difficult to assemble. For the set: Omaha & San Francisco: Lovensko unknown books
Bookseller reference : 43524
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Americana New York City Theatre History
Imperial Theatre Program Week Beginning Monday Evening December 26 1927 Lawrence Schwab and Frank Mandel Present The Desert Song
New York NY: New York Theatre Program Corporation 1927. 24 pages; color cover & endpaper illustrations; black and white illustrated within. Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" size; stapled paper wraps detached; some darkening wear to covers tips chipped a little; contents clean and in good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. New York Theatre Program Corporation paperback books
Bookseller reference : 26290
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Nebraska. Theatre
Centennial Opera House! Benefit of the Library and Reading Room! The Lincoln Thespians caption title
Lincoln Ne 1876. About very good. Broadside 24.5 x 10 inches. Old fold lines. Some wear and soiling small loss near top left and lower right edges. Announcing the fourth appearance of the Lincoln Thespians on the evening of June 29 1876 performing Enoch Arden and a vaudeville play entitled The Loan of a Lover. The performance will benefit the library and reading room and feature a much improved acting troupe: "owing to their increased facilities and some valuable additions in the way of excellent amateur talent they will present to the citizens of Lincoln a better entertainment than ever before." Admission is fifty cents reservable at J.H. Harley's Drug Store. The bottom third of the sheet lists the actors for each play with their character roles. A striking broadside and unrecorded in OCLC. A rare and interesting piece of Western Americana. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 1063
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Theatre Broadside
Broadside for the Theatre Royal at Covent Garden presenting Sheridan Knowles' "Virginius; or the liberation of Rome" and "Harlequin & Cinderella: or the Little Glass Slipper" Monday 12 June 1820
London: Printed by E. Macleish 1814. 1 vols. ca.7 x 12 1/2 inches. Some light offsetting and discoloration line of forthcoming productions cropped else a very good copy. 1 vols. ca.7 x 12 1/2 inches. "Cinderella". The cast of the first including Charles Kemble Charles Macready Mr. Abbott Daniel Egerton and Maria Foote later Countess of Harrington. The "Cinderella" case included Mr. Ellar Mr. Barnes Miss Green and Miss J. Scott. "Virginius" had opened for the first time the 17th of May and became an instant success. Forthcoming productions are noted below. Charles Macready is also noted for his friendships with Forster Dickens and Maclise. Printed by E. Macleish unknown books
Bookseller reference : 23191
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Theatre de la Jeune Lune
Theatre de la Jeune Lune Presents Moonlight Madness
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press 1988. 11.5" x 17.5 event broadside tricolor. <br/><br/> Coffee House Press] unknown books
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American Theatre for Poets Inc
Cover title The American Theatre for Poets Inc. presents March 29 & 30 1965 at 9:00 pm The Fugs!
New York: East End Theatre 1965. First edition 4to 2 mimeographed leaves; original printed yellow staplebound upper cover wrapper a few soil spots; about fine. Program for a rock concert featuring Al Fowler Tuli Kupferberg Ed Sanders Peter Stampfel Kenneth Weaver Steve Weber and Jane Holzer. Program accompanied by Sanders's poem "Coca-Cola Douche" and Kupferberg's "Jack Off Blues" <br/><br/> East End Theatre unknown books
Bookseller reference : 43948
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Music Ephemera; Living Theatre Tudor David with John Cage and Toshi Ichiyanagi
Announcement Flyer for a Series of Concerts with David Tudor Accompanied by John Cage and Toshi Ichiyanagi
New York: Living Theatre 1960. First edition. Loose Sheets. Very Good . Wide single sheet of paper. An illustrated announcement flyer or handbill for a series of concerts in New York with David Tudor sponsored by the Living Theatre. The flyer measures 8 1/2" tall x 13 1/2" wide. Light edgewear. A better than very good example of this uncommon piece of avant garde music paper ephemera. Not dated but from 1960. Living Theatre unknown books
Bookseller reference : 31388
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Theatre Marigny
JOSEPHINE BAKER / LA CRÉOLE 1934 French photo
Vintage original 8 x 7" 20 x 18 cm. borderless black-and-white photo France. <br /><br />Josephine Baker rose in a decade in Paris from doing provocative dances to lead roles in the theater as here: a portrait of her in a 1934 revival of the Jacques Offenbach operetta <i>La créole</i> being done at the Theatre Marigny. <br /><br />Photo has a fair amount of rippling VERY GOOD-. Theatre Marigny books
Bookseller reference : WALTER-FILM002156
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Living Theatre Julian Beck and Judith Malina
Revolution as an Alternative Flyer
New York: Privately Printed No Date. First edition. Loose Sheets. Very Good. Single sheet poster / flyer announcing Living Theatre founders Julian Beck and Judith Malina in an open discussion entitled Revolution as an Alternative Sunday March 10 at The Center 106 Forsythe St. No year provided. Flyer measures just under 8 1/2 x 11" tall. A clean near fine example. Flyer is illustrated in photo-collage artist not stated. Privately Printed unknown books
Bookseller reference : 24709
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No author stated The New Theatre
NEW THEATRE NEW YORK
New York: The De Vinne Press 1909. Softcover. Very good/No dust jacket. The De Vinne Press paperback books
Bookseller reference : 45604
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Alvin Theatre
FUNNY FACE 1927 Photo of Broadway production
No binding. Very Good. Photo Vintage original 14 x 11"" 35 x 28 cm. black-and-white single weight glossy silver gelatin print still photo USA. Fred Astaire Adele Astaire Victor Moore Betty Compton. William Kent Gertrude McDonald produced by: Alex A. Aarons Vinton Freedley: Alvin Theatre. A very popular George and Ira Gershwin musical for which many of their top songs were written. Hit songs included ""S'Wonderful"""" Funny Face"" and ""My One and Only."" The show opened the Alvin Theatre and was the first in which Fred Astaire danced in tails at this time with sister Adele. Future movie names included Alfred Newman as musical director and Bobby Connolly on dances. In this image we have the smart looking supporting players Betty Compton William Kent and Gertrude McDonald. Their names are in pencil on the back as are three ink stamps from Culver Pictures. Top right bottom right and left corners are trimmed for publication. Some border wear. Fun image from old Broadway VERY GOOD. unknown books
Bookseller reference : WALTER-FILM000385
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Americana New York City Theatre History
The Booth Theatre Program Week Beginning Wednesday Evening December 23 1925 Richard Herndon Presents "The Patsy" a New American Comedy By Barry Conners Author of "Applesauce" with Claiborne Foster Staged By Allan Dinehart
New York NY: The New York Theatre Advertising Medium 1925. 16 pages; color cover & endpaper illustrations; black and white illustrated within. Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" size; stapled paper wraps some darkening wear to covers; previous owner note regarding seeing the show on first page; contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. The New York Theatre Advertising Medium paperback books
Bookseller reference : 26302
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Ballet Theatre Foundation.
The Ballet Theatre: Fifteenth Season 1953-1954.
New York. : Ballet Theatre Foundation. 1954. . Stapled wrap. Very light soiling and light wear to covers otherwise a very good copy. . 4to. Signed by Igor Youskevich Alicia Alonso John Kriza Melissa Hayden Roy Fitzell and Job Sanders on their respective photographs. Program for 1954 series at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House laid in. Numerous photographs of the performers. Ballet Theatre Foundation. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 231274
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Americana 20th Century Actor's Equity Association Illinois Marengo Shady Lane Theatre
1952 Actors' Equity Association Minimum Contract for Stock Signed By Lolabelle Godfrey Parsons & Shady Lane Theatre Manager Frank Bryan
New York NY: Actors' Equity Association 1952. Two-sided legal document a basic agreement of employment with compensation legal requirements spelled out; union printed by Allied; the Shady Lane Theatre was established in 1941 by Dorothy & Frank Bryan and was a popular summer stock theatre in Marengo northern Illinois which had a long history of productions mostly light drama and comedy ending in the 1990s; approx. 8 1/2" x 14" size; light wear old fold lines; in very good condition; interesting early 20th century American theatrical business ephemera. Document. Document . Very Good. Actors' Equity Association Paperback books
Bookseller reference : 23813
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Living Theatre
Flyer Advertising a Benefit for Leroi Jones
New York: The Living Theatre 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8.5" x 11" approx. printed recto only in black. Ink mildly faded with slight toning. Very near fine. <br/><br/>Flyer for a benefit event for Amiri Baraka then Leroi Jones hosted by the experimental theater company The Living Theatre. Consisting of readings concert lectures and other entertainments performers included Frank O'Hara Larry Rivers and Joel Oppenhieimer. Proceeds for the event went to Baraka and his then-wife Hettie Jones who were both ill and unable to work. The Living Theatre hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 16868
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Americana New York City Theatre History
Henry Miller's Theatre Program Week Beginning Monday Evening February 17 1930 Gilbert Miller By Arrangement with Maurice Browne Presents Journey's End a Play in Three Acts By R.C. Sherriff Directed By James Whale
New York NY: The New York Magazine Program 1930. 24 pages; color cover & endpaper illustrations; black and white illustrated within. Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" size; stapled paper wraps some darkening wear to covers; closed edge-tear last page; contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. The New York Magazine Program paperback books
Bookseller reference : 26300
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PERLMAN Fredy. The Living Theatre
PLUNDER
Detroit: Black & Red 1973. Second edition. Wraps. Near fine. 8vo. Saddle-stapled pictorial card wraps. Near fine. A bit of wear along spine. Shallow creasing to several pages. Printed in several different ink colors throughout. Overall clean bright. 84pp. <br/><br/>A play by Perlman originally printed 1962 by Perlman on the "General Strike for Peace Offset Press" at the Living Theatre New York where the play was performed. Perlman was a noted anarchist author and publisher; this edition from his own Black & Red press. (Black & Red) paperback books
Bookseller reference : 20174
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East Bohemian Puppet Theatre Drak
DRAK Promotional Newspaper For the Play "Circus Unikum"
Hradec Králové Czechoslovakia: East Bohemian Puppet Theatre Drak ca. 1979. First Edition. Very good. Folio. Thick newsprint printed offset. About very good overall. Folded into eighths with some small holes near folds at center. Moderately toned. Complete. 4 pp. <br/><br/>Interesting newspaper promoting a play by this this puppet theatre company in the city of Hradec Králové. The play was "Cirkus Unikum" about the October Revolution described as being "in the spirit of the revolutionary aesthetic." Consists of photographs of the play's performance which included not only puppets but also costumed actors along with large graphic pointing hands. Printed in English throughout. East Bohemian Puppet Theatre Drak unknown books
Bookseller reference : 21853
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Theatre: Displaced Persons Camps: Latvia
Photograph Album and Archive of Latvian Displaced Persons Camp and Theatre Performances
Various ca. 1945-1960. Oblong string-bound folio album. 13 black paper leaves with 241 black and white snapshot photographs densely mounted both recto and verso. With an additional 130 black and white and 11 color photographs loose. 382 in all. Album leave have some waviness from adhesive. A few prints perished. Loose prints mildly curled worn. Entire contents housed in new archival box. Overall very good. <br/><br/>Large archive centered around an album of resettlement family life and theatre performances within Latvian Displaced Persons Camps in Germany following WWII — majority of views likely of the camp at Augsburg judging from signage and countryside terrains. The unnamed compiler appears to have been active in the Latvian National Theatre before the war and had a vital role in the performances staged within various DP Camps between 1945 and 1950 with at least Esslingen and Augsburg as named locations in notations to performance images. In his 2014 book DPs: EUROPE'S DISPLACED PERSONS: 1945–51 Mark Wyman writes of the desire to maintain national pride and customs in the camps: "Professor Alfreds Straumanis a former actor and director in Latvian DP theatre said that this desire was especially prominent in the extensive network of theatrical companies that spread through the Latvian camps. These had an immediate base to grow on since most the former Latvian National Theatre actors . were in the Meerbeck DP camp; in fact some fifteen of that organization's best professionals where joined by some twenty others who also had professional theater experience in Latvia." 163 Notable images include a series of the family living in a boxcar; many views of camp processing procedure; a ca. 1950 trip aboard the USS General R. L. Howze transport from Europe to The United States; dozens of theatre production photos; ancestral CDV's and pre-war family photos; several sketches depicting life in the camps; as well as theatre images of Latvia. The family appears to have settled in the U.S. Washington state following their 1950 passage and continued to perform in traditional Latvian theater even traveling to Bolivia for performances. Approximately 65 post-war family images are also among the more than 300 scarce primary views of Latvian DP Camp life and traditional Latvian theatre before and after World War II. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 22839
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Fandom: Celebrity Culture: Theatre: Sport. MABEE Leonard S.
THEATRICAL BIOGRAPHIES Spine Title; Fan Scrapbook of Late 19th Century Actors and Athletes
New York 1890. Hardcover. Near fine. Oblong 24mo. black cloth scrapbook with compiler's intials printed in gilt on cover. Contains ~171 leaves with pasted cut-outs of photos and illustrated portraits of stars about 65 in total with orginal typewritten in blue ribbon but top copy biographical information for each. About near fine overall. Light soil to rear board. First leaf detached but otherwise sound throughout and clean with just a bit of wrinkling near glued portraits. <br/><br/>A carefully assembled and impressively detailed set of photos and bios of contemporary American and British actors singers and athletes about 42 of whom are men and 23 women. A few of their names include: Mittens Willett Katie Putnam Mollie Thompson Maude Wilson Hattie Delaro Captain Jack Crawford De Wolf Hopper Frederick Barham Warde William P. Davidge Frank Daniels and Matthew Kilroy. The theatre performers worked in a variety of styles including vaudeville opera and burlesque. Toward the end of the book the focus shifts to athletes all of whom are men: many baseball players in the National League as well as runners rowers and a bicyclist. The scrapbook's biographies are quite detailed some spanning as long as six pages with information presumably gathered from newspapers; likely also the source of the stars' portraits. An absorbing record compiled by an engaged fan during the embryonic stages of celebrity-focused media in the US. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 21271
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THE LIVING THEATRE COLLECTIVE BECK Julian and Judith Malina
FLYER FOR THE LIVING THEATER PRODUCTION SEVEN MEDITATIONS ON POLITICAL SADO-MASOCHISM
New York: The Living Theatre 1974. First Edition. Near fine. 8.5" x 11" approx. printed offset recto only in black and white with photo illustration. Slight toning. Very near fine. <br/><br/>Flyer advertising one of The Living Theatre's most important productions created in response to the imprisonment of some members of the collective by the Medici regime during a tour in Brazil. Originally performed in November of 1973 this flyer dates from a one-day engagement in New Haven the following year part of a nationwide tour of the play. Judith Malina recalled the creation of SEVEN MEDITATIONS: "When we left the jail we asked the prisoners who were left behind 'What can we do for you We are a poor theater group; we cannot send you money what can we do' All of them said 'Tell people how it is.'" The Living Theatre unknown books
Bookseller reference : 16792
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The Living Theatre. GELBER Jack
Two Flyers for Original Living Theatre Production of THE CONNECTION
New York: The Living Theatre 1959. Near fine. 8.5" x 11" approx. offset printed recto only in black and red. 6.75" x 13.25" approx. Minor toning to both. Very near fine. <br/><br/>Flyers for Jack Gelber's THE CONNECTION directed by Judith Malina and designed by Julian Beck. A hit production of The Living Theatre and one that helped cement its reputation as the premier company for avant-garde theater. The play centered on Jazz musicians and junkies waiting on their dealer was an early realistic portrayal of heroin addiction at the end of a decade beset by drug hysteria. The Living Theatre unknown books
Bookseller reference : 16795
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