‎Théâtre‎

‎Samuel L ('Roxy') Rothapfel [Rothafel], American theatre impressario:‎

‎Samuel L. Rothapfel Theatre Impresarion Typed Letter Signed to the actress Mary Lawton.‎

‎29 December 1917; on letterhead of the Rialto Times Square New York. One page quarto. On paper discoloured with age. Attached along one edge of blank verso to card mount. Reads 'To simply tell you that your work is good would be putting it mildly. Things that I have heard all about me as I sat and watched the performance for the first time from a loge seat if you heard them make sic you very very happy. Your appearance is majestic; your enunciation beautiful; your reading and interpretation a delight. I cannot tell you how proud I am of you. Not alone have you done a great thing for yourself but you have thrilled and will thrill many thousands in your audiences and most especially those that are Americans. I want you to know that I appreciate the hardships and inconveniences under which you are working but you may be sure that I am not one to forget.' Signed 'S. L. Rothapfel'. 29 December 1917; on letterhead of the Rialto, Times Square, New York. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 26826

‎Harvard Radcliffe Summer Theatre‎

‎Harvard Radcliffe Summer Theatre Program for The Shawl By David Mamet and The Dumb Waiter By Harold Pinter - July 1 - 16 1994 - Cambridge MA‎

‎Cambridge MA: Harvard Radcliffe Summer Theatre. New. 1994. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - -- with a bonus offer-- . Harvard Radcliffe Summer Theatre paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 29377

‎Borchmeyer, Professor of German and Theatre Studie‎

‎Richard Beer-Hofmann: Zwischen Ästhetizismus und Judentum. Symposion Heidelberg 1995: Vorträge German Edition‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3868155341.G ISBN : 3868155341 9783868155341

‎Illinois Theatre in Chicago for Klaw & Erlanger‎

‎ILLINOIS THEATRE. Program for THE SLEEPING BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. October 19 1902.‎

‎Chicago IL: Hayman & Davis Company Proprietors 1902. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Including the printed covers there are 52 unnumbered pages of text. The covers/wrappers are printed in color and have minor creasing and shelfwear. Full of Chicago-centric advertising at a time when $20 monthly paid for a home on the North South or West sides Horse stables or liveries were advertised alongside Electric Oldsmobile Runabouts and Stanhopes women were depicted playing ping-pong to promote the sale of corsets and Tiffany rings and luxury furs were vying for theatergoers pocketbooks. Lists Will J. Davis as Manager Thomas J. Noonan as Business Manager and Treasurer. The Actors include Harry Bulger William H. Macart Jos. Cawthorne John Page Hohn Hyams Leila McIntyre Viola Gillette Phoebe Coyne Gertrude Mackenzie and Elseeta. Hayman & Davis Company, Proprietors Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 019994

‎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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 231274

‎Euripides [Greek Theatre]‎

‎Three Plays MEDEA - HIPPOLYTUS - THE BACCHAE Newly Translated by Philip Vellacott‎

‎London: At the Curwen Press for Members of the Limited Editions Club 1967. LIMITED to 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist Michael Ayrton with the original Prospectus and Monthly Letter to Members. Illustrated with striking modern monochrome plates by artist Michael Ayrton. 4to original russet paper covered boards backed in buff cloth the spine with a russet paper label lettered in gilt in original glassine and slipcase of plum cloth over boards also with paper label on spine gilt lettered. 184 pp. plus colophon. A pristine copy as mint. The slipcase and glassine pristine and in superb condition as well. THREE CLASSIC PLAYS BY EURIPIDES WITH STRIKING ILLUSTRATIONS. The work of Illustrator/Artist Michael Ayrton is represented in several important collections including that of the Tate Gallery London; The National Portrait Gallery London; The Museum of Modern Art New York; The Fry Art Gallery Essex. The plates for this production were produced by the Photogravure and Color company. The monochrome images are printed in charcoal for Medea wine for Hippolytus and moss-green for the Baccae. At the Curwen Press for Members of the Limited Editions Club hardcover‎

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‎Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon [William Salt Brassington (1859-1939), archaeologist; Evan Marlett Boddy (c184‎

‎Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon. 37 items including 21 ALsS from librarian W. S. Brassington to one of the Theatre’s governors Dr E. M. Boddy regarding his gift of portraits to Shakespeare Memorial and resulting disagreement.‎

‎20 of Brassington’s 21 letters from between 1899 and 1902 and on letterheads of Shakespeare Memorial Stratford-upon-Avon; the other is from 1910. Among the other items are ones dated from between 1899 and 1928. The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre was founded through the efforts of local brewer Charles Edward Flower 1830-1892 after whose death its management was taken over by his brother Edgar Flower 1833-1903 also Chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. On Edgar’s death these duties fell to his son Archibald Flower 1865-1950 several times mayor of Stratford-upon-Avon. The present correspondence concerns a gift to Shakespeare Memorial Association by the appropriately-named anatomist Evan Marlett Boddy. Between 1899 and 1901 Boddy donated at least twelve portraits to be hung in the Shakespeare Memorial reading room from the correspondence wood carvings also appear to have been donated. Details of the first seven portraits are contained in a letter of 11 December 1899 from Boddy to the Shakespeare Memorial librarian the archaeologist W. S. Brassington for which see below. The paintings included supposed works by Henry Fuseli ‘The Fuseli Macbeth’ and Sir Peter Lely Nell Gwynne Henry Wyatt Coleridge and a portrait said to be by Romney of a young Percy Bysshe Shelley five letters by Brassington relating to which are offered separately one of Alexander Pope ‘attributed to Hogarth’ as well as a ‘Garrick portrait’ one of Nell Gwynne and a ‘Spanish Lady’. In 1916 Boddy demanded their return on discovering that the Archibald Flower had broken the condition that Boddy had arranged in 1900 with the then librarian W. S. Brassington: ‘The Portraits were to be hung together and remain so.’ The present collection of 37 items is in good condition lightly aged apart from a couple of items are creased and worn both being repaired with archival tape. The 20 of Brassington’s 21 letters dating from the years 1899 to 1902 totaling 39pp 12mo; and 1p 4to convey his enthusiasm with regard to the donation. In the first letter 9 December 1899 Brassington acknowledges receipt of a letter from Boddy ‘respecting portraits of Shakespeare’ noting with pleasure Boddy’s ‘kind proposal to present the pictures to the Shakespeare Memorial’. Three days later 12 December 1899 he arranges to ‘come over and view’ ‘the pictures which you so generously propose to bestow upon the Shakespeare Memorial’. On 16 December arrangements are made for the removal of the pictures by ‘stage carpenter’ Henry Mann with Brassington reporting that ‘Mr Flower our Chairman who is at present away from home . thinks it most kind of you to make this very handsome present’. And a week later 19 December 1899 he acknowledges receipt of ‘the seven portraits which you so generously bestow upon the Shakespeare Memorial’ adding ‘Now that the portraits are in a good light I am more than ever delighted with them and I think you will be so when you see them in the Gallery.’ On the same day 19 December 1899 Edgar Flower writes to Boddy from The Hill Stratford-on-Avon as ‘Chairman of the Council’ to report ‘how greatly the gift is approved’. He continues: ‘In due course you will receive an official acknowledgment but in the meantime allow me to say personally that I consider each of the portraits as of great merit and interest and that they wil be conserved as your gift in the gallery to which they are a magnificent addition’. Six months later the works have been properly hung and on 23 June 1900 he writes that the ‘beautiful pictures have been much admired to-day by our London visitors many of whom had not seen Stratford before’. Four days later he informs Boddy that his ‘beautiful pictures reached here in safety. The “lady†is before me in a good north light and looks magnificent.’ Shortly afterwards 10 July 1900 he goes into some detail with regard to the hanging: ‘The “Spanish Lady†and other pictures now adorn the walls of the Memorial and are being very greatly admired. Mr Flower is unwell and I have not been able to obtain his signature to a card of thanks but at the monthly committee meeting great satisfaction was expressed at your generosity. The Grinling Gibbons’ carving now stands upon the carved oak mantle shelf of the Reading Room. It is most handsome and suitable since it represents the arms of London where Shakespeare lived for the greater part of his life. Moreover the carving hides an ugly modern Dutch bronze portrait of Shakespeare now well out of sight! / The Seven ages of Man adorn the staircase. And the “Spanish Lady†hangs over-against Nell Gwynne above the other portraits in the end gallery.’ The letter continues with speculation about the subject’s identity. On 23 July 1900 he reports: ‘The two valuable additions to the collection of paintings so kindly presented by you to the gallery are now placed on the walls. The Fuseli hangs near another example by the same master in the 1st gallery the Sir Peter Lely is placed with the other portraits between Nell Gwynn and the Spanish Lady’ which is ‘one of the most beautifully painted pictures I have ever seen’. He is so struck by it that he ‘went to the Dulwich Gallery last week to make notes but found nothing like this picture there’. A letter of 1 November 1900 begins by commending Boddy’s gift of the proof of his ‘brochure’ ‘Shakespeare’s Garden’. Brassington then discusses his holiday ‘in a cottage on the quay at Minehead. We had a good time at that old-world place and I ventured to Stratford refreshed. I had found the summer season with its crowd of Americans rather trying.’ He is relieved that Boddy was well treated by the staff in his absence: ‘they all take the greatest interest in the work of the memorial . Unfortunately of late there has been a discordant note sounded by Miss Corelli but people here are now aware that a great fuss is being made about a little matter.’ Turning to Boddy’s gift he writes: ‘I am glad you approve of the arrangement of the portraits. We expect next week to receive a portrait and a bust of Miss Mary Anderson and possibly a bust of Ellen Terry so you see we are adding to the collection and to the interest of the place.’ On 27 November 1900 he reports that he has been told by ‘Elliott’ that ‘the portrait of the boy with a dog which you recently presented to the Memorial appears to me to be more like the work of Vandyck than of any other artist. I sincerely hope it may be so’. And on 18 January 1901 he writes: ‘The two paintings reached here safely - they are beauties.’ On 3 June 1901 Brassington writes on the wider question of ‘Memorial Picture Gallery’ reporting that he has had ‘a call from Mr Frank Richards 1863-1935; Newlyn School an artist late of Birmingham now of No. 6 Addison Studios West Kensington. / Mr Richards has painted a large picture of “Hamlet†which he wishes to place in the Memorial Picture Gallery. Sir Henry Irving and Mr Flower have offered £10. each towards a subscription to buy the picture for the Memorial and it is possible that Mr Richards may write to you on this subject.’ He gives further details of appeal reporting Edgar Flowers’ opinion that that painting is ‘a fine work of art though in his opinion the face of Hamlet is too old looking’. He discusses the difficulties involved in dealing with such a ‘large Shakespearian picture’ two or three of which have been offered to the Memorial there being ‘no fund for the purchase’ and a reluctance on the part of the governors ‘to make an appeal either to the Governors or the public. The Committee feel that any suggestion of begging for donations should be avoided at the same time they dont like the idea of refusing a good and suitable picture’.Fifteen years later the mood has drastically worsened. Seven items from 1916 mostly carbon copies of TLsS dealing with a complaint by Boddy regarding the handling of a collection of historic portraits presented by him to the Shakespeare Memorial Association in 1900. Boddy states in a TLS copy to Steward Dick from Ashted Row Birmingham 17 June 1916: ‘I was certainly more than surprised to find my pictures scattered about the building in a most indiscriminate manner. I presented them to the Memorial on the distinct understanding that they were to be kept together’. Edgar Flower’s son Archibald replies in an undated carbon from The Hill Stratford on Avon: ‘I am indeed sorry that there should have been any misunderstanding and that you who have been a govener sic so long should have been caused pain by the rehanging of these pictures / At the time you gave these my father was chairman and I had no knowledge of your having expressed any special wish as to the grouping.’ The other five items relating to this complaint are a copy of a letter of complaint from Boddy to W. S. Brassington ‘being that you were Librarian at the Memorial Theatre when I presented my collection of pictures’ stating that he has ‘demanded the return of all my pictures’ and two copy letters from W. S. Brassington to Boddy one referring to ‘these tiresome people at Stratford’ and copies of a memorandum ‘Suggestion for Inscription / Collection of Historic Portraits’ and note to Stewart Dick see below stating that the matter is in the hands of Boddy’s solicitor. Other material comprises: ONE: ALS copy from Boddy to Brassington Ashted Row Birmingham 11 December 1899. Giving details of seven portraits he would be ‘pleased to present’ and suggesting that he visit to view them. ‘Though the portraits do not relate to Shakespeare I think when you see them you will agree with me that they will be a valuable and most interesting addition to your collection.’ TWO: An ALS from Brassington 31 August 1910 hinting at trouble to come with regard to ‘the circumstances connected with your suggestion for a tablet’: ‘Your wishes were clearly expressed to the committee when the pictures were received & would be recorded in the Minute book. / It seems to me that the words quoted by Mr Archibald Flower constitute a condition & that the gift was accepted on those terms - certainly that is what I understood.’ THREE: Two ALsS to Boddy from Stewart Dick one 22 July 1916 on letterhead of the Old Brewery House Stratford-upon-Avon the other undated on same letterhead cancelled in favour of Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. He begins the dated letter: ‘Mr Lowndes has handed me the letter from Messrs Philip Baker & Co regarding your pictures. Dont you think that the best plan will be for me to run up to you one day next week . I am sure after meeting you the other day that we can arrange the matter quite amicably without troubling the lawyers further.’ On the reverse of the letter is a pencil draft of Boddy’s reply informing him that ‘the matter is now entirely in the hands of my solicitors’ for typed carbon of which see above. Dick’s second undated letter is a longish one 4pp 12mo 67 lines apparently from the time of the donation commenting enthusiastically on the pictures and asking for information about them. FOUR: Transcription by Brassington of ‘Suggestion for Inscription’ by Edgar Flower dated April 1900. States that the collection of twelve paintings was ‘presented to the Shakespeare Memorial Association by Evan Marlett Boddy Esqr. F.R.C.S. on condition that the pictures be kept together and not removed from the Memorial Buildings at Stratford on Avon.’ FIVE: An ALS to Boddy from Charles Lowndes 26 April 1900 on Shakespeare Memorial letterhead apologising for spelling Boddy’s name wrongly. SIX: Signed receipt for ‘Black & gold frame’ from J. Morgan of Stratford-upon-Avon 12 January 1901 on his letterhead. SEVEN. Printed notice by ‘Edgar Flower / Chairman’ Shakespeare Memorial Stratford-upon-Avon dated 20 June 1900 regarding ‘Presentation of William Page’s Bronze Bust of Shakespeare’ to the Whitefriars’ Club City of London. EIGHT: Printed ‘Fifty-second Report of the Council to be submitted to the General Meeting of the Governors of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon convened for Monday April 23rd 1928.’ 4pp folio. With long list of officers and governors statement of expenditure and receipts and report of executive council. 20 of Brassington’s 21 letters from between 1899 and 1902, and on letterheads of Shakespeare Memorial, Stratford-upon-Avon; th unknown‎

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‎Theatre Royal, Haymarket‎

‎Theatre Royal Haymarket. Mr T. P. Cooke will return to the stage this evening for six nights only.‎

‎W. S. Johnson St Martin's Lane Charing Cross 1857. No Binding. Good. Single leaf double width broadside 508 x 502mm. Vertical and horizontal folds significant losses to bottom corners including a small amount of text. Both creased and marked. Late career performance by noted English actor T. P. Cooke six years before his death. Here reprising his most successful role of William in Black-Eyed Susan other notable performances included Frankenstien's Monster in Presumption or The Fate of Frankenstein; Lord Ruthven in The Vampire. 1857 <br/> <br/> W. S. Johnson, St Martin's Lane, Charing Cross unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1037

‎John Philip Kemble (1757-1823), distinguished actor and manager of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, brother of Sarah Siddons an‎

‎John Philip Kemble actor and manager of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden. Autograph Memorandum signed 'J. Kemble.' regarding the 'Caducean Trident' of Albion with an ink drawing of the same a dragon with intertwining serpents.‎

‎No place or date. The text is on one side of a 13 x 16 cm piece of laid watermarked paper. The signature 'J. Kemble' is at bottom left in slightly-darker ink than the fifteen lines of text. Lightly aged and with short closed tears at edges of two folds. Slight traces of brown-paper mount at top corners on reverse which carries a capable ink drawing of 'the Caducean Trident' mentioned in the text: a dragon with two sets of wings body stiff as a rod encircled by two snakes. The text which has a few deletions and interpolations indicating original composition may refer to a prop required for a dramatic production by Kemble. It reads: 'Albion having accepted from his cousin Mercury God of Commerce his original Caduceus and from his father Neptune his original Trident requested of Vulcan to new mould them making the two into one badge of sovereign authority symbolical of commercial supremacy and marine dominion. In compliance with this request Vulcan produced the Caducean Trident. The Dragon is the symbol of a military marine; vigilant swift terrible and potent; and the Serpents are the types of the sagacity address and prudence of Commerce which is the source and foundation of naval power; and therefore this symbolical sceptre of Albion is in a tridental form well at sic its lower as well as its upper extremity.' No place or date. unknown‎

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‎[The Living Theatre]; Kenneth Rexroth; Harold Norse [intro]; Oscar Williams [poem]‎

‎The Living Theatre: Beyond the Mountains‎

‎New York: The Living Theatre 1951. Near Fine. New York: The Living Theatre 1951. First Edition. Octavo. 16pp. Printed wraps. Mild rubbing to edges; Near Fine. Program guide for the opening of this Rexroth play put on at the Cherry Theater in New York in December 1951. Scarce and a nice example of early Living Theatre material. The Living Theatre unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 33954

‎Theatre Services Co, Inc‎

‎Pat Boone‎

‎Theatre Services Co. Inc 1967. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Good. The format is approximately 8.875 by 12 inches. Unpaginated 16 pages plus covers. Illustrated covers. Inscribed by the author on the front cover. The inscription reads To David--from--"back when" Pat Boone. Patrick Charles Eugene Boone born June 1 1934 is an American singer songwriter actor author television personality radio host and philanthropist. He has sold nearly 50 million records and had 38 Top 40 hits and has acted in many films. Boone rivaled Elvis Presley's popularity in the 1950s and is ranked by Billboard as one of the biggest charting artists in the period 1955–1995. Boone spent 220 consecutive weeks on the Billboard charts with one or more songs each week. Through the 1960s Boone was one of the most popular entertainers in the United States becoming a teen idol as an alternative to rock and roll as singer writer actor and motivational speaker. In 1957 Boone commenced an ABC variety television series The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom which aired 115 episodes 1957–1960. Stars including Nat King Cole Edie Adams Andy Williams Pearl Bailey and Johnny Mathis made appearances. His cover versions of rhythm and blues hits had a noticeable effect on the development of the broad popularity of rock and roll. Elvis Presley opened for Boone in Cleveland in 1955 and the two later became close friends. As an author Boone had a number-one bestseller in the 1950s 'Twixt Twelve and Twenty. He became a member of the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. He continues to perform and speak as a motivational speaker a television personality and a political commentator. Boone began his career by performing in Nashville's Centennial Park. He began recording in April 1953 for Republic Records not to be confused with the current label with that name and by 1955 for Dot Records. His 1955 version of Fats Domino's "Ain't That a Shame" was a hit. This set the stage for the early part of Boone's career which focused on covering R&B songs by black artists for a white American market. Randy Wood the owner of Dot issued an R&B single by the Griffin Brothers in 1951 called "Tra La La-a" — a different song from the later LaVern Baker song of the same name — and was keen to put out another after the original failed. This became the B-side of the first Boone single "Two Hearts Two Kisses" originally by the Charms. A number-one single in 1956 by Boone was a cover of "I Almost Lost My Mind" by Ivory Joe Hunter which was previously covered by Nat King Cole. According to an opinion poll of high-school students in 1957 Boone was nearly the "two-to-one favorite over Elvis Presley among boys and preferred almost three-to-one by girls ." During the late 1950s he made regular appearances on ABC-TV's Ozark Jubilee hosted by his father-in-law. He cultivated a safe wholesome advertiser-friendly image that won him a long-term product endorsement contract from General Motors in the late 1950s. He succeeded Dinah Shore singing the praises of the GM product: "See the USA in your Chevrolet . drive your Chevrolet through the USA America's the greatest land of all!" GM also sponsored The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom. Many of Boone's hits were covers from Black artists. Along with "Ain't That a Shame" were "Tutti Frutti" and "Long Tall Sally" by Little Richard "At My Front Door Crazy Little Mama" by The El Dorados and the blues ballads "I Almost Lost My Mind" by Ivory Joe Hunter "I'll be Home" by the Flamingos and "Don't Forbid Me" by Charles Singleton. Boone is known as an example of whitewashing by taking songs by Black artists and sanitizing them to make them more palatable to a white audience which denied exposure to the Black artists. Boone also wrote lyrics for the instrumental theme song for the movie Exodus which he titled "This Land Is Mine". Ernest Gold composed the music. As a conservative Christian Boone declined songs or movie roles if they compromised his beliefs including a film with Marilyn Monroe. In one of his first films April Love the director Henry Levin wanted him to kiss co-star Shirley Jones. Since this would be his first onscreen kiss Boone cleared it with his wife before playing the scene.21 He had his own film production company Cooga Mooga Productions. He was a regular on Arthur Godfrey and His Friends from 1955 until 1957 and later hosted The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom on Thursday evenings. In 1959 his likeness was licensed to DC Comics first appearing in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane No. 9 May 1959 before starring in his own series from the publisher which lasted five issues from September 1959 to May 1960. In the 1960s he began a series of self-help books for adolescents including 'Twixt Twelve and Twenty. The British Invasion ended Boone's career as a hitmaker though he continued recording throughout the 1960s. In the 1970s he switched to gospel and country; he also continued performing in other media. In the 1960s and 1970s the Boone family toured as gospel singers. The family made gospel albums such as The Pat Boone Family. Theatre Services Co., Inc paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 89614

‎The Shakespeare Theatre‎

‎Lady Windermere's Fan; 2004-2005 Season Theater Program‎

‎The Shakespeare Theatre 2004. Presumed First Edition First printing thus. Wraps. Very good. Cover Photo of Dixie Barter by Carol Rosegg. 64 pages including covers. Illustrations many in color. Chronological timeline of Oscar Wilde's major works p. 19. Ticket stub laid in. Signed on page 9 by Hal Holbook Dixie Carter's husband who attended this performance and signed program during the intermission. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde 16 October 1854 - 30 November 1900 was an Irish playwright novelist essayist and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. He is remembered for his epigrams his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and his plays. As a spokesman for aestheticism he tried his hand at various literary activities: he published a book of poems lectured in the United States and Canada on the new "English Renaissance in Art" and then returned to London where he worked prolifically as a journalist. Known for his biting wit flamboyant dress and glittering conversation Wilde became one of the best-known personalities of his day. At the turn of the 1890s he refined his ideas about the supremacy of art in a series of dialogues and essays and incorporated themes of decadence duplicity and beauty into his only novel The Picture of Dorian Gray 1890. Wilde's huge popularity as a playwright began with his production of Lady Windermere's Fan his recherché attitude and personal aesthetics reflected in his writing. Lady Windermere's Fan A Play About a Good Woman is a four-act comedy by Oscar Wilde first produced on Saturday 20 February 1892 at the St. James's Theatre in London. The story concerns Lady Windermere who suspects that her husband is having an affair with another woman. She confronts him with it but although he denies it he invites the other woman Mrs. Erlynne to his wife's birthday ball. Angered by her husband's supposed unfaithfulness Lady Windermere decides to leave her husband for another lover. After discovering what has transpired Mrs. Erlynne follows Lady Windermere and attempts to persuade her to return to her husband and in the course of this Mrs. Erlynne is discovered in a compromising position. It is then revealed Mrs. Erlynne is Lady Windermere's mother who abandoned her family twenty years before the time the play is set. Mrs. Erlynne sacrifices herself and her reputation to save her daughter's marriage. Dixie Virginia Carter May 25 1939 - April 10 2010 was an American film television and stage actress. She starred as Julia Sugarbaker on the CBS sitcom Designing Women 1986-93 and as Randi King on the CBS drama series Family Law 1999-2002. In 2007 she was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role as Gloria Hodge on the ABC series Desperate Housewives 2006-07. Harold Rowe "Hal" Holbrook Jr. born February 17 1925 is an American film and stage actor and television director. He first received critical acclaim in 1954 for a one-man stage show he developed while studying at Denison University performing as Mark Twain. Holbrook made his film debut in Sidney Lumet's The Group 1966. He later gained international fame for his performance as Deep Throat in the 1976 film All the President's Men. He played Abraham Lincoln in the 1976 miniseries Lincoln. He has also appeared in such films as Julia 1977 The Fog 1980 Creepshow 1982 The Firm 1993 Hercules 1997 and Men of Honor 2000. Holbrook's role as Ron Franz in Sean Penn's Into the Wild 2007 earned him both Screen Actors Guild Award and Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. As a television actor Holbrook is known for starring in and directing four episodes in Designing Women as Reese Watson opposite his wife Dixie Carter. He has guest-starred in many critically acclaimed television series such as NCIS The West Wing The Sopranos ER Bones Grey's Anatomy and on Hawaii Five-0. Holbrook has won five Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award for his 1966 portrayal of Twain in Mark Twain Tonight. The Shakespeare Theatre paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 73204

‎Readio Theatre‎

‎Cruisin' Route 66 Library Edition: America's Main Street‎

‎audioCD. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1609810279.G ISBN : 1609810279 9781609810276

‎The Art of Theatre: A Concise Introduction Introduction‎

‎The Art of Theatre: A Concise‎

‎Used - Good. A copy that has been read but remains in Good condition. All pages are intact the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes highlighting and underlining. Used books may not include companion materials. Customer service is our top priority! A copy that has been read but remains in Good condition. All pages are intact the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes highlighting and underlining. Used books may not include companion materials. Customer service is our top priority! unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : W7-HSMQ-DB6J ISBN : 1111348316 9781111348311

‎Theatre - (Lengenfelder, JohNep) h N‎

‎Ludwig IV. genannt der Baier. Ein Schauspiel in fünf Aufzügen. Die zweyte und verbesserte Auflage.‎

‎1782. 2. improved edition. Munich Strobl 1782. 16 : 10 cm. Wrappers. 4 leaves 159 pages with engraved title-vignette by Weissenhahn. Wrappers. Geod. V 359 24 3; Pfister I 4538; not at Lentner. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 13970AB

‎Green Wood Arcade Theatre‎

‎Pair of Promotional Flyers‎

‎Brooklyn NY: Green Wood Arcade Theatre 1908. Very Good. Brooklyn NY: Green Wood Arcade Theatre n.d. but 1908. Two promotional broadside flyers 30.5x16 & 24.5x15cm the larger printed on purple newsprint the smaller on cream newsprint. Light toning and minor wear and wrinkling from handling small closed tear at top edge of smaller flyer else a Very Good pair overall. The larger of the two broadsides printed bilingual in English and Italian.<br /> <br /> Two promotional flyers issued by the Brooklyn-based Italian-American Arcade featuring their new Chinematograph sic an early term for a film projector. Both flyers make reference to "a big rappresentation sic of the first truth and unique stages of the Earthquake in Calabria and Sicily just arrived and presented to the public." The footage referred to would have been taken shortly after the devastating earthquake in Sicily and Calabria which killed nearly 80000. Between film projections the audience could enjoy the music of Madames Mildred Ward and Horowitz as well as tenor Gaetano Maresca.<br /> <br /> Neither example separately catalogued in OCLC as of May 2025. Green Wood Arcade Theatre unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 33033

‎[NEW THEATRE ROYAL]‎

‎New Theatre Royal English Opera Strand. This present Friday August 22 1817 Will be performed Eighth Time an entirely New Pastoral Serio-Comick Opera called The Persian Hunters Or the Rose of Gurgistan.‎

‎London: s.n. 1817. Single leaf broadside. Some creasing and browning. Inked '65' to head of recto. An early playbill - marking the eighth performance - for Charles Edward Horn's 1786-1849 'Serio-Comick Opera' The Persian Hunters which was first staged just nine days earlier on August 13 1817. Based upon a Persian tale in which a Sultan conceives of the notion of romantic love seeking a partner who was ignorant of his royal station and attracted to him for what the La Belle Assemblee described in a contemporary review as 'his mere person'. The periodical notes that the 'scenery is peculiarly good pleasing and characteristic; the music is appropriate accordance with the scenery characters and story'. The building which later housed the English Opera House had been used to stage exhibitions and performances of various types including at different points those of the Royal Academy and Madam Tussauds since 1765 but was not licensed as a patent theatre until 1809. Rebuilt in 1816 by Arnold it re-opened and operated under this name until 1830 when it burned down and later replaced by the Lyceum Theatre. The summer of 1817 marked a time of great innovation for the London stage; both the Theatre Royal Drury Lane and the English Opera House introduced gas lighting throughout replacing candles - changing the atmosphere of the production and theatre ownership a somewhat safer proposition. The proud inclusion of 'The GAS LIGHTS are now introduced over the whole Stage' as the headline of this playbill demonstrates the marketing emphasis that was put on the endeavour. . Dimensions 190 x 305mm. [s.n.] unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : AQ33185

‎Frank Rothsay, Victorian actor-manager of the Tyne Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne, and the Borough Theatre, Stratford:‎

‎Manuscript letter from 'the undersigned ladies and gentlemen of the "Delia" company' at the Tyne Theatre Newcastle upon Tyne to Frank Rothsay signed by sixteen individuals on presenting him with a token of appreciation of his management.‎

‎Tyne Theatre Newcastle upon Tyne. 5 October 1889. 1p. foolscap 8vo. Stained worn and creased but a unique memento of a Newcastle institution and Grade I listed building founded in 1867 as the Tyne Theatre and Opera House and now bearing the euphonious name of the Mill Volvo Tyne Theatre. The document reads 'We the undersigned ladies and gentlemen of the "Delia!" company request your acceptance of the accompanying little present as a slight token of our appreciation of your kindness to us all during your management.' The sixteen signatories are with a few doubtful readings: Fanny Wentworth Adelaide Newton Clare Harringdon George Mudie Brigata Bucaloni Louis C. Batten Lytton Grey H. Wellesley Smith W Morley Bird Arthur Burgoyne James Harris Franklin Warne A. H. Winters W. Pennett Charles E. Stuart and John Aldridge. Tyne Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne. 5 October 1889. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 12222

‎Palace Theatre; Ellen Terry Memorial Fund‎

‎Palace Theatre: The Ellen Terry Memorial Fund: Tuesday April 23rd 1929‎

‎London: Ellen Terry Memorial Palace Theatre 1929. Programme from a matinee in aid of 'The Ellen Terry Memorial Fund' in very good condition. Front cover is printed from Edward Gordon Craig's original block and hand coloured by EGC note laid in. Within a print of Ellen Terry from the original drawing by EGC is included printed from the woodcut by Edward Craig. Light age-related discolouration to pale cover along with foxing at staple point. Leaves are secure content clear bright and unmarked. CN. Paperback. Very Good. Used. Ellen Terry Memorial, Palace Theatre Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 545671

‎[THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE]‎

‎New Theatre Royal Drury Lane. This Evening Wednesday June 81825 His Majesty's Servants will perform for the 9th time a new Historical Play called william tell. With new scenery dresses and decorations The interspersed Music composed by Mr. H. R. Bishop‎

‎London: s.n. 1825. Single leaf broadside. Two small marginal holes to left hand edge. An early playbill marking the ninth performance of Irish dramatist James Sheridan Knowles' 1784-1862 adaptation of Schiller's famous revolutionary Swiss drama William Tell. First staged at Drury Lane on the 11th May Knowles' translation was criticised by Thomas Rea for its excessive melodrama making the hero 'so loquacious as to seem almost a braggart.' Despite this the performance of William Macready in the title role was much applauded and Thomas Archer was suitably despicable as the villainous character of Gesler. The first adaptation of William Tell performed in England was staged at the Royal Amphitheatre on 7th June 1802 with Knowles' version being the second produced in 1825; the first - and a more critically acclaimed - full English translation had been produced by Samuel Robinson only months prior. The subsequent evening entertainment is advertised as the sixtieth showing of Der Freischütz the Romantic opera by Carl Maria von Weber 1786-1826. . Dimensions 204 x 350 mm. [s.n.] unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : AQ33560

‎Maurice Willson Disher (1893-1969), British theatre critic and playwright:‎

‎Autograph Note Signed 'M. Willson Disher' to the Secretary's Office Clarendon Press accompanying a statement of his 'qualifications'.‎

‎16 December 1948. 24 Bradstock Road Ewell Surrey. 4to 1 p. Trimming at head has resulted in loss to the first line of Disher's address; otherwise text clear and complete. On lightly-aged and creased paper with jagged trimming at head and in bottom right-hand corner and three punch holes to margin. Bearing the stamp of the Secretary's Office Clarendon Press Oxford. He is returning the 'corrected typescript' and is setting out his qualfications. The bottom section to the letter contain eight lines of these. Disher describes himself as 'contributor to leading journals on the subject of public entertainments in general'. He gives examples of wirk in the fields of circus musichall and theatre. He adds that he has written 'a number of plays acted in London as well as many series of radio programmes'. 16 December 1948. 24 Bradstock Road, Ewell, Surrey. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9275

‎Illinois Theatre Chicago Thomas J Noonan Charles E Nixon‎

‎ILLINOIS THEATRE‎

‎Chicago: Illinois Theatre 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Good minus. Octavo; 45 xvi pages soiled cream cloth a.e.g. <br/><br/>Less than six weeks after Chicago's grandest new theater the Iroquois opened it burned to the ground due to flagrant safety violations and corruption. More than 600 died in America's worst theater disaster. It resulted in new codes requiring outward-opening safety doors. This hardcover book appeared before the opening performance. It relates a history of the theatres in Chicago by Charles E. Nixon; tells why this magnificent venue was built and how with illustrations of the theatre plans and interiors and furnishings. "The Iroquois . will impress even the most superficial observer by its beauty and grandeur . The style architecturally is French renaissance which has a strong suggestion of the classic. designed by architect Benjamin H. Marshall ." Illustrated and with plates of posters and of the builders and equipment suppliers to the theatre. Illinois Theatre hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 250301

‎Cinema teatro spettacolo‎

‎Locandina Cinema Teatro Ducale di Parma - Walter Chiari presenta Gildo - 1951‎

‎Locandina Cinema Teatro Ducale di Parma - Walter Chiari presenta Gildo - 1951 - Dimensioni: 33 x 67 cm ca. - Buone condizioni generali. Qualche piccolo strappo restaturato ai bordi e piccoli segni del tempo. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 133271

‎Cinema teatro spettacolo‎

‎Locandina Cinema Ducale Parma - Film Missione Segreta con Spencer Tracy - 1944‎

‎Locandina Cinema Teatro Ducale di Parma - Film Missione Segreta con Spencer Tracy - 1944 ca. - Dimensioni: 33 x 66 cm ca. - Buone condizioni generali. Alcuni strappi qualche restauro e piccole mancanze come da foto. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 133268

‎Cinema teatro spettacolo‎

‎Locandina Cinema Ducale Parma - Film Tracico Segreto con Katharine Hepburn 1946‎

‎Locandina Cinema Teatro Ducale di Parma - Film Tracico Segreto con Katharine Hepburn Robert Taylor e Robert Mitchum - 1946 ca. - Dimensioni: 32 x 66 cm ca. - Buone condizioni generali. Alcuni strappi ai bordi piccoli restauri e piccoli segni del tempo. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 133266