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ARCONADA César M.
Vita di Greta Garbo. Unica traduzione autorizzata di A. R. Ferrarin. Milano, Edizioni della Pianura, 1930.
8°, br. edit. fig. da Santambrogio (lievi tracce duso ai piatti), pp. 280 con illustrazioni fotografiche su tavv. f.t. Lievi, naturali fioriture ma buon es.
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Michael Darlow and Gillian Hodson:
TERENCE RATTIGAN the man and his work
VG (no dj, pictorial card covers, fine condition as new) octavo 360pp. First edition. Biography of one of the most successful playwrights of his generation. 16pp b/w photographs.
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Bagnold, Enid:
Lottie Dundas: A Play in Three Acts
VG. no dj. First Edition. Navy cloth, 108pp. Inscription 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1 inscription. some browing to pages - cheap war paper.
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Peter Slade:
AN INTRODUCTION TO CHILD DRAMA
Vg/VG (dj chipped at top of spine and corners, clean red cloth with white title on spine, one lower corner bumped, internally very good condition, pages clean and tight) 12mo 100pp. First edition. Teacher's practical handbook with simple suggestions for starting dramatic work at all stages of a child's life. Illustrated with b/w photographs and diagrams.
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Geoffrey Ost:
STAGE LIGHTING
Vg/G (clipped dj creased and worn top and bottom edges with minor area of loss top edge of front cover, clean red cloth with gilt title on pale blue plate on spine, one small faded patch tail of spine, a very crisp bright clean copy with no marks or inscriptions) 12mo 96pp. Second impression. Practical Stage Handbooks series. Foreword by Donald Wolfit and Preface by L Du Garde Peach. Illustrated with figures in the text.
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C B Purdom:
PRODUCING PLAYS a handbook for producer and players
VG (no dj, clean fawn cloth with gilt titles on spine, neat gift inscription and signature on very lightly browned front free endpaper, contents clean and unmarked) 12mo 231pp. First edition. With b/w illustrations. Written to assist the producers of amateur plays.
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Kerman, Alvin B.:
The Modern American Theatre
VG/VG dj has 2 tiny notches missing from ends of spine dj. not price-clipped. no inscriptions. 1st edition.
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Hugh Hunt:
THE DIRECTOR IN THE THEATRE
Vg/Fair (heavy browning to spine and edges of chipped dj, clean green cloth with gilt titles dull on spine, pages clean and binding tight, faint browning outside edges) octavo 111pp. First edition. Director of the Old Vic, 1949-1955, discusses the place of a director in the mounting of a play.Vg/Fair (unclip
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Noel Coward (and wrapper Cecil Beaton):
QUADRILLE a romantic comedy in three acts
Vg/Fair (clipped dj is intact but reinforced with browned and grubby tape round all edges and also on spine, one small clean tear at head of spine and tiny area of loss, clean red cloth with gilt lettering and black title panel on spine, gilt facsimile signature front board and black title panel with gilt surround and lettering, binding firm and pages clean, ink gift inscription front free endpaper) 12mo 116pp. First edition with wrapper designed by Cecil Beaton. Includes the cast list of the first performance at the Opera House, Manchester, uly 15th 1952.
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Jules Lemaitre:
Theatrical Impressions
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Cloth Covered Boards, Gilt. Very Good. Very Good. A very nice copy of this interesting translation from the french, three pages advertisments in rear.
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Morley, Sheridan:
Review Copies: Plays and Players in London, 1970-74
VG/VG not price-clipped. no inscriptions. boards are clean and brightly titled. attractive copy. 1st edition.
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J E Cunningham:
theatre royal
VG. Red boards with sunning to spine. First Edition. 158pp. 5 plates . browning to ffepsages - wartime paper ? - but text itself is clean and bright. tightly bound. prior owner sticker on reverse of back board
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Laurence Olivier:
CONFESSIONS OF AN ACTOR
VG/GOOD+ (dj price clipped and with a number of open tears and cuts, and associated loss. tatty. boards beneath are clean and sharp-cornered with bright gilt titling to spine. no fault) octavo 305pp. First edition. Autobiography of the most admired performer of his age. 48pp b/w photographs.
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Roger Lancelyn Green:
FIFTY YEARS OF PETER PAN
Vg (no dj, clean red cloth with gilt lettering on spine, lightly worn head and tail of spine and corners, top page edges tinted, large but neat ownership inscription front free endpaper, no other marks and contents clean and bright throughout, front hinge a little weak but paper not broken) octavo 250pp. First edition. 32pp b/w plates. Scarce item.
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Robert Wallace Russell:
WASHINGTON SHALL HANG a Drama of Lost Revolution
Vg/Vg (unclipped intact dj lightly discoloured at edges, clean blue cloth with bright gilt titles, a tight crisp clean copy with no marks or inscriptions, possibly unread, dust speckles top page edges and touch of light browning outside fore-edges) octavo 151pp. First edition. Tragi-comedy in three acts.
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Fowler, Jim:
Unleashing Britain: Theatre Gets Real 1955-64
Card Illustrated Near Fine The ten years of British theatre that started with the British premiere of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot and John Osborne's seminal Look Back in Anger put Britain at the hub of the cultural map: no longer were Paris and New York the centres of a
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Mankin, Paul A.:
Precious Irony
Paperback Ex-Library Very Good the theatre of Jean Giraudoux
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Ronald Hayman:
THE FIRST THRUST the Chichester Festival Theatre
Fine/near fine (clean bright dj very lightly creased top of spine, price clipped, contents clean tight and bright throughout) octavo 215pp. The history of the Chichester Festival Theatre, how it came to be built, and the use to which it has been put.
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Temple Hauptfleisch and Ian Steadman editors:
SOUTH AFRICAN THEATRE Four Plays and an introduction
Vg (no dj, black laminated pictorial boards, very light surface indentations back board, a very good clean bright sound copy with no marks or inscriptions) octavo 250pp. Second impression. With chronology and notes.
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Sarah Bernhardt and Sandy Lesberg - editor:
THE MEMOIRS OF SARAH BERNHARDT
Vg/Vg (dj lightly faded on spine and lightly rubbed at edges, neat gift inscription front free endpaper else contents without fault) large octavo 255pp. Intimate memoirs provide a behind-the-scenes view of the early childhood and coming of age of the legendary actrress. Includes her only novel "In the Clouds". Over 60 b/w illustrations.
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Edward Braun:
THE DIRECTOR AND THE STAGE From Naturalism to Grotowski
Vg (no dj, pictorial card covers, a very good clean tight copy, school stamp pre-title page, no other marks) octavo 218pp. First paperback edition. Charting the rise of the theatre director in the late 19th century and following his emergence as one of the most important figures behind the staging of any play today.
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Roger Manvell:
ELLEN TERRY a biography
Vg/Vg (intact dj lightly marked, contents no fault) octavo 390pp. Biography of one of the greatest actresses of the 19th century. With 16pp b/w plates.s
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Vicky Huntley:
LET ME PLAY THE LION, TOO 50 Years of Amateur Theatre in Bromley SIGNED BY AUTHOR
Near fine (no dj, purple pictorial card covers, bottom tip of front cover lightly rubbed, internally as new) octavo landscape 105pp. First edition. Celebrating the first 50 years of Bromley Theatre Guild, a confederation of amateur dramatic societies in the area. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by the author.
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John Hadfield editor:
COWARDY CUSTARD The World of Noel Coward
Near fine/near fine (near fine unclipped undamaged dj with transparent protective wrapper, a very clean square tight bright copy in fine condition, bright yellow cloth boards have small touch of discolouration at extreme tail of spine) quarto 144pp. First edition. Collection of Coward's lyrics and poems, extracts from his plays and autobiography, packed with illustrations in colour and b/w.
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J Clifford Turner:
VOICE AND SPEECH IN THE THEATRE
G (pale blue boards faded on spine and around edges, gilt titles on spine, tape marks front and back endpapers, one or two light pencil marks else contents clean) octavo 48pp. Second edition. Foreword by Peggy Ashcroft. A practical book for students.
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Suzanne Warner:
Souvenir Book MY FAIR LADY THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE LONDON
Vg (silver boards bumped at top of spine, front and rear hinges cracked and contents almost disbound, all clean bright and unmarked) quarto. Souvenir book of the 1958 production with b/w photographs, star profiles, etc.
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Rex Harrison:
REX an autobiography
VG/Vg (intact dj lightly rubbed at upper edge, clean black cloth with bright gilt titles on spine, contents very tight and unmarked) octavo 262pp. First edition. Autobiography. Fifty years in the theatre. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Richard Mangan editor:
GIELGUD'S LETTERS
Fine/near fine (near fine unclipped dj with one small crease bottom edge of front cover, black cloth with bright silver titles on spine, a fine tight bright copy with no marks or inscriptions) octavo 564pp. First edition. A rich life seen through eighty years of letter-writing. Introduction by Richard Mangan.
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Glynne Wickham:
A History of the Theatre (Performing Arts)
VG. no dj card covers. not price-clipped. no inscriptions. lovely clean copy. the author outlines the development of drama throughout the world over the last 3,000 years, from its origins in primitive dance rituals to the 1990s
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G Playfair::
Kean.
VG. no dj. neat signature to ffep . good clean tidy copy. rounding to ends of spine, but no loss. spine sunned. Biography of one of the greatest most exciting actors who ever lived
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Sewell Stokes:
WITHOUT VEILS
VG (no dj, blue cloth with black titles on spine, neat signature fronrt fixed endpaper and one or two small marks endpapers, contents clean and unmarked) 12mo 243pp. Reprint. The intimate biography of Gladys Cooper. With introduction by W. Somerset Maugham. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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john dolman:
THE ART OF ACTING
VG/G dj is not price-clipped. has edgewear and chipping to both ends of the spine, and some loss. 1 inscriptions. Octavo. for all lovers of the theatre.
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John Casson:
LEWIS AND SYBIL
VG/VG (clean bright dj faded on spine and one or two small chips at edges, clean maroon cloth with gilt titles on spine, contents tight and bright without fault) octavo 352pp. First edition. Biography of Lewis Casson and Sybil Thorndyke written by their eldest son. 20pp b/w photographs.
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Claude Marks:
THEATRE SKETCHBOOK
Vg/Vg (very light browning to upper edge of intact dj, book no fault) octavo 127pp. Delightful personal collection of portraits, pencil sketches and reminiscences freom 25 years of sketching and painting people from the theatre.
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Richard Fawkes:
FIGHTING FOR A LAUGH entertaining the British and American armed forces 1939-1946
Fine/near fine (dj lightly faded side of spine else book and dj both no fault) large octavo 192pp. First edition. The story of American and British troop entertainment in the second world war. Based on official records, personal reminiscences and contemporary accounts. B/w illustrations throughout; photographs, cartoons, programmes etc.
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Arniches, Carlos (Revista)
LITORAL, 203 - 204. CARLOS ARNICHES. EL ALMA POPULAR - Málaga 1994
Sevilla, Revista Litoral-Gráficas San Andrés, 1994. 200 p. 2 h. 4º menor. Cubiertas originales. Muy buen ejemplar. 1ª edición. Primera edición. 1st edition. First edition
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CAPOTE, Truman
EL ARPA DE PASTO. Comedia en dos actos [ The Grass Harp ] - Losange 1955 - 1ª ed.
Buenos Aires, Editorial Losange, 1955. Traducción de Emilio A. Stevanovitch. 78 p. 1 h. 8º. Cubiertas originales. Muy buen ejemplar. 1ª edición en español. Primera edición en español. 1st Spanish edition. First Spanish edition
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ROSTAND, Edmond
LA SAMARITAINE. Évangelie en trois tableaux en vers
Paris, Fasquelle Éditeurs, 1953. 158 p. 1 h. 8º. Rústica editorial levemente rozada. Buen ejemplar. 1ª edición. Primera edición. 1st edition. First edition. Libro en francés. Book in French
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Brecht, Bertolt
Programa de mano DE LA OBRA EL CÍRCULO DE TIZA CAUCASIANO - Barcelona 1974
Barcelona, Ayuntamiento de Barcelona, 1974. Representación de la Compañía Nacional de Teatro "María Guerrero" de Madrid en la sede del Teatro Nacional de Barcelona. Textos de Pedro Lain y José Luis Alonso. 3 h. sin numerar. 4º mayor. Rústica editorial algo rozada.
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MUÑOZ SECA, Pedro
EL ESPANTO DE TOLEDO. Humorada en tres actos - Madrid 1926
Madrid, Sociedad de Autores Españoles - Imp. M. Laynez, 1926. 90 p. 3 h. 8º mayor. Rústica editorial con algunas pérdidas. Buen ejemplar. 1ª edición. Primera edición. 1st edition. First edition
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MONJE, Maximiliano M.
LA SUBASTA. Pasatiempo inspirado en un cuento francés en prosa
Madrid, Saturnino Calleja, s. a. 16 p. 8º menor. Cubiertas originales. Muy buen ejemplar.
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FRISCH, Max
SANTA CRUZ - Madrid 1969
Madrid, Edicusa, 1969. Traducción de Heleno Saña. 84 p. 3 h. 8º. Rústica editorial algo rozada. Buen ejemplar.
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MORATÍN
TEATRO - Madrid 1955
Madrid, Espasa-Calpe-Col. Clásicos Castellanos, núm. 58, 1955. Prólogo y notas de Francico F. Ruiz Morcuende, 220 p. 8º Rústica editorial. Buen ejemplar.
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HERREROS, Bretón de los
TEATRO - Madrid 1957 - 1ª ed.
Madrid, Espasa - Calpe, 1957. Clásicos Castellanos nº 92. Prólogo y notas de Narciso Alonso Cortés. 240 p. 1h. 8º mayor. Cubiertas originales. 1ª edición. Primera edición.
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LOPE DE VEGA
COMEDIAS I - Madrid 1952
Madrid, Espasa - Calpe, 1952. Clásicos Castellanos nº 39. Edición, prólogo y notas de J. Gómez Ocerín y R. M. Tenreiro Cortés. 272 p. 1h. 8º mayor. Cubiertas originales.
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PEREZ GALDOS, Benito - Guinovart
EL ESTRENO DE EL SI DE LAS NIÑAS. Fragmento de "La Corte de Carlos IV". [ Imprenta Seix Barral, Navidad 1959 ]
Barcelona, Seix y Barral, 1959. Magníficas cubiertas de Guinovart, aunque no consta el autor. Láminas f.t. en color. 30 p. 8º. Cubiertas originales ilustradas. Muy buen ejemplar. Libro en español. Book in Spanish. Edición no venal de la felicitación navideña de la Imprenta Seix Barral para la Navidad de 1959.
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ANOUILH, Jean
ARDELE o La Margarita - Losange 1957
Buenos Aires, Losange, 1957. Traducción de María Luz Regás. 62 p. 8º. Rústica editorial. Intonso. Muy buen ejemplar.
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RACINE, Jean
FEDRA y otras tragedias
Barcelona, Orbis-RBA, 1982. 272 p. 8º. Guaflex editorial. Muy buen ejemplar.
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BRESSAN, Alma
LA COLMENA. Drama en tres actos
Buenos Aires, Talia, 1963. 68 p. 8º. Rústica editorial. Buen ejemplar. 1ª edición. Primera edición. 1st edition. First edition
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CONTEMPORARY BRITISH DRAMATISTS. A British Council Exhibition.
Lito-Tech, The British Council, 1992. 40 p. 8º mayor. Cubiertas originales. 1ª edición. Primera edición.
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