|
Henrik Ibsen
Ibsen : Plays
Oxford University Press 1981 An Enemy of the People The Wild Duck Rosmersholm "translated and with an introduction by James Walter Mcfarlane. ". Mass Market Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Oxford University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 011167
|
|
|
George Bernard Shaw
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
Constable 1926 The tenth volume of Bernard Shaw's dramatic works. A triangle has been cut from a front end paper and there is some minor foxing. Card. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Constable unknown
Bookseller reference : 014525
|
|
|
Bernard Shaw
Doctor's Dilemma
Penguin 1951 Penguin 564. The play plus an 80 pp introduction by Shaw - Preface On Doctors. Near VG. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Penguin paperback
Bookseller reference : 000452
|
|
|
Charles Morgan
The Flashing Stream
MacMillan 1939 With an introduction and an essay by the author on "The Singleness of Mind" . Play was first performed at the Lyric Theatre in September 1938. Very good copy with one gift inscription. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. MacMillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013586
|
|
|
August Strindberg
Plays Volume 4
Frank Palmer 1914 Swanwhite Advent and The Storm. Three plays dating Strindberg's most productive decade from 1897 to 1907. Near very good copy in blue cloth with gilt titles. First Thus. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Frank Palmer hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012226
|
|
|
Stephen Phillips
Herod a Tragedy
John Lane 1901 Dedicated to Beerbohm Tree this is the text of the play first performed at Her Majesty's in October 1900. Somewhat scuffed green and gold cloth covers but clean interior bar an owner's inscription. Decorative Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. John Lane hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001250
|
|
|
David Mercer
Belcher's Luck
Calder & Boyers 1967 Play from the author of A Suitable Case For Treatment. First performed at the RSC in November 1966. Creasing and marking to front cover but otherwise in good condition. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Calder & Boyers paperback
Bookseller reference : 000059
|
|
|
Eric Linklater
Crisis in Heaven
MacMillan 1944 Text of a play first performed in Edinburgh in February 1944. Set in heaven with characters including Florence Nightingale Abraham Lincoln Pushkin Voltaire Helen of Troy and Frederick the Great. . Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. MacMillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 019368
|
|
|
Philip Moeller
Madame Sand
Heinemann 1920 Historical comedy about George Sand. Other characters include Heinrich Heine Liszt and Chopin. Book includes publishers comps slip. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Heinemann hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000253
|
|
|
Henrik Ibsen
Plays
Penguin 1970 The Dolls House The League of Youth and The Lady From The Sea. Minor shelfwear to back cover but the rest is very good - tight and unmarked bar one owner's inscription. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Penguin paperback
Bookseller reference : 008097
|
|
|
William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice
New American Library 1965 Rebacked with hard covers with - unexpectedly - no library markings. Consequently a very good hard wearing copy of the play edited by Kenneth Meyrick with textual notes a note on sources and four commentaries on the play. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. New American Library hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006182
|
|
|
Christopher Marlowe
The Works of Christopher Marlowe
John Camden Hotten 1872 "Including his translations. Edited with notes and introduction by Lt Col Francis Cunningham." Publishers list at rear gives 1872 although someone has inscribed 1875 on title page. Solid copy although the rear hinge is cracked and one corner of the front cover is rubbed. Includes all the great plays as well as the lesser known works. Rare edition. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. John Camden Hotten hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013088
|
|
|
J M Barrie
Quality Street
Hodder & Stoughton 1918 Probably Barrie's second most famous play - a good unmarked copy. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 005067
|
|
|
A Mordaunt Shairp Ed
Modern Plays in One Act
J M Dent 1930 A collection of 10 one act plays in The Kings Treasuries of Literature series . A tidy unmarked copy in good plus condition. Cloth. Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. J M Dent hardcover
Bookseller reference : 009080
|
|
|
George Bernard Shaw
Saint Joan a Chronicle and the Apple Cart a Political Extravaganza
Constable 1949 Two plays by Shaw plus a long preface to Saint Joan. Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Constable hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002528
|
|
|
Frank Harris
Mr and Mrs Daventry
The Richards Press 1956 A play first performed in 1900 written by Frank Harris but based on a plot outline by Oscar Wilde. With an explanatory introduction by H Montgomery Hyde. Interior is very tidy and clean. Jacket is slightly grubby with some edgewear and minor chips and tears. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. The Richards Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 019556
|
|
|
William Shakespeare
The Tempest
T C & E C Jack In The Era Shakespeare edition edited with notes by Henry H Hudson. Undated but owner's inscription gives 1917.Tidy copy bar browned endpapers. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. T C & E C Jack hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021337
|
|
|
John Galsworthy
Justice
Duckworth 1927 The text of the play first produced in 1910. Solid copy. Card. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Duckworth unknown
Bookseller reference : 019384
|
|
|
Laurence Housman
Happy and Glorious
The Reprint Society 1943 A biography of Queen Victoria in the form of a series of short playlets. An excellent clean tight copy. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Ernest H Shepherd. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. The Reprint Society hardcover
Bookseller reference : 010463
|
|
|
Lord Byron
The Works of Lord Byron Volume 5
Bernhard Tauchnitz 1866 The fifth volume only of five of the complete works this one covering four of the poets tragic dramas - Marino Faliero The Two Foscari Sardanapalus and Werner. Marbled boards with leather spine and corners and four raised bands to the spine. Very tidy luxury edition copy. Half-Leather. Very Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. Bernhard Tauchnitz hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014603
|
|
|
William Shakespeare
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Spring Books Comprising both plays and poetry. Good clean copy bar owner's inscription. Undated but inscription gives 1963. Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Spring Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015589
|
|
|
Christopher Fry
A Sleep of Prisoners
Geoffrey Cumberlege 1951 Text of the play first performed in churches in London and Oxford with a cast including Denholm Elliott and Stanley Baker. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Geoffrey Cumberlege hardcover
Bookseller reference : 005799
|
|
|
J M Barrie
Dear Brutus
Hodder & Stoughton 1939 Sunned covers very good interior. Cloth. Good. Illus. by Morton Sale. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004225
|
|
|
Jean Racine
Oeuvres De Jean Racine Tomes 123
Chez L L'Homme et A Dulau et Co 1799 "Avec les notes grammaticales de l'abbe d'Olivet de Louis Racine et de Luneau de Boisgermain".The first three volumes of the works of the playwright bound in one. Published in London text in French. 336pp 346pp 326pp. A very strongly bound copy with marbled endpapers and similarly marbled front and rear covers pasted on white boards and spine. Early page spotting and an owner's inscription otherwise clean internally. Hard Cover. Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5�" tall. Chez L L'Homme et A Dulau et Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012118
|
|
|
Moliere
Les Femmes Savantes
George G Harrap 1966 Part of the Harrap's French Classics series. The text of the play in French with a 68 pp introduction and 23pp of notes in English. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. George G Harrap hardcover
Bookseller reference : 008533
|
|
|
Maurice Maeterlinck
Aglavaine and Selysette
George Allen 1904 "A drama in five acts translated by Alfred Suto and with an introduction by J W Mackail." Covers have been exposed to water and are slightly warped and stained. Interior is solidly bound. A reading copy. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. George Allen hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015865
|
|
|
John Drinkwater
Abraham Lincoln
Sidgwick & Jackson 1920 Drama from the man better known as a Georgian poet. Owner inscription otherwise good. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Sidgwick & Jackson hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000706
|
|
|
George Bernard Shaw
The Apple Cart
Constable & Co 1930 First edition of play first performed the previous year. Good throughout. First Edition. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Constable & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002495
|
|
|
Anton Chekhov
Six Famous Plays
Gerald Duckworth & Co 1952 All the key Chekhov plays in one volume - The Seagull Uncle Vanya The Cherry Orchard and The Three Sisters- as well as the lesser known pair of The Bear and The Proposal. Very good clean copy. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Gerald Duckworth & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 005766
|
|
|
Embassy Successes 1945-1946
Sampson Low Marston 1946 Three plays which helped to resurrect the Embassy Theatre from dereliction caused by bombing - Worm's Eye View by R F Delderfield Father Malachy's Miracle by Brian Doherty and Zoo In Silesia by Richard Pollock. Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Sampson Low Marston hardcover
Bookseller reference : 010596
|
|
|
Clifford Bax
Antique Pageantry
Hendersons 1921 All pages are uncut hence clean and well bound. Covers are yellowed. Four verse plays : The Poetasters of Ispahon; The Apricot Tree; The Summit; and Aucassin and Nicolette. First Edition. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Hendersons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 018628
|
|
|
George Bernard Shaw
Saint Joan
Constable 1924 Shaw's play with a 62 page preface on the character and circumstances of Joan. Mug marked and tea stained covers but interior is good. Some pages uncut. Fourth impression. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Constable hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002893
|
|
|
George Bernard Shaw
Saint Joan
Constable 1925 Shaw's play with a 62 page preface on the character and circumstances of Joan. Interior is good. . Eleventh impression. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Constable hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003633
|
|
|
Euripides
The Bacchae
George Allen & Sons 1911 "Translated into English rhyming verse with explanatory notes by Gilbert Murray. Tenth thousand. Clean copy. Soft Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. George Allen & Sons paperback
Bookseller reference : 003418
|
|
|
Aeschylus
Persae
MacMillan 1934 Edition of the play shortened in the original Greek for use as an elementary text book. Spine is frayed and corner bumped but interior is good apart from pencilled marginalia. Cloth. Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. MacMillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000991
|
|
|
Van H Cartmell
Plot Outlines of 100 Famous Plays
The New Home Library 1945 Organised by nationality of the playwright. Minor fading to covers but interior is unmarked and tight. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. The New Home Library hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015074
|
|
|
Denis Johnston
The Moon in the Yellow River
Jonathan Cape 1938 Solid copy of the play in a yellowed jacket . A new and revised edition of the play which was first performed at the Abbey Theatre Dublin in 1931. Cloth. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Jonathan Cape hardcover
Bookseller reference : 010627
|
|
|
Aristophanes
The Comedies of Aristophanes
George Bell & Sons 1886 Volume 1 containing The Acharnians Knights Clouds Wasps and The Birds. "A new and literal translation from the revised text of Dinsdorf with notes and extracts from the best metrical versions by William James Hickie. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" Tall. George Bell & Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001543
|
|
|
John Galsworthy
Strife
Duckworth 1919 A good solid copy of Galsworthy's play with some spotting to page edges. . Card. Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. Duckworth unknown
Bookseller reference : 003906
|
|
|
Robert Gittings
The Makers of Violence
William Heinemann 1951 Two act play commissioned by the Friends of Canterbury Cathedral for the 1951 festival and concerned with the coming of Canute to England. Near very good copy throughout. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. William Heinemann hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014838
|
|
|
Dorothy L Sayers
The Zeal of Thy House
Victor Gollancz 1939 Play about William of Sens the architect of the choir of Canterbury Cathedral. Good copy internally but covers are marked and faded with a red ink stain to a small portion of the page edges. Cloth. Fair. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Victor Gollancz hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011637
|
|
|
Laurence Housman
Happy and Glorious
The Reprint Society 1943 A series of 47 short plays which collectively tell the story of Queen Victoria's life. At the time of publication only 20 of the plays had received performances the Lord Chamberlain having failed to give permission for the other 27 3 of them for being "inconveniently truthful". A clean tight copy. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. The Reprint Society hardcover
Bookseller reference : 005110
|
|
|
Harold Chapin
Augustus in Search of a Father
Gowans & Gray 1911 First edition of the one act play first performed in March 1910. Repertory Plays No 4. Paper wraps are damp affected and worn away at top of front panel. Uninscribed interior. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fair. 24mo - over 5" - 5�" tall. Gowans & Gray paperback
Bookseller reference : 010635
|
|
|
Miles Malleson and H Brooks
Six Men of Dorset
Victor Gollancz 1934 First edition of the play about the Tolpuddle Martyrs in two acts and an epilogue. Neat copy in rubbed black cloth covers and a title label to the spine and the odd foxmark to the interior otherwise clean and solid. First Edition. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Victor Gollancz hardcover
Bookseller reference : 010220
|
|
|
John Drinkwater
Pawns
Sidgwick & Jackson 1919 Three poetic plays by the man better known as a Georgian poet. Cover faded and fps browned but internally clean. Cloth. Fair. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Sidgwick & Jackson hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000714
|
|
|
John Galsworthy
The Plays
Duckworth 1929 27 plays by one of only four British winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Unmarked tidy copy. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Duckworth hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003611
|
|
|
Alfred W Pollard
English Miracle Plays : Moralities and Interludes Specimens and Extracts
OUP 1961 A library copy rebound in blue cloth missing the title page but a good solid copy with usual library markings. A 72 page introduction followed by excerpts from the plays notes and a glossarial index. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. OUP hardcover
Bookseller reference : 009252
|
|
|
John Masefield
Berenice
William Heinemann 1922 First edition of the Poet Laureate's translation in blank verse of Racine's play. A good copy despite some sunning to the covers.Inlaid is an article from The Daily Mail from 1934 entitled A New Wave of Puritianism Sweeps The Stage. First Edition. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. William Heinemann hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015543
|
|
|
Stephen Phillips
Paolo & Francesca
John Lane 1900 Fourth edition of the play written in Shakespearian iambic pentameter set in Rimiini. . Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. John Lane hardcover
Bookseller reference : 010974
|
|
|
Gilbert Murray
The Medea of Euripides
George Allen & Unwin 1927 "Translated into English rhyming verse with explanatory notes" by Murray. Fading to covers otherwise a clean solid copy. Soft Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. George Allen & Unwin paperback
Bookseller reference : 012062
|
|
Receive by email
Download as PDF document
RSS feed
Permanent link
