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Jean Anouilh
Becket Ou L'Honneur De Dieu
La Table Ronde 1959 The text of the play published in the year of its first performance in Paris. Front cover has a small crease otherwise a solid copy. Inlaid is a review of the first night from either The Times or The Daily Telegraph. Soft Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. La Table Ronde paperback
Referencia librero : 018195
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George Bernard Shaw
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
Constable 1928 Tidy copy in olive green cloth with rough cut pages. Prelims browned otherwise clean. Card. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Constable hardcover
Referencia librero : 019373
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John Dryden
All for Love
University Tutorial Press 1965 Very solid copy of the play with introduction and over 100 pages of notes by Arthur Sale. Text is annotated in biro by previous owner. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. University Tutorial Press hardcover
Referencia librero : 009536
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Clifford Bax
The Venetian
Samuel Bagster 1934 Play set in Venice in 1574. The Actor's Edition performed on Broadway and the West End in 1931. Soft Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Samuel Bagster paperback
Referencia librero : 010298
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Henrik Ibsen
Little Eyolf
Rupert Hart-davis 1961 A proof copy with brown paper wrappings. "Probable Publication Date March 1961" on front cover. Newly translated and with an introduction by Michael Meyer and an English Stage History at the rear. A near fine copy. Printer Wrapper. Very Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Galley/Proof. Rupert Hart-davis unknown
Referencia librero : 015071
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Maurice Maeterlinck
Monna Vanna
George Allen & Unwin 1918 Play written by Maeterlinck in 1899 which did not receive its first public performance in Britain until 1914 due to a Lord Chamberlain's ban. Very tidy unmarked copy. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. George Allen & Unwin hardcover
Referencia librero : 015717
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William Shakespeare
Cymbeline
J M Dent 1901 Neat little pocket edition of the play with a preface and glossary by Israel Gollancz. Cloth. Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5�" tall. J M Dent hardcover
Referencia librero : 003495
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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Iphigeneia in Tauris
J M Dent 1906 English translation by Elizabeth D Dowden and introduced by Edward Dowden this is a neat clean pocket sized edition of Goethe's play after Euripedes. Rough cut gilt edged pages and apart from foxing to tissue covering frontispiece an unmarked interior. Hard Cover. Very Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5�" tall. J M Dent hardcover
Referencia librero : 003079
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Friedrich Hebbel
Herodes Und Mariamne
Delhagen & Klafing 1931 "Eine tragodie in funf akten herausgegeben von Dr Robert Betsch.". Cloth. Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. Delhagen & Klafing hardcover
Referencia librero : 017084
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John Webster
The Duchess of Malfi
J M Dent 1919 A pocket edition of Webster's classic drama. Previously owned by the actor who played the cardinal judging by his extensive markings to the text.For some reason the last few scenes have been cut out and repasted onto cards with addition typewritten dialogue. Cloth. Fair. 24mo - over 5" - 5�" tall. J M Dent hardcover
Referencia librero : 000501
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R C Bald Ed
Six Elizabethan Plays
Houghton Mifflin 1963 The plays being : Tamurlane the Great Part 1 by Marlowe; The Shoemaker's Holiday by Dekker; The Knight of the Burning Pestle by Beaumont and Fletcher; Epicoene or The Silent Woman by Jonson; The Duchess of Malfi by Webster; and The Broken Heart by Ford. Tidy unmarked copy. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Houghton Mifflin paperback
Referencia librero : 011152
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George Bernard Shaw
Overruled & The Dark Lady of the Sonnets
Constable 1921 Two of the rarer Shaw plays both short and in one act. Mysteriously paginated so that the first play starts on Page 53 although there is no doubt about the integrity of the book. In green paper wraps split at the spine with a clean interior bar one owner's inscription. Both plays have lengthy introductions by Shaw which are almost as long as the plays themselves. Printer Wrapper. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Constable paperback
Referencia librero : 005191
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John M Synge
The Tinker's Wedding Riders to the Sea and the Shadow of the Glen
Maunsel and Co 1915 Three plays by Synge other than The Playboy of the Western World. Apart from an owner's inscription a neat and clean copy. Hard Cover. Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. Maunsel and Co hardcover
Referencia librero : 002823
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John Galsworthy
The Plays of John Galsworthy
Duckworth 1929 27 plays 1150 pages. A tight unmarked copy of the first edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" Tall. Duckworth hardcover
Referencia librero : 017832
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The Geisha
Ascherberg Hopwood & Crew 1896 The piano and vocal score to the "Japanese Musical Play" in 2 acts. Music by Sidney Jones lyrics by Harry Greenbank and Owen Hall. The covers have been covered by brown paper the 211 pages are yellowed and the binding is not strong. Fair copy only. Soft Cover. Fair. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Ascherberg Hopwood & Crew paperback
Referencia librero : 017822
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Le Maitre De Santiago
Henry De Montherlant
Harrap 1964 De Montherlant's play in French but with an introduction and notes in English. Nice bright copy although someone has written author's name on page edges. . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Harrap hardcover
Referencia librero : 000938
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John Drinkwater
Mary Stuart
Sidgwick & Jackson 1921 Play by the man better known as a Georgian poet. Cover faded and fps browned but internally clean. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Sidgwick & Jackson hardcover
Referencia librero : 000709
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John Galsworthy
Strife
Duckworth 1947 A good solid copy of Galsworthy's play. . Card. Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. Duckworth unknown
Referencia librero : 018114
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William Shakespeare
King Henry V
Cambridge University Press 1936 Much reprinted edition of Shakespeare's play edited by A W Verity. Some school library markings and stamps otherwise a solid copy. Soft Cover. Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. Cambridge University Press paperback
Referencia librero : 018825
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Henrik Ibsen
The Pretenders and Two Other Plays
J M Dent & Sons 1913 The other two plays being Pillars of Society and Romersholm. Wear to leather backed spine but very good interor. Undated but preface is dated 1913. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. J M Dent & Sons hardcover
Referencia librero : 014868
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Marlowe's Tragical History of Doctor Faustus and Goethe's Faust Part 1
Humphrey Milford 1940 The two plays in one volume with the Goethe translated by John Anster and an introduction by Sir Adolphus William Ward. Part of the World's Classics series. Some pencil annotations but near vg apart from that. Cloth. Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. Humphrey Milford hardcover
Referencia librero : 002798
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William Shakespeare
Richard II
J M Dent 1933 The text of the play plus 64pp of commentary including an acting appendix. Good clean copy. Cloth. Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. J M Dent hardcover
Referencia librero : 009817
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Aristophanes
The Frogs of Aristophanes
George Allen & Sons 1908 The Greek text and the English on facing pages. "Adapted for the performance by the Oxford University Dramatic Society 1909." With one or two pencilled alterations to the English translation as well. Otherwise a solid copy. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. George Allen & Sons paperback
Referencia librero : 013641
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J W Marriott Ed
One Act Plays of Today
George G Harrap 1926 The third series containing 12 plays including Harold Brighouse's How The Weather Was Made. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. George G Harrap hardcover
Referencia librero : 007573
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Jean Racine
Britannicus
Larousse 1965 Tidy unmarked copy of the play in the original French. Soft Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Larousse paperback
Referencia librero : 019770
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A C Cawley Ed
Everyman and Medieval Miracle Plays
Dent 1967 Good copy of the book containing "the moral play Everyman and a representative collection of medieval biblical pageants." In the Everyman edition naturally. Some fading to the front cover and the jacket has some edgewear. One of the plays has been annotated and there is an owner's name on one of the prelims. Cloth. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Dent hardcover
Referencia librero : 022006
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Plays of a Half-Decade
Victor Gollancz 1933 1008 pages 11 plays including Journey's End The Lady With A Lamp and The Barretts of Wimpole Street. Clean and solid copy. First Thus. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Victor Gollancz hardcover
Referencia librero : 017650
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William Shakespeare
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Odhams The plays the poetry in an undated edition with a clean interior. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Odhams hardcover
Referencia librero : 002938
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Houldsworth Pitt
Wings to Tigers : A Story of the International Crisis
Eric Partridge 1934 Somewhat bizarre play in three parts set in a country house to which a general an economist a policeman a politician a trades unionist and various other people have been invited. Scarce state of the world work in a very neat copy. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Eric Partridge hardcover
Referencia librero : 011258
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Jean Racine
Andromache and Other Plays
Penguin 1971 The two other plays are Britannicus and Berenice. Nearly a fine copy but for crease to back cover. Internally excellent. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Penguin paperback
Referencia librero : 013633
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John Hampden Ed
Nine Modern Plays
Thomas Nelson & Sons 1930 Consisting of The Bishop's Candlesticks by Norman Mckinnel The Philosopher of Butterbiggins by Harold Chapin The Rehearsal by Maurice Baring The Price of Coal by Harold Brighouse The Old Bull by Bernard Gilbert Allison's Lad by B M Dix The Little Man by John Galsworthy The Poetasters of Ispahan by Clifford Bax and Riders To The Sea by J M Synge. Very neat clean copy. Cloth. Very Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. Thomas Nelson & Sons hardcover
Referencia librero : 003570
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Marivaux
Arlequin Poli Par L'Amour / L'Epreuve
Larousse Extremely good copy of the two comedies. In French with biographical historical and critical commentaries. Soft Cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. Larousse paperback
Referencia librero : 019597
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W H Auden and Christopher Isherwood
The Ascent of F6
Faber & Faber 1936 Near very good copy of the first edition of "a tragedy in two acts". Extremely bright interior with one owner's inscription. Blue cloth covers are a little grimy at the edges. . First Edition. Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Faber & Faber hardcover
Referencia librero : 010566
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William Dodd
The Beauties of Shakspeare
Frederick Warne Undated perhaps 1880's copy of extracts of all the best speeches in Shakespeare's plays. Both hinges are exposed but the binding is still strong. Interior is unmarked. Green cloth boards are edgeworn and rubbed. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Frederick Warne hardcover
Referencia librero : 011477
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Adolphus Alfred Jack
The Prince
MacMillan 1900 A play by a man more commonly known as a literary critic and editor. Written in Shakespearian iambic pentameter and set in 14th century Montferrat in Italy. No evidence that it was ever performed. Patchy fading to blue cloth covers but a solid interior. First Edition. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. MacMillan hardcover
Referencia librero : 010948
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Oliver Goldsmith
She Stoops to Conquer
J M Dent Undated thirties copy of the play plus 62pp of commentary including an acting appendix. Part of the Kings Treasury of Literature series. A neat unmarked copy. Cloth. Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. J M Dent hardcover
Referencia librero : 009818
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J B P Moliere
Les Precieuses Ridicules
MacMillan 1908 Part of MacMillan's Foreign School Classics series. In the original French with an introduction and notes in English and Moliere's preface in French. Pencil annotated text but otherwise tight and neat. Cloth. Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. MacMillan hardcover
Referencia librero : 002128
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A A Milne
Michael and Mary
Chatto and Windus 1930 Mary meets Michael in the British Museum and moves in with him. Tiddley pom. Not for children. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Chatto and Windus hardcover
Referencia librero : 000286
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Three Jacobean Tragedies
Penguin 1970 The Revenger's Tragedy The White Devil and The Changeling. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Penguin paperback
Referencia librero : 000740
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Richard Sheridan
Plays
MacMillan Pocket edition of two of Sheridan's most famous plays : The Rivals and School for Scandal. Book is in good solid condition but lacks its title page and most of the author's preface. Text and notes are complete. Therefore a good reading copy. Cloth. Fair. 24mo - over 5" - 5�" tall. MacMillan hardcover
Referencia librero : 010841
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William Shakespeare
The Tragedies
Heron Red leatherette with gilt decoration. A tight unmarked copy of the rhird volume of Shakespeare's complete works in this edition comprising Troilus and Cressida Coriolanus Titus Andronicus Romeo and Juliet Timon of Athens Julius Caesar Macbeth and Hamlet. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Heron hardcover
Referencia librero : 008129
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John Drinkwater
Oliver Cromwell
Sidgwick & Jackson 1921 Covers are faded and stained. Interior good. Second impression. Cloth. Fair. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Sidgwick & Jackson hardcover
Referencia librero : 012261
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Clifton E S Headlam Ed
The Medea of Euripides
Cambridge University Press 1904 The classic play in the original Greek with a large amount of pencilled annotations to the text as well as the more standard introduction notes appendix and indexes in English. Tidy solidly bound copy of the first reprint. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Cambridge University Press hardcover
Referencia librero : 013330
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Mary H Debenham
The Coming of the Dawn
National Society's Depository Five short playlets about the arrival of Christianity in Wales Kent and Northumbria plus one on St Columba and one on Christian England. An attempt to re-invent the medieval mystery play and its educational purpose in modern terms. Blue cloth covers have small faded patches otherwise a good clean copy. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. National Society's Depository hardcover
Referencia librero : 012891
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John Galsworthy
The Show
Duckworth 1925 First edition of Galsworthy's play first performed in London in July of the year of publication with Hermione Baddeley Leslie Banks and Felix Aylmer. A fresh tight copy in a slightly marked but complete jacket. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. Duckworth hardcover
Referencia librero : 016309
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Penguin Plays
Penguin 1958 Gallows Glorious by Ronald Gow Lady Precious Stream by S I Hsiung and Richard of Bordeaux by Gordon Daviot. All date from thirties. Slightly grimy covers with library stamp on front but clean interior. "Put together because they are suitable for casts of young actors." . Mass Market Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Penguin paperback
Referencia librero : 003035
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J M Barrie
What Every Woman Knows
Hodder & Stoughton 1923 Eps are slightly foxed and there is an owner's inscription but overall this is a good early copy of Barrie's play. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
Referencia librero : 002649
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Maxwell Anderson
Mary of Scotland
Doubleday Doran & Co 1936 Three act play about the life of Mary Stuart and her death at the hands of Elizabeth I. A better than good copy unmarked and fresh. First Edition. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Doubleday, Doran & Co hardcover
Referencia librero : 012313
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Alfred De Musset
Poesies Comedies
Hachette Undated probably twenties copy of the poems of de Musset and the following comic plays in the original French : Les Caprices de Marianne; On Ne Badine Pas Avec L'Amour; Le Chandelier; Il Ne Faut Jurer De Rien; Il Faut Qu'Une Porte Soit Ouverte Ou Ferme. Pages yellowed otherwise clean. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Hachette hardcover
Referencia librero : 016127
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Ernst Toller
Broken-Brow
Nonesuch Press Top half of the spine cover is missing but interior is clean. 5 drawings by Grosz. Undated. Hard Cover. Fair. Illus. by Georg Grosz. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Nonesuch Press hardcover
Referencia librero : 014316
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