Drammaturgia e teatro

Beyond the Fringe

Alan Bennett; Peter Cook; Jonathan Miller; Dudley Moore · 1963 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

New York, Random House, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this comedy stage revue written and performed by Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, and Dudley Moore. First edition. With a frontispiece. A British comedy stage revue that debuted at the 1960 ...

The Hypocrite; the Wife&Apos;S Stratagem

Isaac Bickerstaff; John Poole · 1823 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, T. Dolby; Hunt and Clarke, 1823-1827. Leather. A charmingly bound duo of comedy plays that were performed at the Theatres Royal, London, 'The Hypocrite' and 'The Wife's Stratagem&apos. A very scarce duo of comedy plays bound together, both of which ...

The Meistersingers

Wilhelm Richard Wagner · 1907 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, T. C. & E. C Jack Ltd, 1907. Cloth. A smart illustrated edition of this entertaining opera, from J. Cuthbert Hadden's Great Operas Series. Scarce edition. J. Cuthbert Hadden's The Great Operas Series. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and three colour pl...

Mamba&Apos;S Daughters

Dorothy Heyward; DuBose Heyward · 1939 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

New York; Toronto , Farrar & RInehart, 1939. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the play adaptation of DuBose Heyward's novel, on which he collaborated with his wife. The first edition, first printing. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The dramatisation of D...

Paolo & Francesca

Stephen Phillips · 1900 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

London and New York, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1900. Leather. A tragedy portraying the affair of Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Polenta, bound by the Guild of Women Binders. An unsigned binding by the Guild of Women Binders.The Guild of Women Binders were formed at the turn...

Harlequin Phoenix, or, the Rise and Fall of a Bergamask Rogue

Thelma Niklaus · 1956 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, The Bodley Head, 1956. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this curious history of the Harlequin character, an illustrated volume, including with colour plates. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, designed by Mervyn Peake....

Rãƒâ©Pertoire Du Thãƒâ©Atre de Madame: Le Mariage de Raison; la Lune de Miel; le Mal Du Pays; le Diplomate; le Plus Beau Jour; la Quarantaine

Eugène Scribe; Antoine-François Varner; Germain Delavigne; et al. · 1827 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Paris, Baudouin Frères et Pollet, 1827-1828. Leather. Two volumes from the series 'Répertoire du Théatre de Madame', containing works by Eugène Scribe and many other playwrights. Two volumes in uniform half calf bindings with marbled boards. Eugène Scribe (1791-...

Last Poems & Plays

W. B. Yeats · 1940 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.67 | $376.59 | ¥60,143)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1940 . First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of this posthumously published collection of poems and plays by one of the foremost literary figures of the twentieth century, W. B. Yeats. The first US edition, first printing. In the publisher...

Call It a Day

Dodie Smith · 1936 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon play by Dodie Smith, which formed a successful stage production and film. The first edition, first impression, of this uncommon work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, with the sca...

Pinkie and the Fairies

W. Graham Robertson · 1909 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, William Heinemann, 1909. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated copy of this fairy play in three acts, written by W. Graham Robertson. First performed in 1908 at His Majesty's Theatre, London, starring Ellen Terry. With an illustrated title page, six plates, and few in-t...

Last Poems & Plays

W. B. Yeats · 1940 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.54 | $515.33 | ¥82,302)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1940. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this posthumous collection of poems and plays by one of the foremost literary figures of the twentieth century, W. B. Yeats. The first edition, first printing.In the original price-clipped dust w...

Ouevres de P. Corneille: Theatre Complet

Pierre Corneille · 0 · Rooke Books

£194.00 (€232.57 | $256.34 | ¥40,940)

Paris, Garnier Freres, c1875 . Leather. A beautifully illustrated three volume edition of the dramatic works of French tragedian Pierre Corneille. In the original French. Illustrated with twelve hand coloured plates, four to each volume. Collated, complete.In delightful quarte...

Theatre de Regnard

Jean-Francois Regnard; M Louis Moland · 1876 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Paris, Librairie Garnier Freres, [1876]. Hardback. Theatrical works of French dramatist Jean-Francois Regnard. Anthology of dramatical works of Jean-Francois Regnard, one of the most distinguished French dramatiss in the seventeenth century, equally as famous now for his trave...

Dramatische Werke

A W Iffland · 1798 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Leipzig, Georg Joachim Göschen, 1798-02. Leather. Thirteen volumes from the dramatic works of August Wilhelm Iffland in the original German. In the original German. Thirteen of sixteen volumes. No half titles as issued. With frontispieces to each volume. Collated, bound witho...

Salome, la Sainte Courtisane, a Florentine Tragedy

Oscar Wilde · 1917 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1917. Leather. The fifth edition of this collection of plays from Oscar Wilde. Fifth edition. A collection of plays from Oscar Wilde, an Irish poet and playwright renowned for his work in the early 1890s. The plays included are: Salome Depicting the ...

The Works of Beaumont & Fletcher

Francis Beaumont; John Fletcher; Reverend Alexander Dyce [Ed.] · 1843 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, Edward Moxon, 1843-1845 . Leather. Famed for their collaboration, this set contains the complete dramatic works of Renaissance playwrights Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher. Comprising the complete dramatic works of Renaissance playwrights Francis Beaumont and John Fl...

The Tragedies of Algernon Charles Swinburne

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1905 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.43 | $647.47 | ¥103,404)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1905-1906 . Leather. The complete set of Swinburne's tragedies in lovely Riviere signed half calf bindings. Early edition of The Tragedies of Algernon Charles Swinburne in Riviere & Son signed half calf bindings and cloth boards. Complete in five...

Souvenir of King Arthur by J. Comyns Carr As Presented at the Lyceum Theatre, 12th January, 1895 by Henry Irving

J. Comyns Carr · 1895 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Cassell & Co. Ltd, 1895. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce collection of illustrations as based on Comyns Carr's play King Arthur. First edition. Scarce work. With thirteen plates. Collated complete. A souvenir for those attending the play 'King Arthur&...

The Wreck Ashore; a Drama in Two Acts

John Baldwin Buckstone · 1834 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

London , Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1834. Cloth. A scarce copy of this plate by John Baldwin Buckstone, with a frontispiece. The Wreck Ashore is a drama in two acts which was performed at the Theatre Royal, Adelphi John Baldwin Buckstone was an English actor, playwright and...

Our Ostriches, a Play of Modern Life in Three Acts

Marie Stopes · 1923 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1923 . First edition. Paperback. The scarce first edition, first printing of this play by Marie Stopes. The first edition, first printing of Our Ostriches, A Play of Modern Life in Three Acts by Marie Stopes in the original publisher's ...