Drammaturgia e teatro

Souvenir Programme of the Matinee Organised by the Daily Telegraph As a Tribute to Miss Marie Tempest

1935 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London , The Daily Telegraph , 1935. First edition. Cloth. A charming souvenir programme dedicated to a star of the opera and the stage. The Souvenir Programme for Marie Tempest's jubilee matinee organised by the Daily Telegraph for Tuesday May 28th 1935. All the proceeds...

The Saint&Apos;S Tragedy; or, the True Story of Elizabeth of Hungary

Charles Kingsely, Junior · 1848 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, John W. Parker, 1848. First edition. Leather. A lovely first edition of Charles Kingsley' biographical verse drama about the life of the thirteenth century saint, Elizabeth of Hungary. A bright copy of the first edition of the first published work from English pri...

Mary Stuart, a Play

John Drinkwater · 1923 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd. 1923. Leather. A gorgeous prize-bound later impression of John Drinkwater's historical play. A play based on the life of Mary Stuart.Written by John Drinkwater, a poet and playwright known for his plays based on historical figures.Awarded ...

Abraham Lincoln Mary Stuart Oliver Cromwell

John Drinkwater · 1921 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.54 | $515.33 | ¥82,302)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, LTD, 1921. First edition. Leather. A Hatchards bound collection of the three popular historical plays by John Drinkwater, on Lincoln, Mary Stuart, and Cromwell, from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Bound by Hatchards.A lovely volume of thre...

Famous Plays of to-Day

R. C. Sherriff; John van Druten; Monckton Hoffe; Reginald Berkeley; Ashely Dukes; Benn W. Levy · 1929 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1929. First edition. Leather. A Hatchards bound anthology of popular plays, by the likes of R. C. Sherriff and Reginald Berkeley. The first edition of this anthology.In a Hatchards binding.An anthology volume of six popular plays of the early twent...

Bells British Theatre Comedies

Hoadly; Congreve; Beaumont; Fletcher; Garrick; Centlivre; Addison; Foote; Vanbrugh; Cibber · 1776 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)

London, T Lowndes et al, 1776. Leather. A very smart selection of British comedy plays from the eighteenth century. Former owner's inscription to the recto of front endpaper, 'I Lambert, 1778&apos. Illustrated, with an engraved title page to each volume and a fronti...

The Queen Bee or Harlequin and the Fairy Hive

W Barrymore · 1828 · Rooke Books

£1,275.00 (€1,528.51 | $1,684.74 | ¥269,063)

London, W Kenneth, 1828. First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce nineteenth century play written and produced by William Barrymore for the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Disbound, as issued.This play was invented and produced by William Barrymore, with the overture and musi...

The Lion and the Unicorn: A Play in Three Acts

Clemence Dane [Winifred Ashton] · 1943 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1943. Hardback. An excellent limited edition copy, signed by the author, of this illustrated play by Clemence Dane. A limited edition printed to one thousand copies signed by the author, this volume being number two hundred and ten in the series....

Self&Apos;S the Man

John Davidson · 1901 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Grant Richards, 1901. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this tragi-comedy by John Davidson. This is a tragi-comic play featuring a Roman cast, set on the outskirts of Pavia in Italy.John Davidson (1857-1909) was a Scottish playwright, poet and novelist. His poetry great...

Dramas, Translations, and Occasional Poems

Barbarina Brand · 1821 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, John Murray, 1821. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce first edition of Barbarina Brand's privately printed poetry and play anthology, a lovely work showing her intellectual accomplishments. The first edition of this work. This work was privately printed.A very...

Boabdil or &Apos;the Twilight of Granada&Apos;

Robert Gordon-Canning · 1928 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Hodgson, 1928. First edition. Vellum. A superior copy of this uncommon poetical and theatrical anthology by Robert Cecil Gordon Canning. In the original vellum binding. The first edition of this anthology of works. Comprising ten works total. Gordon-Canning was a sta...

The Guardian a Comedy of Two Acts

David Garrick · 1759 · Rooke Books

£100.00 (€119.88 | $132.14 | ¥21,103)

London, J Newbery et al, 1759. First edition. Disbound. The first edition of David Garrick's comedy play 'The Guardian&apos. Prior owner's inscription to the head of title page. Written by esteemed actor and playwright of the eighteenth century, David Garrick.Â...

Falstaff&Apos;S Wedding, a Comedy: As It Is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane

W. Kenrick · 1773 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, L. Davis, 1773. Disbound. An early, scarce contemporary edition, of this comical play, a sequel written by William Kenrick to two of Shakespeare's plays. A scarce contemporary edition of this work. A new edition of this work. With a half-title and final leaf of ep...

Between Sunset and Dawn. A Play in Four Scenes

Hermon Ould · 1914 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Sidgwick and Jackson Limited, 1914. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this play by Herman Ould, signed by the author to the front free endpaper. First edition. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. Very scarce. With publisher's advertisements t...

Three Plays by Brieux with a Preface by Bernard Shaw the English Versions by Mrs Bernard Shaw, St John Hankin and John Pollock

Brieux · 1912 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, A C Fifield, 1912. Cloth. A collection of Brieux's plays, signed by Charlotte Frances Shaw whom translated one of the plays. This work has an extensive preface by her husband, and noted playwright, George Bernard Shaw. The second edition thus of this work, which w...

The Adversary

A. J. Young · 1923 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, John G. Wilson, 1923. Hardback. A limited edition copy of Andrew Young's play in verse, 'The Adversary&apos. A limited edition work, limited to two hundred copies. 'The Adversary' is a dramatic play in verse featuring Satan and Job. Written by Andre...

The Second Man a Comedy in Three Acts

S. N. Behrman · 1927 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

New York, Doubleday, page, & Company, 1927. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this comical play by S. N. Behrman, held in the original dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. Held in the original unclipped dustwrapper, which is adhered to the spine as issued. ...

The Works of Shakspere Imperial Edition Edited by Charles Knight [and] a Biography of William Shakspere

William Shakespeare; Charles Knight (Ed) · 1791 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.45 | $627.65 | ¥100,239)

London, J. S. Virtue and Co, c1900. Leather. A desirable copy of the Imperial Edition of the Works of Shakespeare, profusely illustrated throughout. This particular volume is two volumes bound in three. In a uniform half calf binding, with gilt detailing to the front board of ...

The Complete Works of Thomas Otway

Thomas Otway; Montague Summers (ed). · 1926 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.70 | $343.55 | ¥54,868)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition set of 'The Complete Works of Thomas Otway' edited by Montague Summers and complete in three volumes. First thus, the first Nonesuch edition of these works. Each volume contains the following w...

(1921) Mary Stuart; (1922) Preludes 1921-1922; (1932) Napoleon: The Hundred Days by Benito Mussolini and Giovacchino Forzano; (1935) Abraham Lincoln.

John Drinkwater; Benito Mussolini; Giovacchino Forzano · 1921 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd. 1921-1935. First edition. Cloth. Author's own copies of these four historical plays by prominent poet and playwright John Drinkwater, each clad in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Handsome collection of four historical plays by promine...