Drammaturgia e teatro

The Love-Chase a Comedy, in Five Acts

James Sheridan Knowles · 1837 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,549)

London, Edward Moxon, 1837. Leather. A scarce first edition of this comedy from James Sheridan Knowles. First Edition. James Sheridan Knowles, born in 1784, was a Irish dramatist and actor, as well as a prolific author. Giving up a career in medicine for the stage, it is belie...

The Poems and Plays of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith · 0 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,770)

London, Frederick Warne, c1880. Leather. A charmingly illustrated edition of this poetical and theatrical anthology from Oliver Goldsmith. With a the addition of The Vicar of Wakefield Memoir bound to the front. Adorned with several plates, decorative head and tail pieces, and...

Thirteen Eighteenth Century Plays

Various; R Sheridan; J Gay · 1823 · Rooke Books

£620.00 (€743.28 | $819.24 | ¥130,838)

London, T Dolby, c1830. Leather. An early nineteenth century collection of comic plays from writers including John Gay and Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Bound from the parts in half-leather, with a spine label, gilt lettering, and marbled paper-covered boards. Bears the bookplate...

The Funeral and the Tender Husband the Lying Lover, or the Ladies Friendship

Richard Steele · 1712 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London , Owen Lloyd; Bernard Lintott, 1712. Leather. Three of Irish playwright and politician, Richard Steele. The Funeral and The Tender Husband are intended to be one volume, whereas The Lying Lover has been included by prior owner. Direct from the Regency library of Elizabe...

Speed the Plough a Comedy in Five Acts Cure for the Heart Ache a Comedy in Five Acts a New Way to Pay Old Debts, a Comedy the Iron Chest, a Play in Three Acts Know Your Own Mind a Comedy in Five Acts the Heir at Law Lover&Apos;S Vows a Play in Five Acts

Mrs Inchbald; Philip Massinger; George Coleman · 1818 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Longman et al, 1818-1819. Leather. Seven eighteenth century plays, mostly comedies, bound in two volumes. Direct from the Regency library of Elizabeth Greenly, later Lady Elizabeth Coffin Greenly. Elizabeth Greenly, born at Titley Court, Herefordshire, was a noted and ...

Comedies and Dramas and Mrs Caudles Curtain Lectures the Story of a Feather and the Sick Giant and the Doctor Dwarf

Douglas Jerrold · 1852 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.16 | $47.57 | ¥7,597)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1852-4. Leather. Two volumes of work by Douglas Jerrold. With the bookplate of Sir Edward Watkin to the front pastedown of Mrs Caudles Curtain Lectures. Edward Watkin was a British MP and railway entrepreneur. He was notable for expanding the Metrop...

The Works of William Shakspere Containing His Plays and Poems

Charles Knight · 1849 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,770)

London , Charles Cox , 1849. Cloth. A scarce anthology containing the plays and poetry of William Shakespeare. With glossarial notes; and facts connected with his life and writings, abridged from "William Shakspere, a Biography". Profusely illustrated throughout by W. Harvey. ...

A Selection of Plays and Miscellaneous Pieces

Various · 1819 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Edinburgh and Paris, Henry Colburn et al. 1819-1839. Cloth. A scarce anthology of Georgian theatrical pieces as well as the first edition of "Massaniello; or a The Revolt of Naples" by Sir John Dean Paul. Includes the third edition of "Mirandola" a tragedy by Barry Cor...

King Henry the Second an Historical Drama

Sir Arthur Helps · 1843 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London , William Pickering, 1843. Cloth. An early edition of King Henry the Second by Sir Arthur Helps. Sir Arthur Helps, KCB, DCL (10 July 1813 – 7 March 1875), was an English writer and dean of the Privy Council, youngest son of Thomas Helps, a London merchant, was born in ...

The Well of the Saints

John M. Synge · 1911 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.35 | $62.10 | ¥9,918)

Dublin , Maunsel and Company, Ltd, 1911. Vellum. A 1911 edition of The Well of the Saints. Written by John M. Synge, a noted Irish playwright who earned notoriety with his subequent play The Playboy of the Western World, the play focusses on a group of beggars in 'some lo...

The Globe Restored a Study of the Elizabethan Theatre

C. Walter Hodges · 1953 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.94 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1953. Cloth. A study of the theatre of Shakespeare, with particular reference to The Globe. Illustrated with numerous plates to the rear. In a cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart, though with some light bumping. Dus...

England&Apos;S Darling

Alfred Austin · 1896 · Rooke Books

£16.99 (€20.37 | $22.45 | ¥3,585)

London , Macmillan and Co. Ltd. 1896. Cloth. England's Darling is a play by Alfred Austin (1835 - 1913) an English poet who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896 upon the death of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Fourth edition. With a preface by the author to front. On Tennyson&apos...

Emma a Play Founded on Jane Austen&Apos;S Novel

Marion Morse MacKaye · 1941 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this play by Marion MacKaye, based upon the novel by Jane Austen. With a preface by Percy MacKaye. With a portrait frontispiece and three illustrated plates. Inscribed by Percy MacKaye to a ...

Raccolta Di Commedie Scelte

Carlo Goldoni · 1825 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Livorno, Vignozzi, 1825. Leather. A collection of comedies from the much loved 18th century Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni. Goldoni is admired for his honest portrayal of humanity, as well as his quick wit. For his subjects he often dramatised the lives of the new Italian mi...

Les Marionnettes de Justin Et Les Droits de Coeur

Charles Narrey; Leopole Laluye · 1869 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Paris, Michel Levy Freres, 1869 - 1873. Leather. Two uniformly bound plays by eminent French playwrights. 'Les Marionnettes de Justin' by Charles Narrey and 'Les Droits de Coeur' by Leopold Laluye. Both volumes are in the original French. Both volumes appea...

Richard Steele

Richard Steele · 0 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, c1900. Leather. The plays of Richard Steele in a decorative fine calf binding from Bayntun's. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes by G. A Aitken. With lovely decorative head- and tail- pieces. Bound by Bayntun's of Bath, with a bookbinder ...

Lucrece Tragedie En Cinq Actes Et En Vers

M Francois Posard · 1843 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London , Furne et Cie, 1843. Leather. An early edition 'Lucrece' written by the dramatic poet Francois Posard Francois Posard (1814-1867), was the head of the school of common sense which held the balance between classic and romantic. His first play Lucrece, played i...

Theatre de Moliere

Moliere · 1930 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Paris, Plon, 1930. Leather. A beautiful set of the Theatre de Moliere with illustrations. In the original French.Complete in six volumes.A collection of the works of Moliere.Moliere was a French playwright, generally regarded as one of the greatest writers of the Frenhc langua...

Theatre Complet de J. Racine

Jean Racine · 1858 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Paris, Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres, 1858. Leather. The complete plays of the major seventeenth century French dramatist Jean Racine. Featuring a tissue guarded portrait frontispiece of Racine.Jean Racine was a popular French dramatist, primarily a tragedian, renowned for ...

Scenes Et Comedies

Octave Feuillet · 1891 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Paris, Calmann Levy, 1891. Leather. A late nineteenth century collection of plays by Feuillet in a decorative binding. Includes Le Village, Le Cheveu Blanc, Dalila, L'Ermitage, L'Urne, and La Fee. Octave Feuillet (1821-1890), was a French novelist and dramatist.In th...