Drammaturgia e teatro

Agrippina: Empress-Mother; "Amid the Alien Corn

F. A. Evelyn · 1932 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, Heath Cranton Ltd. 1932-1940 . First edition. Leather. Signed presentation copies of two very scarce first editions from F. A. Evelyn, a 20th century translator of Greek tragedies and poetry. Signed presentation copies of two very scarce first editions, being 'Agr...

The Works of Mr Edmund Smith, Late of Christ-Church, Oxford

Edmund Smith · 1719 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

London, Bernard Lintot, 1719. Cloth. A collection of theatrical and poetical works from Edmund Smith, including his popular work 'Phaedra and Hippolitus', an excellent copy of this scarce collection in modern cloth. The third edition, first published posthumously in ...

Eleven Comic Plays Performed at the Theatre Royal on Drury Lane

Samuel Foote; David Garrick et al. · 1761 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)

London, J. Newberry; T. Becket; et al. 1761-9. First edition. Leather. A collection of eleven scarce eighteenth century plays which were performed at the Theatre Royal on Drury Lane, including first and early edition of these scarce comic plays, and including 'The Cunning...

The Talk of the Town: Theatre Restaurant

1900 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Talk of the Town, c1960. Paperback. Two very scarce matching souvenir brochures from famous theatre restaurant The Talk of the Town with original programmes. Two volumes, with two leaflet programmes. Very scarce work. A set of two matching souvenir brochures from "The ...

The Theatric Tourist

James Winston; Iain Mackintosh [editor] · 2008 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, The Society for Theatre Research and the British Library, 2008. Hardback. A very pleasing facsimile of the first edition of The Theatric Tourist from James Winston, with colour illustrations. Facsimile of the first and only edition of 1805, preceded by a facsimile of t...

Macbeth; Titus Adronicus

William Shakespeare · 1904 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Glasgow; Edinburgh , David Bryce and Son; Andersons, 1904. Leather. A charming pair of miniature volumes of Shakespeare's plays, 'Macbeth' and 'Titus Adronicus&apos. Offering two miniature editions of these Shakespearean plays. Carefully edited and compare...

The Beggar&Apos;S Opera

Mr. Gay [John Gay] · 1921 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, William Heinemann, 1921. Cloth. A brightly illustrated edition of Gay's ballad opera, signed with an inscription from the widow of Claud Lovat Fraser. Signed and inscribed by Grace Lovat Frazer, the widow of Claud Lovat Fraser, born Grace Inez Crawford, an America...

A Collection of Plays Performed at the Theatre-Royal

Arthur Murphy; Richard Cumberland · 1772 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.63 | $196.88 | ¥31,443)

London, W. Griffin; T. Lowndes; John Miller, 1772-1815. Paperback. Four fantastic plays written as they were originally performed at the Theatre-Royal, in modern paper wraps. Four volumes. A collection of plays written as they were originally performed on the West End, at the ...

David

D. H. Lawrence · 1926 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Martin Secker, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this biblical drama play by modernist author D. H. Lawrence, a limited edition of five hundred copies. The first edition, limited to five hundred copies.A lesser known play by the renowned author D. H. Law...

The Works of Mr. Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher

Francis Beaumont; John Fletcher; Mr. Theobald, Mr. Seward and Mr. Sympson [ed.] · 1750 · Rooke Books

£2,200.00 (€2,637.43 | $2,907.00 | ¥464,265)

London, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1750 . First edition. Leather. A handsomely bound ten volume first complete collected edition of the works of these two celebrated Renaissance dramatists. The first complete edition of the works of these two dramatists, complete in ten v...

The Intruder

Maurice Maeterlinck · 1914 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, Gowans & Gray LTD, 1914. Paperback. An important Symbolist play by the Nobel Prize winner Maurice Maeterlinck. No. 43 in 'Gowans's International Library&apos.Bound in decorative wraps designed by Jessie M. King. This is an important play in the Symbolism mov...

Akhnaton

Agatha Christie · 1973 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1973 . First edition. Cloth. A fine example of the first US edition of Agatha Christie's play in three acts, which is set in Ancient Egypt. The first US edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.In Ch...

Tamerlane, the Fair Penitent, Ulysses, the Tragedy of Jane Shore, the Royal Convert

Nicholas Rowe · 1735 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Jacob Tonson, 1735-36. Leather. A sammelband containing five of the brilliant plays of Nicholas Rowe, illustrated with frontispieces. A sammelband of five plays by Nicholas Rowe bound in one.Rowe was a noted dramatist, and is generally considered to be the first editor...

By Jack Rosenthal: An Autobiography in Six Acts

Jack Rosenthal; Maureen Lipman · 2005 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Robson Books, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this unique autobiography from Jack Rosenthal. Signed by Maureen Lipman and previously owned by an acquaintance of their daughter, playwright Amy Rosenthal. An excellent copy signed by Rosenthal's wife, ac...

Salome

Oscar Wilde · 1906 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.96 | $2,312.38 | ¥369,302)

London; New York, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1906. First edition. Hardback. The first U.K. trade edition of Oscar Wilde's tragic play about Salome and John the Baptist, in the original dust wrapper. The first U.K. trade edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, desi...

Dramatic Micellanies

Thomas Davies · 1783 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.73 | $310.52 | ¥49,592)

London, Printed for the Author, 1783-74. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this uncommon work of literary criticism by Thomas Davies. The first edition.An uncommon work.Complete in three volumes.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Thomas Betterton to Volume ...

A Christmas Miracle Play: Together with an Introductory Note on the Miracle Play, and Some Suggestions for Staging

F. A. Hibbert; A. Rawlinson Wood · 1919 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, The Faith Press , 1919. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce copy of this Christmas "miracle play" performed at Denstone College during the War. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce play. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with illustrative ...

Splendor and Death of Joaquin Murieta

Pablo Neruda; Ben Belitt [translator] · 1973 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

London, Alcove Press, 1973. First edition. Paperback. A smart first UK edition of this play from Chilean poet-diplomat Pablo Neruda, a review copy with original reviews. Dual language book with both the original Spanish text and translation into English. First UK edition. Revi...

Shakespeare&Apos;S Comedy As You Like It

William Shakespeare · 1909 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of Hugh Thomson's charmingly illustrated edition of Shakespeare's beloved comedy, illustrated with colour plates. The first trade edition of Thomson's edition.Illustrated with forty...

The Plays of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators to Which Are Added Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens

William Shakespeare · 1778 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.37 | $1,849.91 | ¥295,441)

London, C. Bathurst; W. Strahan; J. F. and C. Rivington; et al. 1778. Leather. A complete ten volume collection of William Shakespeare's plays, including some of his most popular works such as Romeo and Juliet, bound in full morocco by Jeffrey Binder. The second edition o...