Drammaturgia e teatro

The Beggar&Apos;S Opera

John Gay · 1921 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, William Heinemann, 1921. Cloth. Claud Lovat Fraser's colourfully illustrated edition of John Gay's enduringly popular ballad opera. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.This edition of John Gay's opera is accompanied by colourful plates of scenes and c...

The Confidential Clerk

T. S. Eliot · 1954 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Faber and Faber Ltd. 1954. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression of T.S Eliot's comic verse play, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work, with the issue point 'Ihad' for 'I had&apos...

The Confidential Clerk

T. S. Eliot · 1954 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, Faber and Faber LTD, 1954 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally bright copy of T. S. Eliot's successful and influential play, presented here in a lovely example of the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. With the issue ...

Oeuvres de Monsieur de Boissy

Louis de Boissy · 1758 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

Amsterdam; Berlin, Jean Neaulme, 1758. Leather. A complete set of the collected plays of Louis de Boissy, containing his best known works. Complete as eight volumes bound in four.In the original French and Italian.The collected works of Louis de Boissy, published in the year o...

Around Theatres

Max Beerbohm · 1924 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, William Heinemann, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this two-volume collection of Beerbohm's witty theatre reviews for The Saturday Review. A first edition of this two-volume work in the publisher's original cloth binding; blue for volume I and ...

Pub. Terentii Comoediae Sex

Terentii; Terence · 1635 · Rooke Books

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

Leiden, Officina Elzeviriana, 1635. Vellum. The second Elzevir edition of the six surviving comedic plays of Terence. The second edition, with the following issue points: p51, the word Laches is printed in black; running title of the second and third comedies is spelled EVNVCH...

Plays One: The Real Inspector Hound, After Magritte, Dirty Linen, New-Found-Land, Dogg&Apos;S Hamlet and Cahoot&Apos;S Macbeth

Tom Stoppard · 1996 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Faber and Faber, 1996. Paperback. A very scarcely signed copy of this collection of Tom Stoppard's plays. Signed by the author to the first page. A new collection of plays, with introductions by the author. In the publisher's original paperback. This colle...

The Works of William Shakespeare with Life and Glossary (the "Bedford" Edition)

William Shakespeare · 1888 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1888. Cloth. A charming pocket-sized "Bedford" edition of William Shakespeare's works. The "Bedford" Edition of this William Shakespeare collection. Containing eleven out of the twelve volumes (missing volume VI). Uniformly bound in the pu...

David

D. H. Lawrence · 1926 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

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

The Rock: A Pageant Play

T. S. Eliot; E. Martin Browne · 1934 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Faber & Faber, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, second impression of T. S. Eliot's pageant play, written in collaboration with director E. Martin Browne and R. Webb-Odell. The first edition, second impression of this work in the original boards, with t...

The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde · 1993 · Rooke Books

£1,850.00 (€2,217.84 | $2,444.52 | ¥390,405)

London, Routledge; Thoemmes Press, 1993. Cloth. A very attractive collection of works from popular Irish poet and playwright, Oscar Wilde, edited by his friend and literary executor, Robert Ross. A lovely selection of the plays, poetry and additional prose of Oscar Wilde.Compl...

King Henry IV: Second Part

William Shakespeare · 1904 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Glasgow, David Bryce and Son, 1904. Leather. A charming miniature edition of Shakespeare's historical play, bound in full leather. A miniature edition, measuring only two inches tall. One of forty miniature edition of the works of William Shakespeare, published by David ...

Cymbeline

William Shakespeare · 1904 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Glasgow , David Bryce and Son, 1904. Hardback. A charming miniature edition of William Shakespeare's 'Cymbeline', bound in suede. This tiny book contains one of William Shakespeare's later plays, 'Cymbeline', set in Ancient Britain and based on le...

The Bankside Shakespeare the Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies of Mr. William Shakespeare As Presented at the Globe and Blackfriars Theatres, Circa 1591-1623

William Shakespeare; Appleton Morgan [ed.]; Albert R. Frey; William Reynolds; B. Rush Field; et al. · 1888 · Rooke Books

£1,900.00 (€2,277.78 | $2,510.59 | ¥400,956)

New York, The Shakespeare Society of New York, 1888-1891. Leather. An attractive fifteen volumes of the limited edition Bankside Shakespeare, edited by Appleton Morgan, and uniformly bound in half calf. One of 500 limited edition copies of the Bankside Shakespeare. Fifteen vol...

The Cocktail Party

T.S. Eliot · 1950 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.82 | $204.81 | ¥32,710)

London, Faber & Faber, 1950 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the most successful play of T. S. Eliot, a verse drama following the troubled relationship of a husband and wife. The first edition, first impression.A later state, with the page 29 miss print corrected, ...

The Zoo Story and Other Plays

Edward Albee · 1962 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1962. Cloth. A collection of plays by the talented American playwright, Edward Albee, featuring two of his most popular works 'The Zoo Story' and 'The Sandbox', signed by the Scottish actor Robert Urquhart and in the original dust wra...

Mary Stuart: A Play

John Drinkwater · 1921 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Boston , Houghton Mifflin Company , 1921 . First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of John Drinkwater's historical play surrounding Mary Stuart, inscribed to fellow author and friend, Jack Crawford. The first US edition. Inscribed 'with every fond wish' from the aut...

A King&Apos;S Daughter, a Tragedy in Verse

John Masefield · 1923 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, William Heinemann, 1923 . First edition. Hardback. A signed limited edition of John Masefield's tragic drama, retaining the original dust wrapper. A signed limited edition, first edition.Number 211 of 250 limited edition copies, signed by the author.In the publish...

Five Somewhat Historical Plays

Philip Moeller · 1918 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

New York , Alfred A. Knopf, 1918. First edition. Hardback. // The first edition of this scarce work. In a very scarce binding of decorated boards. This book contains five plays by Philip Moeller with often humorous historical ties with its characters and plots. Includes a co...

The Poems and Plays of Oliver Goldsmith with the Addition of the Vicar of Wakefield, Memoir, Etc.

Oliver Goldsmith · 1892 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1892. Leather. A smart collection of works from Anglo-Irish writer, Oliver Goldsmith, bound in half calf and beautifully illustrated with plates throughout. A later impression of this 'Lansdowne Poets' work, comprising a wonderful seri...