Drammaturgia e teatro

Theatre de Racine Publie Par D Jouast

Jean Racine · 1880 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Paris, E Flammarion, [1880]. Leather. Works of Jean Racine published by D Jouast in three uniform volumes. Containing the theatrical works of J. Racine in three volumes. With a preface by V Fournel.Jean Racine was a French dramatist, considered one of the three greatest playwr...

The Nun Ensign

James Fitzmaurice-Kelly; Juan Perez de Montalban · 1908 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1908. Cloth. The story of Antonio de Erauso, born as Catalina de Erauso, known as the Ensign Nun after escaping the convent in the 17th century. Scarce work. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece and twenty-seven tipped-in plates. Collated complete. T...

The Works of Mr. Thomas Southerne

Thomas Southerne · 1713 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Jacob Tonson; Benjamin Tooke; Bernard Lintott, 1713. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition copy of the collected plays of Thomas Southerne, this edition containing eight of his popular plays. The scarce first edition of this work.Complete in two volumes.ESTC c...

Plays

William Congreve · 1735 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, J. Tonson, 1735. Leather. A nice collection of five popular plays by the leading playwright William Congreve. Complete as two volumes bound in one.ESTC citation number T42460.Illustrated with five plates, frontispieces to each play.Each play has a separate dated title ...

The Modern British Drama in Five Volumes

Various · 1811 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London , William Miller, 1811. First edition. Leather. A complete five volume first edition set of The Modern British Drama. A complete five volume set of The Modern British Drama. The first two volumes contain tragedies, volumes three and four contain comedies and volume fiv...

The Entertainer and the World of Paul Slickey

John Osborne · 1957 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London, Faber and Faber, 1957-59. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition plays by John Osborne, exploring the position of Britain after the war and in the post-imperial age. Both volumes are a first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrappers.Two p...

Fantasio: A Comedy in Two Acts

Alfred de Musset; Maurice Baring [trans.] · 1929 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.72 | $91.17 | ¥14,561)

Haarlem, The Pleiad, 1929 . Cloth. A beautifully illustrated limited edition of Alfred de Musset humorous play, designed by Frederic Warde. Limited to five-hundred and fifty hand numbered copies, of which this is number one-hundred and thirty-five.Translated from the original ...

The Dramatick Works of George Colman

George Colman · 1777 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

London , T. Becket, 1777. First edition. Leather. A complete four volume set of The Dramatick Works of George Colman. A complete four volume set in a beautiful original eighteenth century binding. Rather uncommon in the first edition. George Colman was an English dramatist, b...

A Collection of Eighteenth Century Plays Including Cumberland&Apos;S British Theatre Collection & Duncombe&Apos;S Edition

Various · 0 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.95 | $1,182.62 | ¥188,871)

London, John Cumberland, c1820. Leather. Twenty-two volumes of eighteenth century plays and operas from the British Theatre. Twenty-two volumes. A collection of eighteenth century plays and operas including Cumberland's Collection from the British Theatre and Duncombe&apo...

A Comedy Royal in Four Acts

Eden Philpotts · 1925 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.72 | $91.17 | ¥14,561)

London, Privately Printed by T Werner Laurie, 1925 . First edition. Hardback. A bright copy of the signed Limited Edition, first edition of this entertaining play by English writer Eden Phillpotts. In the original dust wrapper.Number two-hundred and seventy of two-hundred and ...

The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza

Bernard Shaw · 1930 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Constable and Company Ltd. 1930 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this satirical comedy play by the well renowned playwright George Bernard Shaw. First edition of The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza by Bernard Shaw in the original publisher's cloth...

Misalliance and Androcles and the Lion

Bernard Shaw · 1914 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Constable and Company LTD, 1914-23. First edition. Cloth. Two smart volumes containing six popular plays of the leading Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, uncommon to see in early dust wrappers. In the original unclipped dust wrappers.Two volumes of George Bernard S...

Works by John M. Synge

John M. Synge · 1912 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Dublin and London , Maunsel and Company, 1912. Vellum. Three uniform volumes of works by John M. Synge, with vellum spines. Three volumes of work by John M. Synge, including The Playboy of the Western World, A Comedy in Three Acts and The Aran Islands across two volumes. John...

The Dramatick Works of John Dryden, Esq; in Six Volumes.

John Dryden; William Congreve [ed.] · 1717 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, J. Tonson, 1717 . Leather. Five volumes only of this very scarce early eighteenth century six volume edition of the dramatic works of Restoration era poet and playwright John Dryden. Volumes I, II, III, IV and VI only of this six volume set; lacking volume V only.Illus...

The Dynasts, a Drama of the Napoleonic Wars in Three Parts, Nineteen Acts, & One Hundred and Thirty Scenes

Thomas Hardy · 1904 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.63 | $422.84 | ¥67,529)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1904-1908. First edition. Cloth. A three volume first edition set of Hardy's impressive Napoleonic drama. With volume I a second issue, volume II in the second state, and volume III in the first issue. Volume I is a first edition, second issue, w...

The Plays of William Shakespeare. In Twenty-One Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators.

William Shakespeare; Isaac Reed [ed.] · 1813 · Rooke Books

£3,400.00 (€4,076.03 | $4,492.63 | ¥717,500)

London, J. Nichols and Son et al. 1813 . Leather. An exceptionally bright example of the scarce 1813 twenty-one volume set of the plays of Shakespeare, supplemented with a wealth of comments and critical notices. The very scarce complete 1813 twenty-one volume edition of the p...

The Voysey Inheritance

Granville Barker · 1910 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1910. Paperback. Scarce second impression of this play in five acts by Granville-Barker in the original wraps. Play in five acts by English dramatist Harley Barker-Granville, written in 1903-5 and first performed at the Royal Court Theatre in 1905 f...

Sheridan&Apos;S Plays

Richard Brinsley Sheridan; W. Fraser Rae (ed.); The Marques of Dufferin and Ava · 1902 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, David Nutt, 1902 . Leather. A scarce edition of this collection of plays by Richard Brinsley Sheridan in half calf binding. Scarce edition of Sheridan's Plays edited by W. Fraser Rae in half calf Bicker's and Son binding. Now printed as he wrote them, and hi...

An Inquiry Into the Genuineness of the Manuscript Corrections in Mr. J. Payne Collier&Apos;S Annotated Shakespeare, Folio, 1632

N. E. S. A. Hamilton · 1860 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London , Richard Bentley , 1860. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this literary inquiry into the work of Shakespeare, with illustrations. A first edition copy of this work which is An Inquiry into the Genuineness of the Manuscript Corrections in Mr. J. Payne Colli...

Sylvia; or, the May Queen, a Lyrical Drama

George Darley · 1892 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, J. M. Dent & Co, 1892. Cloth. A charming limited edition copy of this play by the prolific Irish poet, George Darley. A limited edition, consisting of 500 small and 100 large paper copies. This being number 64 of the small paper copies. In the publisher's original...