Drammaturgia e teatro

The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie

Richard Wagner, Margaret Armour (trans.) · 1914 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1914. Cloth. A very pleasing copy of this stunningly illustrated copy of The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie The 1914 impression of the English translation of this popular opera by German composer Richard Wagner. Thanks to the accompanying stunning ill...

School for Scandal

Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1751 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

New York and London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, the Knickerbocker Press, c1900. Leather. A charmingly bound edition of this comedy play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) was an Irish playwright and poet, also known for owning the London Theatre...

Six Programs for Galashiels Arts Club Pantomimes

1955 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

Galashiels, Galashiels Arts Club, 1955-61. Paperback. Six very scarce programs from the entertaining pantomimes put on by the Galashiels Art Club between 1955 and 1961. Very scarce works.Six programs for the pantomimes put on by the Galashiels Arts Club between 1955 and 1961, ...

The Confidential Clerk

T S Eliot · 1954 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Faber and Faber, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A very smart, first edition copy of T.S Eliot's comic verse play 'The Confidential Clerk&apos. The first edition, first impression with 'Ihad' for 'I had' to page 7. With the original unclipped...

The Spirit of the Vatican

Joseph Turnley · 1846 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.60 | $455.87 | ¥72,805)

London, Not Stated, 1846. Leather. A beautifully bound scarce second edition of this work on the Vatican, signed by the author to the title page. The second edition of this work.A scarce work.Signed by the author to the title page, 'Fred Smith Esq, with the Author's ...

The Fashionable Lover

Richard Cumberland · 1772 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, W Griffin, 1772. Disbound. A very early edition of this comedic play by Richard Cumberland. With half title. Disbound, as is common with this work. This copy has been printed the same year that the play had its premier at the Drury Lane Theatre in January 1772. This is...

Critical Essays on the Dramatic Excellencies of the Young Roscus

J Bisset · 1805 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

Birmingham; London, Knott and Lloyd; J Johnson, 1805. First edition. Leather. A well bound, very scarce first edition of this tract looking at the dramatic talents of William Henry West Betty, or 'The Young Roscius&apos. Rebound, in a stunning half calf binding with marbl...

Polly

Mr Gay · 1923 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.75 | $277.49 | ¥44,316)

London, William Heinemann, 1923. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound, illustrated edition of John Gay's sequel to 'The Beggar's Opera&apos. 'Polly' was first performed posthumously on 19th June 1777 at the Haymarket theatre. First thus, the first e...

Le Barbier de Seville Ou la Precaution Inutile le Deserteur Les Fausses Infidelites la Brouette Du Vinaigrier

Pierre Caron de Beaumarchais · 1768 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

Paris; Geneva; London, Ruault; Laurent Prault, 1768-75. First edition. Leather. A collection of four French eighteenth century plays, three of the plays being first editions. Including plays by Beaumarchais, Mercier, and Barther. A collection of four French plays. 'Le Bar...

Six Plays

Slawomir Mrozek · 1967 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1967. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this collection of the plays of noted Polish playwright Slawomir Mrozek, complete in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Uncommon. The first UK edition. Translated from the Polish by Nicholas Bethell. P...

The Works of Shakespear

William Shakespeare; Sir Thomas Hamner · 1770 · Rooke Books

£4,950.00 (€5,934.22 | $6,540.74 | ¥1,044,596)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1770-1771. Leather. A beautifully illustrated set of William Shakespeare's works. Noted for the beautiful engravings which were created by Gravelot after Hayman under supervision of the editor. An miportant and scarce six volume set of Shakespeare...

The Musical Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde; John Sean O'Mahoney · 1988 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Samuel French, 1988. Paperback. A very scarce review copy of the script for John Sean O'Mahoney's musical adaptation of Oscar Wilde's successful play 'The Importance of Being Earnest&apos. A review copy, very scarce. A script to the musical adaptati...

The Royal Shakspere the Poet&Apos;S Works in Chronological Order from the Text of Professor Delius Including the Two Noble Kinsmen and Edward III with an Introduction by F.J. Furnivall

William Shakespeare · 1905 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1905. Leather. A three volume set of William Shakespeare's timeless works from Nicolaus Delius' texts. Presenting the plays of William Shakespeare in chronological order, this compendium of the great bard's works takes from ...

The Harrowing of Hell. A Miracle Play. Printed from the Auchinleck Manuscript; Pasquin. A Dramatick Satire on the Times: Being the Rehearsal of Two Plays, Viz. A Comedy Call&Apos;D, the Election; and a Tragedy Call&Apos;D, the Life and Death If Common-Sense. As It Is Acted at the Theatre in the Hay-Market.

Henry Fielding · 1740 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Printed for J. Watts. 1740-c1835. Cloth. A set of two plays dating from the seventeenth century, bound together in a attractive cloth binding by a previous owner. Two volumes bound in one. In the full read cloth binding, with a gilt title to the spine. Two dramatic wor...

L&Apos;Aiglon Drame En Six Actes, En Vers.

Edmond Rostand · 1903 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Paris, Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1903. Leather. A lovely copy of Edmond Rostand's magnus opus, his six act drama 'L'Aiglon&apos. Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand was a French poet and dramatist renowned for his associated with the neo-romantic movement. 'L&apo...

The Complete Works of Thomas Otway

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

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

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...

The Work of Shakspeare Imperial Edition Edited by Charles Knight. With Illustrations of Steel from the Pictures by C. W Cope, R. A; W. P Frith, R. A; C. R Leslie A.R. A; D. Maclise, R.A. ; E. M Ward, R.A. ; C. Clint, A.R. A. ; W. Q Orchardson, A.R. A. And Others

William Shakespeare; Charles Knight (Ed) · 1873 · Rooke Books

£1,100.00 (€1,318.72 | $1,453.50 | ¥232,133)

London, Virtue & Co. 1873-1876. Leather. A lovely five volume set of Charles Knight's Imperial Edition of 'The Works of Shakespeare&apos. Includes a biography of the bard, as well as numerous plates throughout. Handsomely rebound in a uniform leather binding. The Imp...

The Stage Both Before and Behind the Curtain

Alfred Bunn · 1840 · Rooke Books

£315.00 (€377.63 | $416.23 | ¥66,474)

London, Richard Bentley, 1840. First edition. Cloth. The complete three volumes of this comprehensive account of Alfred Bunn's experiences as a Stage Manager. The first edition of this work, complete in three volumes. With errata slips to volume II and III. Alfred Bunn wa...

The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall

Thomas Hardy · 1923 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.35 | $62.10 | ¥9,918)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1923. Cloth. A beautiful edition of Thomas Hardy's play, 'The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall&apos. This one-act play by Hardy, is one of only two pieces of drama written by the author. Designed for 'mummers' the play was d...

A Sleep of Prisoners a Play

Christopher Fry · 1951 · Rooke Books

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

London, Geoffrey Cumberlege, 1951. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel by Christopher Fry. With the dustwrapper design by Ronald Searle. 'A Sleep of Prisoners' was first performed at St Thomas' Church in Regent Street London in 1951. The play d...