Drammaturgia e teatro

Memoranda on the Midsummer Night&Apos;S Dream A.D. 1879 and A. D 1855

J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps · 1879 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Brighton, Fleet and Bishop, 1879. First edition. Cloth. An interesting history of Shakespeare's play Midsummer Night's Dream. An uncommon title. Memoranda on the Midsummer Night's Dream A.D. 1879 and A.D 1855 is a history of Shakespeare's play with the ear...

Plays by Moliere and Corneille

Moliere; Corneille · 1876 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, George Bell & Sons, 1876-1881. Leather. A collection of comedies from Moliere and Corneille, in the original French language with commentary in English. French language. A collection of plays from Moliere, or Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, a French playwright, actor, and poet...

L&Apos;Aiglon

Edmond Rostand · 1923 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Paris, Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1923. Leather. An attractive leather bound copy of Edmond Rostand's play about the son of Emperor Napoleon. Premiered in 1900, this six act play by Edmond Rostand is based on the life of Napoleon II, the son of Emperor Napoleon I and his s...

Barbarossa a Tragedy

John Brown · 1770 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London , T. Caslon, 1770. Disbound. A fourth edition copy of the play Barbarossa by John Brown. An uncommon title. In its fourth edition. Barbarossa is a tragedy written by John Brown. The play was performed at the Theatres-Royal in Drury Lane and Covent-Garden.All the pages...

Souvenirs D&Apos;Un Auteur Dramatique

Henry Becque · 1895 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Paris, Bibliotheque Artistique et Litteraire , 1895. Leather. The first edition of this collection of works by Henry Becque, in the original French language. French language. First edition. The full dramatic works of Henry Becque, a French dramatist. This collection includes: ...

The Brothers. A Tragedy. Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury Lane

Edward Young; R. Dodsley [prologue] · 1753 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, R. Dodsley, 1753. First edition. Disbound. A scarce first edition copy of this tragic play written by the poet Edward Young, performed in 1753, produced by David Garrick. The first edition of this work, disbound but intact. The Brothers is a tragic play written by Edwa...

The School for Scandal

Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1930 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Oxford , Shakespeare Head Press, 1930. First edition. Vellum. A limited vellum edition of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The School for Scandal. A limited edition, with four hundred and seventy five copies printed. In vellum. The School for Scandal is a comedy of manners p...

Love&Apos;S Secret. A Comedietta in One Act.

J. R. Brown · 1885 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Edward Hastings, c1885. Paperback. A very scarce play by J. R. Brown, a fast-paced comedy in one act, part of Edward Hastings' 'Acting Plays' series. A very scarce work. This volume is Number 2. in the series 'Hastings's Acting Plays. New Serie...

The Last Bread: A Play in One Act

H. E. Bates · 1926 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, The Labour Publishing Company Ltd, 1926. First edition. Paperback. A first edition, first impression of Bates's first printed publication, his short play The Last Bread. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original paper wraps. Herbert Ernest Ba...

The Handy-Volume Shakespeare

William Shakespeare · 1866 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

London, Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. [1866-67]. Leather. Pocket sized edition of the works of the national bard in uniform publisher's morocco bindings, a lovely set. Collected works of William Shakespeare in uniform publisher's full morocco bindings with decorative emboss...

Bagatellen

Anton Ball · 1790 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Carlsrube, Christian Gottlieb Edmieder, 1790. Paperback. A very scarce play by the German dramatist Anton Wall (or Christian Leberecht Heyne). Scarce work. German language. Christian Leberecht Heyne, also known under the pseudonym of Anton Wall was a German dramatist, storytel...

Savonarola: A City&Apos;S Tragedy

Newman Howard · 1904 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, J. M. Dent & Co, 1904. Cloth. The scarce second piece in the tragic Christian Trilogy by Henry Newman Howard. Scarce text. A critically praised blank verse tragedy. The second in the Christian Trilogy, beginning with Kiartan the Icelander in 1902, followed by Savanarol...

Oeuvres Completes de Moliere

Molière · 1946 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

Oxford, A L'imprimerie de L'université , 1946. Leather. A smart new edition featuring the complete works of Molière, the famous French playwright. A new edition. Rebound in smart half morocco with gilt lettering to the spine. Complete with a half title page. The co...

Wallace: A Historical Tragedy, in Five Acts

C. E. Walker · 1820 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Printed for John Miller , 1820. First edition. Unbound. Bright first edition of this scarce historical tragedy by C.E. Walker. The first edition of this work. A historical tragedy in five acts by Charles Edward Walker, a scarce copy. The play was first performed at the...

Roseallan&Apos;S Daughter: A Tragedy in Three Acts

John M'Gilchrist · 1861 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, William P. Nimmo, 1861. First edition. Cloth. Very scarce first edition of this tragedy in three acts by John M'Gilchrist. The first edition of this work. A delightful tragedy in three acts written in verse by John M'Gilchrist, a very scarce work. In the orig...

The Judgement of Francois Villon

Herbert Edward Palmer · 1927 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.16 | $47.57 | ¥7,597)

London, Leonard and Virginia Woolf, The Hogarth Press, 1927. First edition. Vellum. Bright copy of this first limited edition of this historical play by Herbert Edward Palmer. First limited edition of this historical play, concerning fifteenth century French poet Francois Vill...

Circe and Ulysses, the Inner Temple Masque Presented by the Gentlemen There January 13, 1614

William Browne; Gwyn Jones [ed.] · 1954 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,019.01 | $1,123.16 | ¥179,375)

London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1954 . Leather. Illustrated with eleven wood engravings by Mark Saverin, this is a scarce limited edition printing of an early seventeenth century drama by William Browne. A Limited Edition work, this is one of one-hundred specially bound cop...

Ingomar, the Barbarian: A Play

Maria Lovell · 1851 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)

London, Davidson, 1851. First edition. Leather. The very scarce play 'Ingomar, The Barbarian' by Maria Lovell, a presentation copy from the author to a friend, handsomely bound in full morocco by Proudfoot. Ingomar, The Barbarian: A Play in Five Acts was written by M...

Acting Charades: Deeds Not Words a Christmas Game to Make a Long Evening Short

Brothers Mayhew · 1850 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, D. Bogue , [1850]. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this charming collection of amateur plays adorned with silhouette illustrations and a hand-coloured frontispiece and title page. First and only edition of this work, dated from Copac. Containing a series of shor...

The Fall of Jerusalem, a Dramatic Poem

Rev. H.H. Milman · 1820 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, John Murray, 1820. Leather. An early edition of Henry Hart Milman's dramatic poem, 'The Fall of Jerusalem', bound in full calf binding. An early edition of this dramatic play, written in poetic form, about the the Romans and Jews during the fall of Jerus...