Drammaturgia e teatro

The Balcony

Jean Genet; Bernard Frechtman [trans.] · 1957 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London , Faber and Faber, 1957. First edition. Cloth. An electrifying first edition translated copy of The Balcony, a play by Jean Genet in the original clipped dustwrapper. The Balcony is set in a brothel that functions as a microcosm of the outside regime. Jean Genet was a ...

Schippeliana

Ottomar Starke · 1917 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.72 | $91.17 | ¥14,561)

Leipzig, Kurt Wolff, 1917 . First edition. Hardback. Subtitled, 'a bourgeois picture book', this is the first edition of Ottomar Starke's collection of illustrated plates depicting Carl Sternheim's play 'Burger Schippel&apos. In the original German.The...

The Burning Glass: A Play

Charles Morgan · 1953 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Macmillan & Co. 1953. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the first impression of this dramatic play by Charles Morgan, complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. A dramatic play by Charles Morgan, following Christoph...

Les Comedies de Terence

Terence · 1724 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Amsterdam, R. & G. Wetstein, 1724. Leather. A complete collection of the comical plays of Terence, printed here both in Latin and French, illustrated throughout with many plates, including two folding plates. Complete in three volumes.Printed in French and Latin on facing leav...

The Ascent of F6

W H Auden; Christopher Isherwood · 1953 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Faber and Faber, 1953. Cloth. A parable about leadership and the nature of power, this marks the second dramatic collaboration between Auden and Isherwood. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. This is the ninth impression of the first edition of this work, which was ...

Milestones a Play in Three Acts

Arnold Bennett; Edward Knoblaunch · 1912 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Methuen & Co LTD, 1912. Cloth. The fifth edition of this popular play by Arnold Bennett and Edward Knoblock, a quickly sold out play about an upper-middle-class family. The fifth edition of this work, published only a few months after the first edition.'Milestones...

Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare&Apos;S Tempest

Walter Crane · 1893 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.95 | $1,189.23 | ¥189,927)

London, J M Dent, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful limited edition suite of eight plates produced by Walter Crane depicting Shakespeare's 'Tempest&apos. This suite is one of 650 copies designed by Crane and engraved in Dallastype facsimile by Duncan C Dallas. ...

Absalom, a Chronicle Play in Three Acts

Thomas Sturge Moore · 1903 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, At the Sign of the Unicorn, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this play by Thomas Sturge Moore, in a glassine dust wrapper. This play is set in Jerusalem, with the King of Israel a primary character along with his sons Absalom and Solomon.Thomas Sturge Moo...

The Works of the Late Ingenious Mr. George Farquhar

George Farquhar · 1760 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, J. Clarke; et al, 1760. Vellum. A smartly rebound collection of the comedic and dramatic plays of George Farquhar, containing all of his works in total. Complete in two volumes.A collection of the plays of George Farquhar.ESTC citation number T52804.Three pages of publ...

Le Medecin Malgre Lui Comedie

Moliere · 1945 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Paris, Librairie Grund, 1945. Cloth. A charming illustrated edition of this French play by Moliere, profusely illustrated in colour by Maurice Tranchant. Rebound in charming quarter cloth with decorative paper boards. In French. Illustrated throughout by Maurice Tranchant. Le ...

Robes of Thespis

Rupert Mason · 1928 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic, colour illustrated work displaying a wide selection of theatre costumes after designs by the likes of Beerbohm, Ricketts, Fraser, Dulac and many more. Illustrated throughout, with 109 plates and frontispiece...

The Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare; Henry Irving; Frank A Marshall · 1922 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, The Gresham Publishing Company, 1922. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated, twelve volumes, in six of William Shakespeare's works. Edited by Henry Irving and Frank A Marshall. Illustrated, with a frontispiece and six plates to volume III-IV; a frontispiece and seven p...

More Portmanteau Plays

Stuart Walker; Edward Hale Bierstadt (Edited, Introduction) · 1919 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Cincinnati , Stewart & Kidd Company, 1919. Cloth. A lovely example of the plays of Stuart Walker, handsomely bound in the publisher's original cloth binding. A collection of theatrical works by Stuart Walker. Edited and with an introduction by the author Edward Hale Biers...

IL Pastor Fido Tragicom

Giovanni Battista Guarini · 1768 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Parigi, Appresso Praul, 1768. Leather. An Italian tragicomedy written by Giovanni Battista Guarini, about the sacrifice of a virgin, illustrated with a frontispiece. In the original Italian. 'Il Pastor Fido' is a pastoral tragicomedy, set in Arcadia, where the Gods d...

Masks Mimes and Miracles Studies in the Popular Theatre

Allardyce Nicoll · 1931 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, George G. Harrap and Company Limited, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this fascinating study of mimes throughout history, by the renowned British literary scholar and teacher Allardyce Nicoll. This text provides a comprehensive history of the Mime, ...

Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice. An Historical Tragedy the Prophecy of Dante, a Poem. Werner, a Tragedy. Hebrew Melodies

Lord Byron · 1815 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London, John Murray, 1815-1823. First edition. Leather. Three first edition second issue copies of a selection of Lord Byron's works, bound together in a half leather binding with marbled paper boards. Containing the following works: 'Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice: ...

The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, in Fourteen Volumes: With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes, by Henry Weber, Esq.

Francis Beaumont; John Fletcher; Henry Weber · 1812 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Edinburgh, F. C. and J. Rivington et al. 1812. Leather. A thirteenth volume set of dramtic works by the renaissance writing duo Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher. A thirteen volume set. Incomplete, sadly lacking volume II. Featuring the dramatics works of Francis Beaumont and...

A Tribute to the Genius of William Shakespeare Being the Programme of a Performance at Drury Lane Theatre on May 2 1916 the Tercentenary of His Death

W L Courtney et al. · 1916 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1916. First edition. Cloth. A literary, illustrated tribute to the Bard of Avon. In the original quarter calf binding with illustrated boards. This work is a programme of a performance at the Drury Lane Theatre on May 2 1916, the Tercentenary of his d...

The Cabinet of Modern Art, and Literary Souvenir

Alaric A. Watts · 1836 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Publisher for the Proprietor by Whittaker & Co. 1836. Leather. An illustrated volume of this rich literary and artistic periodical, in quarter calf. An uncommon copy of the second series. Rebound in quarter calf, with gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated throughout, fe...

A Far Country; a Case of Libel

Henry Denker · 1961 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

New York City, Random House, 1961-1964. First edition. Cloth. Two Broadway hits by Henry Denker, including a play on a Freudian case, and another on a war correspondent's libel suit. Two first editions of plays written by American novelist, playwright and screenwriter Hen...