Drammaturgia e teatro

Aristophanes, the Eleven Comedies

Aristophanes · 1936 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

New York City, Tudor Publishing Company, 1936. Leather. The complete surviving comedies of Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. Bound by Brian Frost & Company.The eleven surviving comedies of Aristophanes complete in one volume, translated into English. Issued as two volumes...

The Works of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare; Charles Knight · 1873 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

London, J. S. Virtue & Co. Limited, 1873-76. Leather. The impressive Imperial Edition of the collected works of William Shakespeare, complete with beautiful steel engraved plates. The 'Imperial Edition&apos.Complete in two volumes.An impressive edition of the collected wo...

Oeuvres de Crebillon

Crebillon Pere · 1831 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Paris, Librairie de Lecointe, 1831. Leather. A smart three volume set of the works of Crebillon Pere, a French writer, in the original French. French. Complete in three volumes. Volume one contains: Idomenee, Atree et Thyeste, and Electre. Volume two contains: Rhadamiste et Ze...

The Complete Works of Thomas Otway

Thomas Otway; Montague Summers [editor] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1926. Cloth. A limited edition set of 'The Complete Works of Thomas Otway' edited by Montague Summers. Complete in three volumes. Limited to one thousand three hundred and forty copies, of which this is number one thousand two hundred and ...

Loyalties: A Drama in Three Acts

John Galsworthy · 1930 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Duckworth, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A first illustrated edition of this play in three acts from English novelist and playwright John Galsworthy. First illustrated edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. A play in three acts, bei...

The Plays of Bernard Shaw

Bernard Shaw · 1927 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Constable and Company Ltd, 1927. Leather. An excellent pocket book collection of the plays of Bernard Shaw, housed in the original display box and with several of the scarce original glassine dust wrappers. This set includes; "Saint Joan, The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posne...

Yes and No, and, for Whom the Bell Chimes

Graham Greene · 1983 · Rooke Books

£315.00 (€377.63 | $416.23 | ¥66,474)

London, The Bodley Head, 1983. Cloth. A superb limited edition volume of two plays by Graham Greene, one of seven hundred and fifty copies signed by the author. A limited edition of seven hundred and fifty copies, of which this is numbered three hundred and sixty six.Signed by...

Cinnamon and Angelica

John Middleton Murry · 1920 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Richard Cobden-Sanderson, 1920. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this romance play by John Middleton Murry. The first edition. A play by John Middleton Murry, a fantastical spiced-themed romance.Murry was a prolific author, and the husband of Katherine M...

Saul: A Grove Play

Benjamin Allen Purrington; Charles Hart [music] · 1940 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

San Francisco, Printed At The Grabhorn Press for The Bohemian Club, 1940. First edition. Cloth. The thirty-ninth play of the Bohemian Club of San Francisco by Benjamin Allen Purrington, with music by Charles Hart and colour plates by Albert J. Camille. The first edition of thi...

The Confidential Clerk

T. S. Eliot · 1954 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Faber & Faber LTD, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first issue copy of this comical play by T. S. Eliot. The first edition, first issue of this work, with the issue point 'Ihad' for 'I had' on page 7.In the unclipped first issue d...

The Comedies and Tragedies of George Chapman Now First Collected with Illustrative Notes and a Memoir of the Author

George Chapman · 1873 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, John Pearson , 1873. Cloth. A smart complete set of this collection of the dramatic works of English writer George Chapman. Complete in three volumes. A collection of the dramatic works of George Chapman, an English dramatist, translator, poet, and classical scholar wh...

L&Apos;Aiglon: Drame En Six Actes, En Vers; Les Romanesques: Comedie En Trois Actes; Cyrano de Bergerac: Comedie Heroique En Cinq Actes En Vers; la Samaritaine: Evangile En Trois Tableaux En Vers

Edmond Rostand · 1907 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Paris , Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1907-1908. Leather. A uniformly-bound selection of four plays from French poet and dramatist, Edmond Rostand. A four-volume set containing the plays of Edmond Rostand.Uniformly bound in quarter crushed morocco, with marbled boards an...

The Complaisant Lover. A Play.

Graham Green · 1959 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Heinemann, 1959 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this comical Graham Greene play, depicting an affair between a married woman and her husband's friend. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.'Th...

The Birthday Party; No Man&Apos;S Land; Mountain Language; Celebration

Harold Pinter · 2005 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Faber and Faber, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A collection of four plays by Harold Pinter, re-issued in celebration of his 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature, in the original slipcase. A first thus edition of this three-volume set, comprising four plays, uniformly bound in...

Who&Apos;S Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Edward Albee · 1964 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1964 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Edward Albee's play about the complexities of the marriage of middle-aged couple Martha and George. The first UK edition, first impression.In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wra...

Le Roman Comique de Mr. Scarron

Mr. Scarron [Paul Scarron] · 1700 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Paris , Par la Compagnie, des Libraires , [1700]. Leather. An early edition of Paul Scarron's humorous novel surrounding a troupe of actors, written in the original French. An early edition. Bound in full calf, rebacked. Dated using Jisc, from a copy of the work held at t...

Les Comedies de Terence

Terence [Publius Terentius Afer] · 1699 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

Amsterdam , George Gallet, 1699-1700 . Leather. A late seventeenth-century French edition of the Comedies of Terence, translated by Madame Dacier, complete in three volumes. A French translation of The Comedies of Terence. Complete in three volumes, uniformly bound in contempo...

Theatre Et Nouvelles de M. De Florian

Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian · 1800 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Paris, Hardy; Gide, 18006. Leather. An illustrated collection of the works of French author, Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian. Five volumes from the 'Oeuvres de M. de Florian', being three volumes complete of 'Theatre' and two volumes complete of 'Nouvell...

The Heiress. A Comedy in Five Acts.

John Burgoyne · 1786 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, J. Debrett, 1786. First edition. Unbound. The first edition of John Burgoyne popular late eighteenth century comedy, an instance success with an initial run of over thirty performances. The first edition of this work. The plot is based on partly on Charlotte Lennox&apo...

Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice. A Tragedy - in Five Acts.

Lordy Byron · 1821 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Philadelphia, M. Carey and Sons, 1821 . First edition. Leather. A lovely example of the scarce first US edition of Lord Byron's blank verse tragedy, published in the year of the UK true first. The first US edition, first issue, with Doge's 'What Crimes?' sp...