Drammaturgia e teatro

The Beggar&Apos;S Opera

John Gay; Oswald Doughty · 1922 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Daniel O'Connor, 1922. Cloth. A smart copy of this limited edition of John Gay's ballad opera, with illustrations throughout. Limited to one thousand copies of which nine hundred and fifty are for sale. Illustrated with twenty-eight plates in collotype and fa...

The Lady&Apos;S Not for Burning

Christopher Fry · 1949 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Oxford University Press, 1949 . Cloth. An early impression of this romantic comedy set in the Middle Ages, a play by Christopher Fry. Second impression of the work. Published the same year as the first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the o...

Masks Mimes and Miracles

Allardyce Nicoll · 1931 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, George G. Harrap & Company Limited , 1931 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this interesting study of mimes throughout history, by renowned British literary scholar, Allardyce Nicoll. First edition, in the publisher's original blue cloth binding. Written ...

Beyond the Horizon and Gold; All God&Apos;S Chillun Got Wings, Desire Under the Elms and Welded

Eugene O'Neill · 1924 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1924-1925 . First edition. Cloth. A pair of first editions comprised of the theatrical works of Eugene O'Neill. First edition, in the original publisher's blue cloth binding. Written by American playwright, Eugene O'Neill, who was known fo...

Isola; or, the Disinherited. A Revolt for Woman and All the Disinherited.

Lady Florence Dixie · 1903 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

London, The Leadenhall Press, 1903 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition in book form of this vanishingly scarce feminist drama by Lady Florence Dixie, depicting a coming Utopia for woman. Though first written in the late 1870s, this work first appeared serially over the c...

Theatre Complet

Jean Racine; Maurice Rat [ediot] · 1960 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Paris, Garnier Freres, 1960. Leather. A smart collection of the works of Jean Racine, in the original French language. French language. Illustrated with eight facsimile frontispieces from the original publications. Collated complete. The theatrical works of Jean Racine, a Fren...

Alonzo. A Tragedy in Five Acts

John Home · 1773 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, T. Beckett, 1773 . First edition. Unbound. The first edition of this tragic play by Scottish minister John Home. The first edition of this tragedy, which was first performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury Lane, in 1773.ESTC reference T32933. With the final epilogue leaf, ...

The Works of Cyril Tourneur

Cyril Tourneur; Allardyce Nicoll · 1930 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, The Franfrolico Press, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition copy of the plays of Cyril Tourneur. A limited edition copy, limited to 750 copies. Cyril Tourneur was an English soldier, diplomat and dramatist. This volume contains his dramatic works includ...

Love in It&Apos;S Extasie: Or, the Large Rerogative. A Kind of Royall Pastorall Written Long Since

[William Peaps]; Robert Birley [ed] · 1981 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Ilkley, The Roxburghe Club, 1981. Leather. Bright facsimile edition of a seventeenth century play attributed to William Peaps. Facsimile edition printed for the members of the Roxburghe Club. Edited by Robert Birley. With extensive introduction followed by the facsimile of a ...

Selected Works of French Authors

Lamartine; Delavigne; Millevoye; Saint-Beuve · 1831 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

Brussels, E. Laurent, 1831-37. Leather. A nice set of the collected poetical and dramatic works of prominent French authors Delavigne, Lamartine, Saint-Beuve, and Millevoye. A smart French pocket-sized set of poetical and dramatic works of leading authors, all of whom were act...

York Plays: The Plays Performed by the Crafts or Mysteries of York on the Day of Corpus Christi in the 14th, 15th, and 16th Centuries

Lucy Toulmin Smith · 1885 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1885. First edition. Cloth. The forty eight play cycle of York Mystery plays are gathered in this first edition copy. With an introduction by Lucy Toulmin Smith. A first edition of the York Mystery plays, edited by the Anglo-American antiquarian an...

Petite Bibliotheque Des Theatres: La Magie de L&Apos;Amour Comedie-Pastorale Et Un Acte Et En Vers Par Autreau; Les Faux Amis Demasques Comedie En Cinq Actes Et En Vers Par Autreau; le Somnambule Comedie; le Cercle Ou la Soiree a la Mode Comedie Episodique En Un Acte Et En Prose de Poinsinet Dediee a Monsieur Papillon de la Ferte

Various · 1784 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Paris, Au Bereau de la Petite Bibliotheque des theatres, Rue des Moulins, Butte S Roch, 1784 . Leather. A bright copy of the ninth volume of the 'Petite Bibliotheque des Theatres' series, containing four French plays. In the original French.Volume IX only of a XV vol...

Oeuvres de Pierre Corneille

Pierre Corneille; Fontenelle · 1892 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Paris, Jouvet & cie, 1892 . Leather. An extensive copy of the tragedies of Pierre Corneille, with illustrations. A later edition of this collection of tragedies by Pierre Corneille. Pierre Corneille was a French tragedian and is generally considered one of the greatest French...

Chantecler

Edmond Rostand · 1910 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Paris, Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1910. Leather. A smart copy of this verse farmyard play by Edmond Rostand, in the original French. French language. A verse play in four acts, following a group of farmyard animals. Themes include idealism and spiritual sincerity as o...

Joachim, Ou, le Triomphe de la Piete Filiali Drame Et Trois Actes Et En Vers, Suivi D&Apos;Un Choix de Poesies Fugitivies

Adrien-Michel-Hyacinthe Blin de Sainmore · 1775 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Amsterdam; Paris, Delalain; Le Jay; Ruault; Brunet, 1775. First edition. Leather. An uncommon first edition play in verse and selection of poetry by Blin de Sainmore, in the original French. In the original French.The first edition of this uncommon work.A poetical drama by Bli...

Memoires Et Lettres de Mademoiselle de Lenclos [with] Les Deux Bavardes [with] Les Mauvais Bergers [with] le Monde Ou L&Apos;on S&Apos;Ennuie

Antoine Bret; Mercure Galant; Octave Mirbeau; Eduoard Pailleron · 1886 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Paris, Neufeld & Mehring; Tresse & Stock; Librarie Charpentier et Fasquelle, [1886]-1898. Leather. A leather bound sammelband comprised of one memoir and three plays by nineteenth century French authors. A leather bound sammelband comprised of one memoir and three plays by nin...

L&Apos;Etrangere: Comedie En Cinq Actes

Alexandre Dumas Fils · 1879 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Paris, Michel Levy Freres, 1879. Leather. A leather bound copy of this uncommon play by Alexandre Dumas Fils. The seventh edition of Alexandre Dumas Fils five-act comedy, L'Etrangere. Published in French. Dumas was the son of the author of classic works such as The Three ...

The Minor, a Comedy

Samuel Foote · 1764 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, J. Coote; G. Kearsley; T. Davies, 1764. Disbound. The sixth edition of Samuel Foote's eighteenth century comedy The Minor. The sixth edition of Samuel Foote's comedy, The Minor, as it was performed at Drury Lane Theatre. With an illustration to the verso of t...

Oeuvres Complãƒâ¨Tes de Moliãƒâ¨Re

Molière [Jean-Baptiste Poquelin] · 1885 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Paris, Librairie Garnier Freres, 1885. Leather. A new edition of this two volume set of the works of Molière, illustrated with colour plates by Geffroy and Allouard. A two volume set in quarter calf bindings. Ink inscription to the verso of the front free end paper. Illustrat...

She Came to Command

Michael Birkin; Robert Atkins [intro] · 1943 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Westminster, P. S. King and Staples Limited, 1943. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this vanishingly scarce play, relating a history of Russia, with historical references explained to the rear. A first edition of this very scarce work in the publisher's origi...