Drammaturgia e teatro

Felix Ou L&Apos;Enfant Trouve

Michel-Jean Sadine · 1808 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Paris, Fages, 1808. Paperback. The French comedic play 'Felix' by Michel-Jean Sedaine, in the original French In the original French. 'Felix' is a comedic play in three acts, following the found child Felix. The music was written by Pierre-Alexandre Monsign...

L&Apos;Homme a Trois Visages, Ou le Proscrit, Drame En Trois Actes, En Prose Et a Grand Spectacle; Represente, Pour la Premiere Fois, Sur le Theatre de L&Apos;Ambigu-Comique, le 14 Vendemiaire an X

Rene-Charles Guilbert de Pixerecourt · 1801 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Paris, Se Vend au Theatre, 1801. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of Pixerecourt's play about Vivaldi, a man with three faces. In the original French. The first edition of this work. This is a very scarce work. Only three of this 1801 edition held ins...

Zapolya: A Christmas Tale, in Two Parts

Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1817 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.43 | $647.47 | ¥103,404)

London, Rest Fenner, 1817. First edition. Leather. A leather bound first edition of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Christmas verse play, 'Zapolya&apos. The first edition of this work. Bound without a half-title. 'Zapolya' is a Christmas verse play, presenting th...

The Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare · 1888 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.65 | $396.41 | ¥63,309)

London, Blackie and Son, 1888-9. Fine Binding. A smart collection of William Shakespeare's works. Beautifully illustrated with vignettes and plates by eminent contemporary authors. With the bookplate of one 'Arthuri Fisher' or Arthur Fisher to the front pastedow...

Orpheus in the Underworld

1988 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Not Stated, 1988. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of this playbill for the English National Opera's 1987-88 production of 'Orpheus in the Underworld', illustrated throughout by Gerald Scarfe. A very scarce work. The first edition of...

The Hidden King

Jonathan Griffin · 1955 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Secker and Warburg, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition copy of this fascinating poem for the stage, presented in the form of a trilogy, by Jonathan Griffin. This work is based on the myth of the disappearance of King Sebastian of Portugal in the battl...

Quality Street a Comedy in Four Acts

J. M. Barrie · 1901 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1901. Vellum. A limited edition copy of J. M. Barrie's play 'Quality Street', illustrated with colour plates throughout by Hugh Thomson, signed by the artist. A limited edition work, limited to one thousand copies, this one numbered o...

Edward and Eleonora. A Tragedy. As It Was to Have Been Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. Agamemnon. A Tragedy. Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty&Apos;S Servants Tancred and Sigismunda. A Tragedy. As It Is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty&Apos;S Servants. The Tragedy of Sophonisba. Aced at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty&Apos;S Servants.

James Thomson · 1738 · Rooke Books

£675.00 (€809.21 | $891.92 | ¥142,445)

London, A. Millar, 1738-45. First edition. Leather. A collection of four plays by James Thomson, with two, 'Edward and Eleanora' and 'Tancred and Sigismunda', being the first editions. Four plays by James Thomson, bound as one. This volumes includes; '...

Paolo & Francesca a Tragedy in Four Acts

Stephen Phillips · 1916 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1916. Leather. A lovely leather bound copy of Stephen Phillips's tragedy 'Paolo & Francesca', in a signed Bumpus binding. Stephen Phillips was a notable English poet and dramatist, widely renowned for this play, 'Paolo & ...

Lethe a Dramatic Satire by David Grraick Esq As It Is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane [with] Love Makes a Man or the Fop&Apos;S Fortune a Comedy [with] the Distress&Apos;D Mother a Tragedy [with] the Mourning Bride [with] the Siege of Damascus a Tragedy [with] Macbeth a Tragedy

David Garrick · 1765 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

Glasgow, Anon, 1765-1766. Hardback. A selection of eighteenth century plays in one volume. Being six plays bound as one by a variety of famous playwrights. Lethe A Dramatic Satire by David Grraick Esq, As It Is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane (1766), Love Makes a ...

Captain Swing a Romantic Play of 1830

F. Brett Young; W. Edward Stirling · 1919 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, W. Collins Sons and Co Ltd. 1919. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this play by F. Brett Young and W. Edward Stirling. The first edition of the work. First performed at the Repertory Theatre, Plymouth on May 26th 1919. Scarce. The work is based upon the ...

Shakespeare&Apos;S Comedies, Histories and Poems, and Tragedies

William Shakespeare · 1925 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

London, J M Dent and Sons, 1925. Leather. A stunning set of the complete works of William Shakespeare, in three volumes, illustrated by E J Sullivan. A reprint of the 1911 edition from J M Dent and Sons. Volume I is 'Comedies', Volume II 'Histories and Poems&apo...

Illuminated Manuscripts of the Divine Comedy

Peter Brieger; Millard Meiss; Charles S. Singleton · 1970 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Routledge & Kegan Paul;, 1970 . Cloth. A complete set of these two extensive volumes of the Divine Comedy, copiously illustrated, with colour plates. Despite the book stating they were published in 1969, a small publisher's leaf has been added to both volumes corr...

Summer and Smoke: A Play

Tennessee Williams · 1952 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, John Lehmann, 1952. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this classic southern play from Tennessee Williams, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Williams continued to revise Summer and Smoke in the 1950s, and in 1964 he rewrote the...

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare · 1929 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.73 | $310.52 | ¥49,592)

London, Bickers & Son, Ltd, 1929. Leather. A beautiful tree calf volume of Shakespeare's complete works, published and bound by Bickers. William Shakespeare's complete works. With biographical introduction and glossary. In full signed tree calf prize binding by Bick...

The Complete Works of Thomas Otway

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

£200.00 (€239.77 | $264.27 | ¥42,206)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1926. Cloth. A lovely set of The Complete Works of Thomas Otway edited by Montague Summers. Otway, a renowned dramatist of the Restoration is perhaps best known for his work Venice Preserv'd, often written as A Plot Discover'd, often deeme...

The Plays of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators to Which Are Added Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens the Second Edition, Revised and Augmented

William Shakespeare · 1778 · Rooke Books

£1,600.00 (€1,918.13 | $2,114.18 | ¥337,647)

London, C Bathurst, W Strahan et al. 1778-80. Leather. A selection of William Shakespeare's works. Ten volumes in total, comprising of nine volumes of his complete works and volume I of the supplement to his works, published in 1780. Lacking volume VI of the complete work...

Selected Works of George Bernard Shaw in Five Volumes

George Bernard Shaw · 1946 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London , Constable and Company Limited, 1946-7. Cloth. A selection of the works of George Bernard Shaw. In five volumes. The set consists of: Three Plays for Puritans, Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant. The First Volume Containing Three Unpleasant Plays, Plays Pleasant and Unpleas...

The Way of the World and Love for Love

William Congreve · 1929 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.89 | $105.70 | ¥16,880)

London, John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd, 1929. Cloth. Two Restoration comedies from William Congreve, 'The Way of the World' and 'Love for Love&apos. William Congreve wrote some of the most popular English plays of the Restoration period of the late 17th century. ...

The Man of the World & Love a la Mode

Charles Macklin · 1793 · Rooke Books

£499.99 (€599.40 | $660.67 | ¥105,513)

London, J Bell, 1793. First edition. Leather. Presentation copy from John Johnston of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden to Samuel Rogers of this play. A nice clean copy. Bound in marbled calf leather. Rebacked with the original leather. First edition thus. Charles Macklin (1690 ...