Drammaturgia e teatro

The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare (William Shakespeare), Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copies, Left by the Late Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, Isaac Reed, and Edmond Malone.

William Shakespeare · 1833 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.54 | $515.33 | ¥82,302)

Leipsic, Ernest Fleischer, 1833. Leather. A large extensive collected works of William Shakespeare. Bound in quarter leather and marbled paper-covered boards with gilt lettering and decoration. This volume has amateur repairs to the binding. There are now additional cloth tips...

The Towneley Plays Re-Edited from the Unique Ms. By George England with Side-Notes and Introduction by Alfred W. Pollard

George England; Alfred W. Pollard · 1907 · Rooke Books

£72.99 (€87.50 | $96.45 | ¥15,403)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co. 1907. Leather. An annotated edition of the medieval Towneley Plays. Early English Text Society, extra Series, No. LXXI. The Wakefield or Towneley Mystery Plays are a series of thirty-two mystery plays based on the Bible most likely p...

The School for Scandal and the Rivals

Richard Brinsley Sheridan; Augustine Birrell, Q.C., M.P. · 1902 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.87 | $132.12 | ¥21,101)

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd. 1902. Leather. The School for Scandal and The Rivals by Sheridan, this edition illustrated by Edmund Sullivan and with an introduction by Augustine Birrell. Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (1751 - 1816) was an Irish-born playwright and poet and ...

Shorter English Poems and English Plays

Henry Morley · 1822 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.87 | $132.12 | ¥21,101)

London; Paris; New York, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, c1875. Leather. A set of two volumes of Morley's First Sketch of English Literature, in a uniform leather binding. Two volumes of a five volume set. The set consists of 'Shorter English Poems' and 'Englis...

The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi

John Addington Symonds (Trans.) · 1890 · Rooke Books

£360.00 (€431.58 | $475.69 | ¥75,971)

London, John C. Nimmo, 1890. Leather. The limited illustrated edition of John Addington Symonds' translation of the memoirs of the Italian playwright Count Gozzi. Number 87 of 210 copies with hand coloured plates. Symonds wrote a number of biographies of writers and artis...

Foscari and Julian: Tragedies

Mary Russell Mitford · 1827 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.87 | $132.12 | ¥21,101)

London, Geo. B. Whittaker, 1827. Leather. 'Foscari and Julian: Tragedies' is a collection of two plays by Mary Russell Mitford. Mary Russell Mitford born in 1787, was an English author and dramatist. She is best known as the author of 'Our Village', a serie...

The Martyr of Antioch; Belshazzar. Two Volumes in One

H. H. Milman · 1822 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, John Murray, 1822. First edition. Leather. Two first edition narrative poems by the distinguished English scholar and clergyman, bound together in one volume. Henry Hart Milman had a brilliant university career at Oxford. He won the Newdigate prize in 1812 for poetry, ...

The Fall of Jerusalem: A Dramatic Poem

Rev H Milman · 1822 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,660)

London, John Murray, 1822. Leather. This dramatic fable theatrically portrays the catastrophic destruction of the second Jewish temple, exploring the theme of rebellious Jerusalem, which fell to the Roman forces in the year 70. Characters include the Romans Terentius Rufus, Ca...

Philip Van Artevelde; a Dramatic Romance in Two Parts. In Two Volumes

Henry Taylor · 1834 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Edward Moxon, 1834. Leather. A smart set of Taylor's acclaimed play, dating from the nineteenth century. Complete in two volumes. Sir Henry Taylor (18 October 1800 – 27 March 1886) was an English dramatist.Taylor wrote a number of plays, including Isaac Comnenus (...

Ten Nineteenth Century Plays - Lacy&Apos;S Acting Edition

Various · 1809 · Rooke Books

£234.00 (€280.53 | $309.20 | ¥49,381)

London, Thomas Hailes Lacy, c1860. Leather. A great collection of these original acting editions of eighteenth and ninteenth century British plays. These plays are Lacy's Acting Editions or New British Theatre editions. With a Lacy's catalogue and pricing list to the...

The Plays of Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1908 · Rooke Books

£83.99 (€100.69 | $110.98 | ¥17,724)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1908. Leather. An early twentieth century edition of Sheridan in a half calf armorial binding. A Macmillan Library of British Classics edition. In a half calf binding. Externally, a little rubbed. The front joint is cracked. The front hinge is slightl...

The Masque of the Edwards of England a Coronation Pageant

C R Ashbee · 1902 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Edward Arnold, 1902. Cloth. A limited edition copy of this courtly masque written in the early twentieth century to honour King Edward VII. This masque follows the history of the 'Edwards' of England. It features Edward the Confessor, the Lawgiver, The Second...

Children&Apos;S Theatricals Being a Series of Popular Fairy Tales Adapted for Representation in the Drawing Room

J. Keith Angus · 1879 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London , George Routledge and Sons, 1879. Cloth. A series of Popular Fairy Tales. Very scarce. Adapted for Representation in the Drawing-Room. Written by J. Keith Angus, Author of "A Scotch Play-House," "So Sinks the Day-Star," etc. In a decorative paper binding. Externally, s...

Sophoclis Quae Exstant Omnia Cum Veterum Grammaticorum Scholiis

Sophocles · 1819 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, J. F. Dove, 1819. Leather. A collection of the tragic plays of Sophocles, printed here in Latin and Greek. In Latin and Greek.Complete in three volumes.A collection of the tragedies of Sophocles.The most famous tragedies of Sophocles feature Oedipus and Antigone: they ...

Oeuvres Choisies de la Chaussee

Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussee · 1810 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Paris, De'L'Imprimerie et de la Fonderie Stereotypes , 1810. Leather. scarce anthology of theatrical scripts by the French dramatist who blurred the lines between comedy and tragedy. Featuring 'Le Prejuge a la Mode', 'Melanide', 'Amour Pour A...

Chantecler Piece En Quatre Actes, En Vers

Edmond Rostand · 1926 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.88 | $118.91 | ¥18,991)

Paris, Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1926. Leather. A copy of 'Chantecler; Piece en Quatre Actes, en Vers' Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (1 April 1868 – 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist. He is associated with neo-romanticism, and is best known for his play...

Theatre de Jean Racine

Jean Racine · 0 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Paris, Bibliotheque Larousse, c1920. Fine Binding. An attractive edition of the works of Jean Racine. In the original French. Three volumes bound as one. Jean Racine was a French dramatist and considered one of the three great playwrights of 17th century France. In a calf priz...

Comedies Et Proverbes

Alfred de Musset · 1840 · Rooke Books

£261.99 (€314.08 | $346.18 | ¥55,288)

Paris, Charpentier, 1840. Leather. The first edition of this collection of the comedy plays by Alfred de Musset, written here in French. The first collection of Alfred de Musset's comedy plays which includes; 'Andre del Sarto&apos. 'Lorenzaccio&apos. 'Les C...

Five Early 18th Century Comedy Plays

Sir Richard Steele; Susanna Centlivre; Sir George Etherege · 1725 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Dublin, S. Powell, 1725 . Leather. A charming collection of five contemporary editions of comedy plays authored in the late 17th and early 18th century, by playwrights such as Sir Richard Steele and Susanna Centlivre. A charming volume collecting together five later 1725 Dubli...

The London Theatre in the Eighteen-Thirties

Charles Rice; Arthur Colby Sprague; Bertram Shuttleworth · 1950 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, The Society for Theatre Research, 1950. First edition. Paperback. A scarce first edition from the Society for Theatre Research, offering Charles Rice"s contemporary account and study of London"s theatrical world in the eighteen-thirties. In the publisher's origina...