Drammaturgia e teatro

The Sisters: A Tragedy

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1892 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.35 | $62.10 | ¥9,918)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this short tragedy by noted English writer Algernon Charles Swinburne. First edition. The story of twin sisters and co-heiresses, formerly wards of Sir Francis Dilston. Written by Algernon Charles Sw...

Der Freischutz Travestie

Septimus Globus; Johann August Apel · 1824 · Rooke Books

£1,575.00 (€1,888.16 | $2,081.14 | ¥332,372)

London, C. Baldwyn, 1824 . First edition. Leather. The uncommon first edition of George Cruikshank's richly illustrated edition of 'Der Freischütz Travestie&apos. The very scarce hand-coloured plates issue, in a signed binding. In a half crushed morocco signed bindin...

Exchange No Robbery; or, the Diamond Ring: A Comedy in Three Acts

[Theodore Edward Hook] · 1820 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, W. Wright, 1820. First edition. Leather. A very scarce comical play by Theodore Hook, an entertaining romp which was first performed at the Haymarket Theatre Royal. The first edition of this very scare work.A comical play by Theodore Hook told in three acts, first perf...

A Century of Broadside Elegies

John W. Draper · 1928 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London , Ingpen and Grant, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. A limited edition copy of this collection of newspaper elegies from the 17th Century. Limited to 275 copies, this being number 112. This volume contains ninety English and ten Scottish broadsides which illustrated the bio...

Lost" Tudor Plays Wealth and Health, C. 1557-8, Impatient Poverty, 1560, John the Evangelist C. 1520

[John Stephen Farmer] · 1907 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Not Stated , Private Press, 1907. First edition. Cloth. An interesting collection of facsimile reproductions of three Tudor plays. Privately printed for subscribers. This volume contains facsimile reproductions of three Tudor plays. The plays are Wealth and Health, c. 1557-8, ...

Crainquebille

Anatole France · 1913 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

Paris, Calmann-Levy, 1913. Leather. A smart copy of this comedic anti-bourgeois play by Anatole France. In the original French.Originally wraps bound in. A comedic play in three acts by Anatole France, first performed in 1903. This play was adapted by France from one of his ea...

Comedies Et Proverbes

Alfred de Musset · 0 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.35 | $62.10 | ¥9,918)

Paris, Garnier Freres, c1927 . Leather. A smart two volume edition of French dramatist, poet and novelist De Musset's comedies and proverbs. In the original French.A lovely two volume collection of plays from the Romantic poet and dramatist, containing his humorous plays,...

Le Barbier de Seville

Caron de Beaumarchais · 1882 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1882 . Leather. A smart edition of the play Le Barbier de Seville by Beaumarchais. Le Barbier de Seville is a comedy in four acts written by Pierre Caron de Beaumarchais. Pierre Caron de Beaumarchais was a French polymath, playwright and publ...

La Dame Blanche de Blacknels, Divertissement Impromptu En Trois Actes Pour Une Fete de Famille Donnee Par Trois Enfants a Leur Mere

Thomas Arthur, Comte de Lally, Baron de Tollendal · 1827 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Paris, Imprimerie de Jules Didot Aine, 1827. Leather. A very scarce play called 'The White Lady of Blacknels', to be acted by three children for the entertainment of their mother, signed by the author Baron Tollendal. A very scarce work in a quarter calf binding. Ins...

IL Pastor Fido Tragi-Commedia Pastorale

Giovanni Battista Guarini · 1782 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Paris, Didot; Gio. Cl. Molini, 1782 . Leather. A late eighteenth century edition of Giovanni Battista Guarini's tragicomedy, in a full calf binding. In the original Italian.With the armorial bookplate of British diplomat and sinologist Sir Thomas Francis Wade to the front...

L&Apos;Honneur Magda

Hermann Sudermann; M Remon & N Valentin [trans] · 0 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Paris, Editions de la Revue Blanche , c1910. Leather. Scarce French translation of Hermann Sudermann's successful play. French translation of 'Heimat', one of the most successful drama at end of the nineteenth century. Concerned with revolt against paternal tyra...

Agis: A Tragedy. As It Is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane

[John Home] · 1758 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, A. Millar, 1758. First edition. Disbound. A first edition of John Home's first play. A first edition of John Home's first play about Agis, King of Sparta. The minister's retelling of Plutarch's narrative was produced at Drury Lane by in 1758 by Davi...

The Earl and the Duchess: A Dialogue

Richard Monckton Milnes · 1851 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Privately Printed by Harrison & Son, 1851. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon booklet containing a dialogue written by Richard Monckton Milnes for a single performance at Nuneham. This uncommon volume contains a dialogue written by Richard Monckton Milnes for a sing...

Tancred and Sigismunda. A Tragedy.

James Thomson · 1745 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, A. Millar, 1745. First edition. Disbound. A first edition of James Thomson's play Tancred and Sigismunda, a tragedy inspired by the Renaissance writer Giovanni Boccaccio. A first edition of Tancred and Sigismunda, a tragedy by the Scottish writer James Thomson. In...

Oeuvres Completes de Moliere

Moliere; M. Felix LeMaistre · 1862 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

Paris, Garnier Freres, 1862. Leather. A complete three volume set of this collection of works by Moliere, in the French language. Complete three volume set. French language. Dated from the British Library. The complete works of Jean-Baptist Poquelin, known as Moliere, a French...

The Merry Wives of Windsor

William Shakespeare · 1910 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London , William Heinemann , 1910. Cloth. A smart illustrated copy of The Merry Wives of Windsor. A lovely illustrated edition of Shakespeare's play The Merry Wives of Windsor. The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy play first published in 1602. The play is a comedy of ma...

Songs from the Plays of Shakespeare

Ernest Rhys [editor] · 1898 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Aldine House, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition of this scarce collection of songs from Shakespeare plays. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with eleven plates and many in-text drawings. Collated complete. A collection of songs f...

Oeuvres de Racine

Jean Racine · 1690 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)

Amsterdam, Abraham Wolfgang, 1690. Leather. An illustrated set of the collected dramatic works of Jean Racine, a notable set as it was published during his lifetime. In the original French.Complete in two volumes.A set of the works of Jean Racine, notable for being published d...

The Works of Henrik Ibsen

Henrick Ibsen · 1890 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.50 | $561.58 | ¥89,688)

London; New York, Walter Scott; William Heinemann; De Wit Publishing House; Methuen & Co, 1890-99. Cloth. The collected theatrical works of Henrik Ibsen, a nice set of his work translated into English. A lovely set of the collected works of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.Ib...

Tantivy Towers Derby Day

A. P. Herbert · 1932 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, Methuen & Co, 1932. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of these two popular operas by A. P. Herbert, published here for the first time in one volume. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Two popular and very entertaining operas by A. P. Herbert...