Drammaturgia e teatro

Cleone a Tragedy As It Is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden

R. Dodsley · 1758 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, R. and J. Dodsley, 1758. Disbound. A scarce second edition of Dodsley's tragedy Cleone, as it was performed at the Theatre Royal. Second edition. Scarce work. A tragic play detailed as it was performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden, with the original cast ...

IL Teatro Moderno Applaudito Ossia Raccolta de Tragedie, Commedie, Drammi E Farse

None · 1801 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Venice, In Venezia, 1801. Paperback. Volume LXI of this collection of popular Italian and foreign plays, in the Italian language. Italian language. Volume LXI only. A collection of popular Italian and foreign plays, including an alphabetical index, with separate lists for come...

Oeuvres Completes de J Racine

Jean Racine · 1825 · Rooke Books

£365.00 (€437.57 | $482.30 | ¥77,026)

Paris, Chez Lefevre, 1825. Leather. Complete works of Jean Racine in seven uniform volumes. Containing the theatrical works of J. Racine in seven volumes. With critical notes and commentary. Fourth edition published by L. Aime-Martin.Jean Racine was a French dramatist, conside...

Loves Labour&Apos;S Lost

William Shakespeare · 1924 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Ernest Benn, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition copy of Loves Labour's Lost transcribed from the 1623 folio. Found in the unclipped dustwrapper. A limited edition volume of Shakespeare's early comedy Loves Labour's Lost. With an introduction b...

In the Mesh

Jean-Paul Sartre; Mervyn Savill · 1954 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Andrew Dakers Limited, 1954. First edition. Cloth. The first edition in English of this brilliant political drama by Jean-Paul Sartre. The first U.K. edition, translated into English by Mervyn Savill.In the original price-clipped dust wrapper.A dramatic political play ...

Within and without: A Dramatic Poem

George MacDonald · 1857 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857. Cloth. A scarce second edition of this brilliant dramatic poetical play by the Scottish author George MacDonald. The second edition of this scarce work.'Within and Without' is a dramatic poetic play, written i...

Everyman a Morality Play

Anonymous · 1930 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London & Glasgow; Boston, Gowans & Gray, LTD; The Baker International Play Bureau, 1930. Paperback. A Modern English translation of the Tudor allegorical play 'Everyman', a Christian morality play, here in the original Jessie M. King dust wrapper. In the original unc...

Les Deux Gougnottes

Henri Monnier · 1864 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, Societe Occulte de Bibliophile , c1883. Leather. A very scarce early edition of this Sapphic French play by Henri Monnier, from a limited edition publication of only seventy-seven copies. An early edition of this work, originally published in 1864. From a limited editi...

Scenenbilder Aus Parsifal

Richard Wagner · 1894 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

Bayreuth, Heinrich Heuschmann, 1894. First edition. Leather. A scarce and beautiful portfolio of scene pictures from R. Wagner's opera Parsifal. First edition morocco bound portfolio with inserted plates of the scene pictures of Richard Wagner's opera 'Parsifal&...

Alonzo. A Tragedy. In Five Acts. As It Is Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury Lane

[John Home] · 1773 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Dublin, W. Wilson, 1773. First edition. Hardback. The first and very scarce first Dublin edition of this popular play by John Home, an exciting tragedy about an exiled heir to the throne of Spain. The first and very scarce Dublin edition, the London edition of the same year is...

The School for Scandal and the Rivals

Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1896 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1896 . First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this delightfully illustrated edition of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comedies of manners. The first edition thus, illustrated by E. J. Sullivan. A beautifully illustrated edition of eighteenth century ...

Les Paravents

Jean Genet · 1961 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

Paris, Marc Barbezat, 1961. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this French play by Jean Genet, a controversial political play that wasn't performed in France until 1966. The first edition of this work.In the original French.'Les Paravents' is a Frenc...

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare · 1981 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Bickers and Son, c1920. Fine Binding. A smart copy of William Shakespeare's works. From the library of Peter Pleydell-Bouverie, the husband of noted doyenne of transatlantic high society Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. In a full tree calf binding. With a prize inscript...

A Phoenix Too Frequent

Christopher Fry · 1946 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Hollis and Carter, 1946. First edition. Hardback. An excellent signed first edition of this popular comedy by Christopher Fry, in its unclipped dust wrapper. Christopher Fry's popular comedy play, A Phoenix Too Frequent. The first edition of 1946, signed by the ...

The Medicine-Man

H. D. Traill; Robert Hichens · 1898 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1898. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of this privately printed play, Henry Irving's copy, with his annotations to the text. A very scarce work.'The Medicine-Man' was privately printed, and never published for the pu...

Poems and Plays

William Hayley · 1788 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)

London, T Cadell, 1788. Fine Binding. A scarce, and very smart set of William Haley's poems and plays. Complete with their half-titles. A lovely copy in uniform straight grained morocco bindings. Comprising of numerous works by the poet such as his Essay on Painting, Ode ...

Le Mariage de Figaro, Ou le Folle Journee, Comedie En Cinq Actes

Pierre Beaumarchais · 1818 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

Paris, Barba, 1818. Paperback. A new edition of Beaumarchais' second play in his comedic 'Figaro' trilogy, here in the original French. In the original French. A new edition of this work. Bound without the half-title and final advertisement leaf as called for in...

The Dramatick Works of Beaumont and Fletcher; Collated with All the Fromer Editions, and Corrected; with Notes, Critical and Explanatory, by Various Commentators; and Adorned with Fifty-Four Original Engravings.

Beaumont; Fletcher · 1778 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London, T. Evans and P. Elmsley, 1778. Leather. A ten volume set of works featuring the dramatic writing of the renaissance playwrights Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher. Complete in 10 volumes. Scarce to find a complete set. Featuring the dramatics works of Francis Beaumont ...

The Investigator a Narrative in Dialogue.

Reuben Ship · 1956 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1956. First edition. Cloth. The first edition in book form of this play by Reuben Ship. Illustrated throughout, with drawings by Ronald Searle. This play is a satire on McCarthyism which was first performed on the radio on Canada. The play eventua...

Sappho a Play in Verse

Lawrence Durrell · 1950 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Faber and Faber, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this verse play, with original unclipped dust wrapper. A very smart first edition copy of this play, bound in publisher's original grey cloth. With the original unclipped dust wrapper.  Pe...