Drammaturgia e teatro

Halidon Hill

Sir Walter Scott · 1822 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Edinburgh, Archibald Constable & Co. 1822. First edition. Paperback. A first edition copy of Walter Scott's lesser-known 'dramatic sketch', in the original paper wraps and contained within a quarter-morocco slipcase. First Edition. Original paper wraps, loosely...

School Ties

William Boyd · 1985 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

New York, William Morrow and Company Inc, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first U.S. edition of two popular and entertaining screenplays by William Boyd, signed by Boyd to the title page. The first U.S. edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to t...

The Judgement of Francois Villon

Herbert Edward Palmer · 1927 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, The Hogarth Press, 1927 . First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of this Limited Edition historical play concerning fifteenth century French poet François Villon. The first edition of this play from English poet and literary critic Herbert Edward Palmer. ...

The House of the Octopus

Charles Williams · 1945 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Edinburgh House Press, 1945. Cloth. A play by Charles Williams, a British poet known for being a member of the Inklings, complete with a dust wrapper. This is a religious play in three acts exploring Christian faith and spirituality.Written by Charles Williams (1886-19...

Works of George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw · 1905 · Rooke Books

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

London, Constable & Co. 1905-1919. Cloth. Seven volumes of the plays of George Bernard Shaw, owned and thoroughly annotated by prolific actor Esme Percy, remembered for specialising in the plays of Shaw. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was an Irish playwright, with his most re...

Touch & Go

D. H. Lawrence · 1920 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, C. W. Daniel, 1920. Paperback. A superior copy of D. H. Lawrence's play, in its original dust wrapper. This is a rather political play by Lawrence, detailing the struggle between Labour and Capital.David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930) was an English writer and poet,...

The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall at Tintagel in Lyonesse a New Version of an Old Story Arranged As a Play for Mummers in One Act Requiring No Theatre or Scenery.

Thomas Hardy · 1923 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Macmillan & Co. LTD, 1923. Cloth. A handsome early edition of Thomas Hardy's play, The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall. A one-act play by Thomas Hardy, one of the only two pieces of drama written by this author. This play was designed to be performed by am...

The Duchess of Malfi

John Webster · 1945 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, Sylvan Press, 1945. Cloth. A very smart limited edition production of the Duchess of Malfi. Beautifully illustrated by Michael Ayrton. Bookplate to the verso of front endpaper 'This is no 4 of an edition limited to 1000 copies each signed by the artist&apos. This ...

The Workes of Benjamin Jonson

Ben Jonson; Ben Johnson · 1640 · Rooke Books

£5,900.00 (€7,073.11 | $7,796.03 | ¥1,245,074)

London, Richard Bishop [and Robert Young], 1640, [1641]. Fine Binding. A beautifully bound, scarce collected edition of Ben Jonson's works. In a fantastic recent binding, with a custom slipcase. From the library of Allen and Beryl Freer. The Freers were avid art collecto...

The Old Glory

Robert Lowell · 1966 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Faber and Faber, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition copy of this play by American author and poet, Robert Lowell. With the original unclipped dustwrapper. 'The Old Glory' comprises of three pieces which were to be performed together as a trilog...

The Infernal Machine

Carl Wildman · 1936 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Oxford University Press, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this play by noted author and playwright Carl Wildman, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first UK edition of the work. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. The Infernal Machine is a pl...

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John Read · 1912 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Unknown, Unknown, c1910. Paperback. Three very scarce dialect plays by John Read; signed and inscribed by the author. Whilst little is known about the author, these works are a charming example of early twentieth century dialect plays. Each volume is undated, dated using Copac...

The Confidential Clerk

T. S. Eliot · 1954 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A stated first American Edition copy of this comic verse play by the renowned essayist, publisher, playwright, and literary and social critic T. S. Eliot. First produced at the Edinburgh Festival in the summer ...

Dramatic Works

R B Sheridan · 1932 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Asprey and Co, c1930. Leather. A beautifully bound, pocket sized collection of Richard Sheridan's plays. Sheridan was a famed eighteenth century playwright and owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. With an editor's note on the life of the author as a...

The Secret Woman a Play in Five Acts

Eden Phillpotts · 1912 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, Duckworth and Co, 1912. Paperback. A scarce private copy of this play by Eden Phillpotts. With a letter loosely inserted relating to the proposed censorship of the play. This letter was sent out to oppose the censorship by the Lord Chamberlain, who planned to prevent t...

Rocket to the Moon

Clifford Odets · 1939 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

New York, Random House, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A review copy of the Broadway hit about a dentist's love affair, written by renowned American playwright Clifford Odets. A charming review copy of the Broadway hit play Rocket to the Moon, written by eminent American pla...

Queen Mary: A Drama

Alfred Tennyson · 1875 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Henry S. King & Co. 1875. First edition. Leather. A charming first edition of Alfred Tennyson's historical play, 'Queen Mary', in a smart full red morocco binding. First edition, second impression with 'Behled' corrected to 'Beheld to p. 1...

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare; W. J. Craig · 1947 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London; New York; Toronto, Geoffrey Cumberlege: Oxford University Press, 1947. Leather. Handsome quarter-red-morocco Oxford edition of the complete works of Shakespeare, edited by William James Craig. Beautifully bound in quarter red morocco with red cloth boards.This Oxford e...

The Man Born to Be King: A Play-Cycle on the Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ

Dorothy L. Sayers · 1949 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1949. Cloth. A smart new impression of Dorothy L. Sayer's WWII radio drama on the life of Jesus. Complete with the original dust wrapper. Fourteenth impression, published March 1949. "First cheap edition". First impression published in May 194...

25 Volumes of British Plays

Various Authors · 1791 · Rooke Books

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

London, John Bell, 1791-95. Leather. 75 British plays by various playwrights, in 25 volumes published by John Bell. With two plates to each volume. Collated, volume X's The Orphan is lacking its two plates. Direct from the Regency library of Elizabeth Greenly, later Lady ...