Drammaturgia e teatro

A Collection of Works About and by Graham Greene

Graham Greene; Dennish Cannan; Pierre Bost · 1948 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.93 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,720)

London; New York, Lester & Orpen Dennys; The Bodley Head; The Viking Press; Heinemann; et al. 1948-1992. First edition. Cloth. An extensive collection of works by Graham Greene, the influential award winning novelist, including many of his best known novels such as 'The P...

The Plays of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare; Thomas Keightley [ed.] · 1892 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, J. S. Virtue & Co, 1892-1894. Leather. A smart, uniformly bound set of the plays of Shakespeare, edited by Thomas Keightley, with portraits of leading Shakespearean actors. Four volumes bound in two. Uniformly bound in a half morocco binding with marbled end papers and...

New Girl in Town

George Abbott; Bob Merrill · 1958 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

New York, Random House , 1958. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of George Abbott's musical, based on the play 'Anna Christie' by Eugene O'Neill. First edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Based on Eugene O'...

Yes and No, and, for Whom the Bell Chimes

Graham Greene · 1983 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, The Bodley Head, 1983. Cloth. A fine limited edition volume of two plays by Graham Greene, one of seven hundred and fifty copies signed by the author. A limited edition of seven hundred and fifty copies, of which this is numbered four hundred and sixty five.Signed by t...

Lazarus Laughed

Eugene O'Neill · 1927 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

New York, Boni & Liveright, 1927 . First edition. Hardback. A signed limited edition of Eugene O'Neill's drama subtitled 'A Play for Imaginative Theatre', featuring characters and events following the raising of Lazarus of Bethany from the dead by Jesus. Th...

The Calms of Capricorn

Eugene O'Neill; Donald Gallup · 1982 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

New Haven and New York, Ticknor and Fields, 1982 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this posthumously published play from Eugene O'Neill, expanded into a complete play by Donald Gallup from O'Neill's notes. With a signed presentation inscription f...

Parables for the Theater: Two Plays by Bertolt Brecht (the Good Woman of Setzuan and the Caucasian Chalk Circle)

Bertolt Brecht; Eric and Maja Bentley [translators] · 1948 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Minneapolis , University of Minnesota Press, 1948. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition containing two plays by Bertolt Brecht, complete with the smart unclipped dust wrapper. The uncommon first edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Pub...

The Changelings: A Comedy

Lee Wilson Dodd · 1924 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1924 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of Lee Wilson Dodd's comedic play set in New York, a bright copy of this scarce work. Limited edition of 950 copies. Signed by the author "To Emma & John Sendam from Lee Wilson Dodd Feb...

Hernani, Ou L&Apos;Honneur Castillan

Victor Hugo · 1830 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)

Paris, Mame et Delaunay-Vallée, 1830 . First edition. Unbound. The first edition of Victor Hugo's drama about a noble outlaw determined to seek revenge against Don Carlos, King of Spain. In the original French.The first edition, second issue, with 'Hierro' signa...

Philip the King

John Masefield · 1927 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1927 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful signed, limited edition verse drama from John Masefield, signed by Masefield and the illustrator, Laurence Irving. No. 36 of 360 copies produced, and signed by both the author and the illustrator.In the pu...

Mammon: Duke&Apos;S Theatre

Sydney Grundy · 1877 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Walter Smith, Bloomsbury Steam Printing Works , c1877 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce theatre programme from a production of Sydney Grundy's "Mammon", performed at Duke's Theatre in Holborn. Very scarce. Dated from records of the production....

A Sammelband of Six Nineteenth Century Plays

Ben Jonson; James Kenney; Pedro Calderon de la Barca; John Gay; Helmina von Chezy · 1806 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Various , 1806-1842 . First edition. Leather. A collection of six plays performed at London's Theatre Royal and Prince's Theatre, including two by James Kenney which are signed to the title page. Bound in half calf with marbled paper-covered boards. Endpapers...

Three Programs for the St. James&Apos;S Theatre

Various · 1879 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, J. Miles & Co, 1879-c1888. Paperback. Three programs for productions at the now demolished St. James's Theatre, collecting together three very scarce pieces. Three very scarce programs for the St. James's Theatre. 'The Queen's Shilling', by G. ...

The Living Room

Graham Greene · 1953 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, William Heinemann LTD, 1953. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this brilliant play by Graham Greene, the second impression. The first edition, second impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Living Room' is a play consisting of two acts, eac...

Faust Af Gothe

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe · 1854 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Stockholm, Philipp j. Meyers Forlag , 1854. Cloth. Goethe's iconic play, translated into Swedish from the original German, and illustrated throughout with engraved plates. The second Swedish edition. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and five monochrome engraved ...

The Oxford Historical Pageant June 27-July 3, 1907: Book of Words with Illustrations

1907 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Oxford, Printed for the Pageant Committee, 1907. First edition. Vellum. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of scenes from the Oxford Historical Pageant, signed and inscribed by the printer. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the printer, Horace Henry Hart...

Passage Du Malin: Piece En Trois Actes

Francois Mauriac · 1948 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Paris, La Table Ronde, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A smartly bound copy of this play in three acts from French writer Francois Mauriac, in the original French. A play in three acts first performed on December 12th 1947at the Theatre de la Madeleine in Paris. The critical recep...

Carol Pictures by the Guild of Country Players

W. Graham Robertson · 1918 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Not Stated, Privately Published, 1918 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce collection of seven illustrated plates by W. Graham Robertson, in celebration of the festive performances of the Guild of Country Players. A very scarce first edition, consisting of seven monochrom...

Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice

Lord Byron · 1821 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, John Murray, 1821 . Leather. The scarce second edition of Lord Byron's blank verse tragedy, published in the same year as the first edition. The second edition of this work.Retaining the original half title.With an advertisement leaf to the rear.'Marino Falie...

Teatro Classico Italiano Antico E Moderno

1829 · Rooke Books

£89.00 (€106.68 | $117.58 | ¥18,776)

Lipsia, Ernesto Fleischer, 1829. Cloth. An interesting study on the history of Italian theatre, an impressive and detailed work, in the original Italian. In the original Italian.An extensive and detailed exploration of the history of Italian theatre, ancient and modern. In par...