Drammaturgia e teatro

Krindlesyke. A play. (INSCRIBED)

WILFRID GIBSON [i.e. W. W. Gibson]. · 1922 · Clearwater Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Macmillan & Co. Ltd., London, 1st Edition, Inscribed by Author(s), First Edition (first printing). A presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "To Laurence Binyon from Wilfred Gibson 1922". 8vo. ix, 140pp. Paper-covered boards with a paper spine la...

The Sale of Saint Thomas. In Six Acts. (SIGNED LIMITED EDITION)

LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE. · 1930 · Clearwater Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Martin Secker, London, 1st Edition, Signed by Author(s), First edition, limited to 480 numbered copies, signed by the author (this being #9). Tall 8vo. 124pp. Full blue buckram with bevelled edges, lettered in gold at the spine. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. The buckram a l...

The Blush of Shame. A Few Considerations on Verbal Obscenity in the Theatre. (INSCRIBED)

BARRETT H. CLARK. · 1932 · Clearwater Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Gotham Book Mart, New York, 1st Edition, Inscribed by Author(s), First edition, limited to 500 copies - this copy inscribed by the author. 8vo. 16pp. Card wrappers, a little dust marked and rubbed at several extremities. A very good copy. "I don't think there is much in the wa...

The Real Inspector Hound. A one-act play.

TOM STOPPARD. · 1968 · Clearwater Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Faber, London, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing) the card wrapper issue, which was published simultaneously with the considerably more uncommon casebound issue. Slim 8vo. 47pp. Card wrappers with French flaps. The wrappers lightly toned. A very good copy of this ear...

The One Remains. [A Report from Jerusalem].

STEWART PEROWNE. · 1954 · Clearwater Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 192pp. Orange cloth lettered in gold at the spine and upper board. With map-illustrated endpapers, one map and thirty-five captioned black and white photographs and reproductions. Some spotting to th...

Homecoming. A Play in Two Acts.

HAROLD PINTER. · 1965 · Clearwater Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Samuel French, London, 1st Edition, The first acting edition. Slim 8vo. 50pp. Stapled lettered wrappers. A sliver of very faint fading to the upper wrapper, alongside a touch of very light marking. Very good indeed. [A light item, UK postage will be reduced]., Very Good

Flowering Cherry. A play in two acts. (SIGNED)

ROBERT BOLT. · 1958 · Clearwater Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1st Edition, Signed by Author(s), First Edition (first printing) of the author's first book, issued two years before his career-making 'A Man for All Seasons'. This copy signed by the author on the front free endpaper. 8vo. 96pp. Grey boards let...

Clouds. A play.

MICHAEL FRAYN. · 1977 · Clearwater Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Eyre Methuen, London, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing) - the uncommon casebound issue. Small 8vo. 84pp. Black boards lettered in gold at the spine. A small cross inked to the head of the rear free endpaper, else a fine copy in virtually fine dust wrapper. The author...

The Sale of Saint Thomas. A verse-play.

LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE. · 1911 · Clearwater Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Privately published by the author, Dymock, 1st Edition, First edition. 8vo. 29pp sewn into lettered card wrappers. The wrappers splitting and tender at the natural fold, and a little rubbed and nicked at the yapped edges. Several preliminary and concluding leaves lightly spott...

Eclipse [and] Friendly Fire. Two plays. (SIGNED)

SIMON ARMITAGE and PETER GILL. · 2001 · Clearwater Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Faber, 'Connections' series, London, 1st Edition, Signed by Author(s), First edition thus, a paperback original. This copy signed by Simon Armitage on the title page. Slim 8vo. 97pp. Card wrappers. A fine unopened copy. Two plays commissioned by the Royal National Theatre. Arm...

The Hidden Plot. Notes on Theatre and the State.

EDWARD BOND. · 2000 · Clearwater Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Methuen, London, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 192pp. Maroon boards lettered in silver at the spine. The tips of two corners gently bumped, and a hint of tanning to the paperstock. A virtually fine copy in virtually fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper. Twen...

The Woman. Scenes from War and Freedom. A play.

EDWARD BOND. · 1979 · Clearwater Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Eyre Methuen, London, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing) - the uncommon casebound issue. Slim 8vo. 142pp. Black boards lettered in silver at the spine. A touch of very light spotting to the top edge and a former owner name inked to the tip of the front free endpaper. ...

The Old Glory.

ROBERT LOWELL. · 1966 · Clearwater Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Faber, London, 1st Edition, First UK Edition (first printing). 8vo. 194pp. Blue boards lettered in gold at the spine. A very good copy in very good non-price-clipped dust wrapper, with just a trace of fading to the publisher's red spine panel colouring. The author's first dram...

Beyond the Horizon and Gold. Two Plays.

EUGENE O'NEILL. · 1924 · Clearwater Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Jonathan Cape, London, 1st Edition, First UK Edition (first printing). 8vo. Blue cloth with a tanned and chafed paper spine label. Spine ends rubbed. The backstrip cloth very lightly faded and the cloth just a little dust soiled. A very nice, crisp copy. No dust wrapper. Forme...

Perfectly Scandalous; Or "The Immorality Lady". A comedy in three acts. (SIGNED LIMITED EDITION)

WILLIAM GERHARDI. · 1927 · Clearwater Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Ernest Benn Ltd., 'The Yellow Books' series, London, 1st Edition, Signed by Author(s), First edition, limited to 315 copies signed by the author. 8vo. 156pp. Black cloth with a paper spine label. Cloth and top edge lightly dust soiled, and with a little light partial browning ...

Requiem for a Nun. A play. Adapted to the stage by Ruth Ford. With photographs by Tony Armstrong Jones.

WILLIAM FAULKNER. · 1959 · Clearwater Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Random House, New York, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing) of Ruth Ford's stage adaption of Faulkner's novel. 8vo. 105pp. Original publisher's boards lettered and ruled in gold and with an in-laid photograph from the original production to the upper board. Covers trif...

Epitaph for George Dillon. A play in three acts.

JOHN OSBORNE AND ANTHONY CREIGHTON. · 1958 · Clearwater Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Faber, London, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). Slim 8vo. 94pp. Brown cloth lettered and ruled in gold at the spine. A tiny hint of spotting to top edge and a small stain for fore-edge, impacting a tiny area of the front endpaper only. A very good copy in very good...

Peasants' Priest. A Play. Acting Edition for the Festival of the Friends of Canterbury Cathedral.

LAURIE LEE. · 1947 · Clearwater Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

H. J. Goulden Ltd., Canterbury, 1st Edition, Signed by Author(s), First edition, reputedly limited to 750 copies. This copy signed by the author on the title page. Slim 8vo. 47pp. Card wrappers, lettered in red. A tiny slit to the base of the spine, and the wrappers very light...

Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth. Two plays.

TOM STOPPARD. · 1979 · Clearwater Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Inter-Action Inprint, London, 2nd Edition, The second edition, and first trade issue, which was published four months after the original limited issue. Slim 8vo. 77pp. Card wrappers, very slightly dust soiled. A very good copy. A brief one-page preface by the author precedes t...

Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth. Two plays.

TOM STOPPARD. · 1979 · Clearwater Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Inter-Action Inprint, London, 1st Edition, First edition, limited to 2000 numbered copies, this being #805 (the number is identified on a small slip which has been pasted over an earlier number, something which appears to have happened to a number of copies). Slim 8vo. Unpagin...