Drammaturgia e teatro

Shakespeare and Me 38 Great Writers Actors and Directors on What the Bard Means to Them and Us.

Carson, Susannah (ed) and Greer, Germaine and Allende, Isabel and Drabble, Margaret et al · 2013 · Hessay Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,372)

Oneworld, 2013. First Edition. Hard Cover, A heavy book of 500pp, the foredge tanning a little with age. Priceclipped dustjacket is otherwise clean and complete. B + w illustrations. Gift inscription to the flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. Fresh insight on Shakespeare's wo...

French Humanist Tragedy a Reassessment.

Stone, Donald Jr. · 1974 · Hessay Books

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Manchester University Press, 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover, 231pp, illustrated dustjacket with one short closed tear. Internally very clean. The nature and function of French humanist tragedy, its relationship to medieval, ancient and French classical drama and its ties to o...

Francis Hayman.

Allen, Brian · 1987 · Hessay Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,794)

Yale, 1987. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ tall, Large format. 196p, illustrated soft covers. Colour and black and white illustrations. A very clean copy. A study of an important painter of the mid eighteenth century, who was the teacher of Gainsborough and whose work included...

Beowulf An Adaptation By Julian Glover of The Verse Translations of Michael Alexander and Edwin Morgan.

Glover, Julian · 1995 · Hessay Books

£4.25 (€5.10 | $5.62 | ¥897)

Alan Sutton, 1995. Soft Cover, Ill.: Sheila Mackie. Tall format. Introduction by Magnus Magnusson. 137pp, illustrated softback covers with no creases, a very little rubbed to the corners. Full size colour plates and line drawings by Sheila Mackie. A clean, tight copy. The acto...

The Royal Opera Covent Garden Aida.

Benarroch, Eduardo and Wilson, Robert et al · 2003 · Hessay Books

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥528)

Arts Council Royal Opera House, 2003. First Edition. Soft Cover, Large format programme magazine. 49pp plus advertisements, biographies etc. Contains cast, synopsis and illustrated essays on the opera, design drawings, photographs of the production etc and historical performan...

Elfrida A Dramatic Poem Written on the Model of The Ancient Greek Tragedy.

Mason, Mr (William) · 1753 · Hessay Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

J and P Knapton, 1753. Unbound, The Fourth edition, corrected. 519 pages with 5 preliminary Letters Concerning the following Drama and 80pp text of the play. The half title and the title page in red and black are present, but the book lacks boards, having been at some time rem...

The Pretenders & Two Other Plays Pillars of Society Rosmersholm.

Ibsen, Henrik · 1913 · Hessay Books

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥528)

Dent, 1913. Hard Cover, First Everyman edition. 316pp, green cloth covered boards with a little wear to the side of the spine. Gilt flower ornament to spine, decorated endpapers and title pages. Internally clean. Introduction and translations by R Farquharson Sharp of three co...

Brand A Dramatic Poem.

Ibsen, Henrik · 1915 · Hessay Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥739)

Dent, 1111. Hard Cover, Presumed first Everyman Edition, circa 1915. Translated by F E Garrett and with an Introduction by Philip Wicksteed. 223pp, green cloth covered boards, a little faded to spine. Gilt flower ornament to spine. Decorated title pages and endpapers. Original...

The Poems and Plays of Oliver Goldsmith.

Goldsmith, Oliver · 1944 · Hessay Books

£4.00 (€4.80 | $5.29 | ¥844)

Dent, 1944. Hard Cover, Everyman edition, with an Introduction by Austin Dobson. 317pp, olive green cloth covered boards. Dustjacket with wear to the edges. Internally clean. Includes The Deserted Village and She Stoops to Conquer... Very Good /Good.

A Doll's House and Two Other Plays The Wild Duck The Lady From The Sea.

Ibsen, Henrik · 1910 · Hessay Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥739)

Dent, 1111. Hard Cover, Presumed first Everyman edition, circa 1910. Introduction by R Farquharson Sharp, who translated two of the plays. 284pp, olive green cloth covered boads with gilt flower ornament to spine. Decorated endpapers and title pages. Previous owner's card to i...

Tallis's Library Edition of the Works of Shakspere Part I.

Halliwell, James Orchard · 1851 · Hessay Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

John Tallis, 1851. First Edition. Soft Cover, Tall format with buff soft covers with a little loss to the spine cover. Internally clean and tight. The first number of an edition of Shakespeare, issued in parts. Title page engraved illustration showing the theatres of London, S...

Notes and Queries November 1914.

- · 1914 · Hessay Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,372)

John C Francis, 1914. First Edition. Soft Cover, Worn blue paper covers, the front one detached. Internally clean and tight. Miscellaneous information on spurious Waverley novels, the family of Robinson of Appleby, sizes of wine bottles, a bibliography of Thomas Holcroft, Sir ...

Twentieth Century French Literature.

Moore, Harry T · 1972 · Hessay Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,794)

Heinemann, 1972. Soft Cover, 182pp, softback covers, a little rubbed to the edges. Internally very clean and tight. French literature of the 20th century from Claudel and Apollinaire to Genet and Robbe-Grillet, with chapters on Proust and Gide... Very Good.

Peer Gynt A Dramatic Poem.

Ibsen, Henrik · 1966 · Hessay Books

£1.50 (€1.80 | $1.98 | ¥317)

Penguin, 1966. Mass Market Paperback, Translated by Peter Watts. 223pp, illustrated softback covers with a couple of light creases. A very clean, tight copy. Introduction, and the text of the play... Very Good.

The Worst Poverty A History of Debt and Debtors.

Barty-King, Hugh · 1991 · Hessay Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Alan Sutton, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover, Foreword by Sir Gordon Borrie Q C. 214pp. Illustrated dustjacket with a small nick to the bottom edge of the spine is otherwise complete. B + w illustrations. Internally very clean. A history of debt and debtors from the Middle Age...

French Humanist Tragedy A Reassessment.

Stone, Donald · 1974 · Hessay Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Manchester University Press, 1974. Hard Cover, 231pp, complete illustrated dustjacket, a little faded to spine. Very small, light foxmarks to the top edge, otherwise a very clean copy. The concepts underlying french humanist tragedy... Very Good /Very Good.

The Pot of Gold The Prisoners The Brothers Menaechmus The Swaggering Soldier Peudolus.

Plautus · 1976 · Hessay Books

£1.50 (€1.80 | $1.98 | ¥317)

Penguin, 1976. Soft Cover, Penguin Classics series, translated by E F Watling. 268pp, the page edges browning a little with age, illustrated soft covers. Initials crossed out to flyleaf, a few light spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise internally clean and tight. The text of ...

The Balcony A Play.

Genet, Jean · 1966 · Hessay Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.95 | ¥950)

Faber, 1966. Soft Cover, Revised edition. Translated by Bernard Frechtman. 96pp, softback covers. A light mark to the bottom edge, otherwise internally clean and tight... Very Good.

The English Theatre A Short History.

Nicoll, Allardyce · 1938 · Hessay Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Nelson, 1938. Hard Cover, 252p, red cloth covered boards. B + w illustrations. Previous owner's name to flyleaf, otherwise internally very clean. A classic history of drama in England... Very Good /No Jacket.

Playing for Scotland A History of the Scottish Stage 1715 -1965.

Campbell, Donald · 1996 · Hessay Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,794)

Mercat Press, 1996. First Edition. Soft Cover, 154pp, illustrated laminated soft covers. A very clean copy. The story of Scotland's drama told through its leading personalities... As New.