Drammaturgia e teatro

WORLD THEATRE / Le Theatre Dans Le Monde Winter 1954 (Vol IV, No.1) The Actor

Rene Hainaux (ed) · 1954 · Dodman Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Brussels, Elsevier, Quarterly dual language (English/French) review issued by the International Theatre Institute with the support of UNESCO. Well illustrated with photos and featuring wide ranging content of interest to theatre lovers. This issue, themed on The Actor, include...

WORLD THEATRE / Le Theatre Dans Le Monde Autumn 1954 (Vol III, No.4)

Rene Hainaux (ed) · 1954 · Dodman Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Brussels, Elsevier, Quarterly dual language (English/French) review issued by the International Theatre Institute with the support of UNESCO. Well illustrated with photos and featuring wide ranging content of interest to theatre lovers. This issue includes articles on stage de...

PLAYS [Third Series] Swanwhite; Simoom; Debit And Credit; Advent; The Thunderstorm; After The Fire

August Strindberg · 1913 · Dodman Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Duckworth & Co, 1st Edition, Translated from the Swedish and with an introduction by Edwin Björkman. Very occasional foxing but in general good, crisp order otherwise. Neat gift inscription to fep and attractive bookplate of Aline Richards to front pastedown. Light wea...

That Worthless Fellow Platonov

Anton Chekhov; John Cournos (tr) · 1930 · Dodman Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London, J M Dent & Sons, 1st Edition, Hitherto unpublished Chekhov play. Stock lightly toned, with offsetting to endpapers, but otherwise all in good internal order. Blue boards with dulled titling to spine, lightly marked and with a little shelfwear. Unclipped d/j is darkened...

One For The Road

Harold Pinter · 1984 · Dodman Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London, Methuen, 1st Edition, In Methuen's New Theatrescripts series. Stock very lightly toned to edges, but otherwise all in VG crisp and clean internal order. Light wear including minor corner creasing to card covers. 8vo. 24pp, Good, No Jacket, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall, 24

THIS WAY TO THE TOMB A Masque And Anti-Masque

Ronald Duncan · 1946 · Dodman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Faber And Faber, 1st Edition, All in VG internal order. Former owner's name neatly to fep. Smart yellow boards, a little dulled to edges, with gilt tiling to spine. G- unclipped d/j with some loss to edges. 8vo. 99pp, Very Good, Good, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall, 99

SHADOW OF HEROES A Play In Five Acts From The Hungarian Passion [SIGNED]

Robert Ardrey · 1958 · Dodman Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Collins, 1st Edition, Signed, dedicated and dated by Ardrey to fep, 3 November 1959. First UK edition, with cast list from the Peter Hall production in London of October1958. A little dust spotting to block edge, but internally all is crisp, clean and bright, bar tonin...

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE STAGE? Some Notes On The English Theatre From The Earliest Times To The Present Day

William Poel · 1920 · Dodman Books

£37.50 (€44.95 | $49.54 | ¥7,911)

London, George Allen & Unwin, 1st Edition, Poel presents his manifesto for a better theatre. Light toning to stock, but otherwise in VG, clean and crisp internal order. Stiff card boards with blue paper wraps, these a little worn and faded to edges. Paper title label to front ...

Ghosts : An Enemy Of The People : The Wild Duck [Ibsen's Prose Dramas]

Henrik Ibsen · 1891 · Dodman Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London, Walter Scott, A little toning to page edges, but otherwise all is in good internal order in this 'authorised' English edition of Ibsen's plays. Green bevelled boards a little marked and lightly worn to edges. Bright gilt titling to front, slightly dulled to spine. 12mo...

MARCO MILLIONS A Play

Eugene O'Neill · 1927 · Dodman Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1st Edition, All in VG, clean and bright internal order bar toning to endpapers. Smart blue boards with crisp paper title label to spine. Good unclipped d/j lightly worn to edges and dulled to spine. Small 4pp prospectus for uniform edition of O'Neill's ...

THE MAN WHO NEVER DIED A Play About Joe Hill

Barrie Stavis · 1972 · Dodman Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

South Brunswick, A. S. Barnes, New edition (1972) of acclaimed play with c.200 amendments including addition of songs and extensive photo section showing scenes from various international productions. In VG, crisp, clean and bright internal order. Cream boards with quarter bro...

BEST PLAYS Of The Modern American Theatre (Second Series)

John Gassner (ed) · 1950 · Dodman Books

£17.50 (€20.98 | $23.12 | ¥3,692)

New York, Crown Publishers, Seventh printing of this excellent compilation of 17 contemporary plays, with contributions from Tennessee Williams, William Saroyan, Lillian Hellman and others. All in VG internal order. Toning to endpapers. Red boards a little bumped and faded to ...

Death Of A Salesman

Arthur Miller · 1952 · Dodman Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

London, News Of The World, 'Pocket Book Edition' published by the News Of The World newspaper, complete and unabridged, and with suitably dramatic cover illustration. Stock tined but otherwise all in general good order. 16mo. 124pp, Good, No Jacket, 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall, 124

HE WHO GETS SLAPPED A Play In Four Acts

Leonid Andreyev · 1922 · Dodman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London, Brentano's, 1st Edition, Translated from the Russian and with an introduction by Gregory Zilboorg. Ex-library with remainder of labels, etc, to front endpapers, stamps to title page verso and edge of block. A little spotting to first few pages, but in general clean and...

FROM "THE BELLS" TO "KING ARTHUR" A Record Of The First-Night Productions At The Lyceum Theatre From 1871 To 1895

Clement Scott · 1897 · Dodman Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London, John MacQueen, 1st Edition, A fascinating slice of London theatre history. Scott, critic for the Telegraph, Observer and Illustrated London News reprints his reviews of all the productions (x38) he has seen at the country's "leading theatre". Includes dates, cast lists...

Ten Thousand A Year (Dick's Standard Plays)

Richard Brinsley Peake · 0 · Dodman Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

London, John Dicks, ND. Dick's Standard Plays were published between the 1860s and 1880s, offering the full text of a play in a cheap format. Once highly popular, copies are now scarce. This is no.445 in the series. All in good order. Pink illustrated paper covers. 12mo. 16pp ...

First Steps To Drama

G H Holroyd · 1953 · Dodman Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

London, Macmillan And Co, 1st Edition, Occasional foxing. moreso to title page. Otherwise, all good. Pictorial covers. Others in series also available. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. 124pp, E M Ingall, Good, No Jacket, 12mo -...

THE FIRST MRS FRASER A Comedy In Three Acts

St John Ervine · 1929 · Dodman Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1st Edition, Play first performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, on July 2nd 1929. All in VG internal order bar occasional light foxing. Bookplate to front pastedown. Light blue boards a little marked to edges and dulled to spine. 12mo. 88pp + ads., ...

Saint Mary Ellen [SIGNED]

James R Gregson · 1930 · Dodman Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Slaithwaite, Burgess & Green, 1st Edition, Exceptionally scarce one act "modern morality play" by noted actor and playwright Gregson, signed by him to title page. Good internal order in textured paper covers heavily marked to edges. 8vo. 16pp. , Signed by Author(s), Fair, 8vo ...

St Mary's Eve (Dicks' Standard Plays)

Bayle Bernard · 0 · Dodman Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

London, John Dicks, ND. Dicks' Standard Plays were published between the 1860s and 1880s, offering the full text of a play in a cheap format. Once highly popular, copies are now scarce. This is no.382 in the series. All in good internal order. Pink illustrated paper covers. 12...