Drammaturgia e teatro

Edward the Black Prince; or, the Battle of Poictiers. An Historical Tragedy, in Five Acts

Shirley, William · 0 · Mare Booksellers

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

No Place, No Publisher. Pamphlet. No publisher, place or date. Disbound pamphlet, apparently disbound from a larger work. 16 pp. Illustrated header. Double columned text. An historical drama written by William Shirley a colonial administrator and governor of the Massachusetts ...

The Rivals

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley · 1889 · Mare Booksellers

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,069)

New York, White and Allen, 1889. Cloth. Green cloth illustrated in gilt, black and red. Folio. xx, 61 pp. Color and black and white illustrations by Frank M. Gregory. All 5 color plates present as called for, with all black and white illustrations also apparently present. An i...

Epitome of the Historical Drama, "Kasuga-No-Tsubone" (Written by Mr. Fukuchi) and Other Plays Performed by Danjuro and His Troupe, at the Kabukiza Theatre May, 1903

Fukuchi · 1903 · Mare Booksellers

$81.00 (€73.49 | £61.30 | ¥12,936)

Kobiki-Cho, Tokyo, Kabukiza Theatre, presumed Publisher. Wraps. no date, perhaps 1903. Printed wraps. 9 pages. Page 8 blank, with Japanese characters on the last page. Otherwise all text in English. A summary of scenes and acts, with a little printed dialogue of several plays ...

A Souvenir of Shakespeare's the Merchant of Venice As Presented by David Belasco at the Lyceum Theatre, New York December 21, 1922

Belasco, David · 1922 · Mare Booksellers

$59.00 (€53.53 | £44.65 | ¥9,423)

New York, Privately Printed, 1922. Soft Cover. Cardboard stock covers in brown printed paper wraps (adhered to the covers). Folio. 173 pp. With a section of 28 photo plates. SIGNED, with an inscription, by David Belasco, and dated 1927. With another gift inscription present fr...

Afterwards" a Play in One Act

Roberton, Marion · 1911 · Mare Booksellers

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

London, Joseph Williams, Limited, 1911. Wraps. Printed wraps. 10 pp. plus a page of ads in the rear. A short one act play revolving around a young girl about to attend her first dance, where her divorced mother attends to see her after a 15 year absence. GOOD condition. Wrappe...

General Bonaparte. A Drama: In Four Acts

Teegan, Thomas Henry · 1910 · Mare Booksellers

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,069)

London, Dublin and New York, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton Kent and Co; M.H. Gill and Son; Benziger Brothers. First Edition. Full Leather. Presumed circa 1910, based on a dated author inscription. Full blue leather with gilt titling and ruling. With gilt floral trim along the en...

Emma. A Play. Founded on Jane Austen's Novel

MacKaye, Marion Morse · 1941 · Mare Booksellers

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,069)

New York, Macmillan, 1941. Cloth. Blue cloth in unclipped jacket. 182 pages. With a few illustrations, as well as a frontis photo of the author by Doris Ulmann, the noted portrait photographer perhaps best known for her photography in Roll, Jordan Roll. A play dramatizing Emma...

The Husband of an Hour. An Original Drama, in Two Periods. French's Standard Drama No. CCC

Falconer, Edmund · 1875 · Mare Booksellers

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

New York, Samuel French. Original Wraps. No date, circa 1875 based on OCLC records. Yellow wraps. 46 pages. Includes brief instructions on the costumes, as well as cast lists for London, New York and Providence, R.I. performances in 1857. A play set in the early part of Louis ...

A Cure for the Fidgets. A Farce, in One Act. French's Minor Drama. No. CCCVI

Williams, Thomas J. · 1868 · Mare Booksellers

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New York, Samuel French. Original Wraps. No date, circa 1868. Yellow wraps. 20 pages. Includes brief instructions on the costumes, as well as cast lists for London and New York. A short comedic farce. GOOD condition. General fading, minor to moderate soiling (more so the rear ...

Sarah's Young Man. A Farce in One Act. Spencer's Universal Stage. No. 30

Suter, W.E. · 1800 · Mare Booksellers

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Boston, George M. Baker and Co. Original Wraps. No date, circa mid 1800's. 21 pages plus ads. Short comedic farce. GOOD condition with general fading and minor soiling. Faint stain along the front hinge. Minor creasing and edgewear. Owner's signature on the upper front cover. ...

Master Harold" and the Boys. A Play

Fugard, Athol · 1982 · Mare Booksellers

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First American Edition. Cloth. First US edition. Beige cloth in unclipped jacket. 60 pp. A play reflecting racial tensions and racism in 1950's South Africa. VERYGOOD jacket on a NEAR FINE book. Small dark square present at the lower front jack...

Myself and the Theatre

Komisarjevsky, Theodore · 1930 · Mare Booksellers

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York, E.P Dutton, 1930. First American Edition. Cloth. Original cloth in unclipped dust jacket. No price present on the jacket, but this does not appear to be a book club edition. 205 pp. With black and white illustrations throughout. More than a memoir, this work offers i...

The Tender Husband; or the Accomplish'd Fools

Steele, Richard · 1761 · Mare Booksellers

$27.00 (€24.50 | £20.43 | ¥4,312)

London, Printed for J and R Tonson, S. Crowder and Co, 1761. Disbound. Disbound. 72pp with a frontis. Lacking any endpapers and half titles that may have existed. In GOOD condition with minor to moderate tanning to the pages, mostly along the extremities. Minor wear to the ext...

The Spanish Fryar: Or the Double Discovery. A Comedy. Written by Mr. Dryden. Marked with the Variations in the Manager's Book, at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden

Dryden, John · 1776 · Mare Booksellers

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London, Printed for W. Strahan; T. Davies; T. Lowndes, Etc. 1776. Disbound. Disbound. 90pp plus 2 pages of ads for plays from T Lowndes and Partners. There may be a page missing after this ad, as the plays end with the letter R. Lacking any endpapers and half titles that may h...

A Masque of Aesop

Davies, Robertson · 1952 · Mare Booksellers

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

Toronto, Clarke, Irwin and Company, 1952. First Edition. Hard Cover. First edition. Hard cover in unclipped jacket. Illustrations by Grant Macdonald. 47 pages. A play by Davies based in ancient Greece and using the dramatic tool of the masque. GOOD jacket on a VERY GOOD book. ...

Nakamura Jakuemon IV. The Art of Onnagata Acting

Sasaguchi, Rei · 2004 · Mare Booksellers

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,069)

Tokyo, Published By the Author, 2004. First Edition. Original Wraps. Believed first edition. Original wraps. Most of the text in English, with several pages following the glossary in Japanese. 114 pages with photos throughout. Isbn# 4990218507. A study of Onnagata acting, wher...

Four Plays for Children: The Rose and the Ring; the Goody-Witch; the Goosegirl; Boots and the North Wind

Sidgwick, Ethel · 1900 · Mare Booksellers

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Boston, Small, Maynard and Co. Hard Cover. No date but believed early 1900's. Hard cover. 191 pages. With a full color pastedown illustration on the front cover and black and white illustrations throughout. Bound in purple cloth. A collection of plays geared toward juveniles, ...

Theatre National de L'Opera-Comique Saison 1931-1932. Pelleas Et Melisande. Samedi 21 Mai 1932

Brissaud, Pierre cover Illustrator · 1932 · Mare Booksellers

$27.00 (€24.50 | £20.43 | ¥4,312)

No Place, No printer or publisher Given, 1932. Original Wraps. Unpaginated. Original wraps. A theater program for a production of Debussy's opera Pelleas and Melisande, featuring black and white photos of cast members. Of note is the cover illustration by Pierre Brissaud featu...

Four Black Revolutionary Plays. All Praises to the Black Man

Jones, LeRoi [Amiri Baraka] · 1969 · Mare Booksellers

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover. Stated first printing. Hard cover. Lacking dust jacket. 89 pages. Four plays from this noted poet and dramatist. The plays include Experimental Death Unit #1, A Black Mass, Great Goodness of Life, and Madheart. In G...

Honourable Entertainments

Middleton, Thomas · 1953 · Mare Booksellers

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

Oxford, UK, The Malone Society Reprints, 1953. Hard Cover. Unpaginated. With a facsimile of the title page and two other preliminary pages, with the font in the book replicating the font of the original. Nice reprint of this piece of early English drama. In a plain brown paper...