Drammaturgia e teatro

The Confidential Clerk.

Eliot, T S · 1954 · Hessay Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Faber, 1954. First Edition. Hard Cover, 136pp, blue cloth covered boards. Internally very clean. The text of the play, and the original cast list... Very Good /No Jacket.

York Notes on William Shakespeare Hamlet.

Todd, Loreto · 1983 · Hessay Books

£1.50 (€1.80 | $1.98 | ¥316)

Longman, 1983. Soft Cover, 128pp, softback covers. Original owner's initials to inner cover, a couple of passages marked to the Introduction, otherwise clean. Summaries, notes and revision help for students... Good.

The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra.

Shakespeare, William and Everett, Barbara · 1988 · Hessay Books

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

Signet New American LIbrary, 1988. Mass Market Paperback, 297pp, softback covers by Milton Glaser. The edges browning a little with age, otherwise clean. Edited and with new dramatic criticism and updated bibliography by Barbara Everett... Very Good.

A King's Daughter.

Masefield, John · 1924 · Hessay Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Heinemann, 1924. Hard Cover, 127 pp, blue cloth covered boards, edges of spine a little worn. Occasional light pencil notes on text, tiny spots of foxing to foredge, original owner's signature on flyleaf, otherwise clean... Very Good /No Jacket.

Bumper Film Book.

- · 1950 · Hessay Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Spring Books, 1111. Hard Cover, Early 1950s - Features Ben Hur and Gigi. 160 pp, cloth boards with light damp stain, dustjacket with two tears to top of spine, no loss. Numerous b + w and colour pictures of stars such as Elvis, Doris Day etc. articles (apparently) by Richard B...

The Mikado.

Gilbert, Sir W S and Flint, W Russell and Brock, Charles E · 1979 · Hessay Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Godfrey Cave, 1979. Hard Cover, Ill.: W Russell Flint and Charles E Brock. A facsimile of the Macmillan edition of 1928 with Gilbert's lyrics accompanied by 8 full page colour illustrations by W Russell Flint and b + w drawings by Charles E Brock. 96pp, complete blue and gold ...

Pygmalion a Play in Five Acts.

Shaw, Bernard · 1921 · Hessay Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Constable, 1921. Soft Cover, Ill.:. 205pp with hand cut edges, dark green soft covers. A little wear to the spine, original owner's name on flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. The text of the play, (which was later adapted for the musical My Fair Lady) including Shaw's Prefac...

Saint Joan A Chronicle Play In Six Scenes And An Epilogue.

Shaw, Bernard · 1928 · Hessay Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Constable, 1928. Hard Cover, 15th impression of 1st edition. 114pp, olive green cloth covered boards, hand cut foredge. Original owner's name on flyleaf, and her pencil notes to margin of Preface, otherwise clean... Good /No Jacket.

Impressions of English Literature.

Turner, W J (ed) and O'Brien, Kate and Cecil, David and Greene, Graham and Bowen, Elizabeth and Woodward, E L · 1944 · Hessay Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Collins, 1944. Hard Cover, Part of the Britain in Pictures series. 2nd impression. A large book of 324pp, with orange cloth covered boards, a little sun faded to spine, no dustjacket. Many attractive full-page colour illustrations, as well as b + w illustrtaions. Original owne...

The XVIII Century Theatre at Richmond.

Rosenfeld, Sybil · 1947 · Hessay Books

£15.50 (€18.58 | $20.48 | ¥3,270)

York Georgian Society, 1947. First Edition. Soft Cover, 28pp, blue soft covers. B + w illustrations and plan. A clean copy. The history of the unique eighteenth century theatre still surviving in a Yorkshire market town, its ownership, actors and plays... Very Good.

Daphne Laureola Pitlochry Festival Theatre Programme.

Bridie, James · 1964 · Hessay Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

Pitlochry, 1964. Soft Cover, 3 folding pages, giving the cast and other information about the performances of Daphne Laureola at the Pitlochry Festival in 1964. Sheila Gish was Maisie... Very Good.

The Shattered Silents How The Talkies Came To Stay.

Walker, Alexander · 1979 · Hessay Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Morrow, 1979. First Edition. Hard Cover, 1st USA edition. 218pp, complete dustjacket, a little rubbed to edges. B + w illustrations. Internally very clean. The standard work on the introduction of Talking Pictures to the cinema in the 1920s... Fine /Very Good.

A Doll's House The Wild Duck The Lady From The Sea.

Ibsen, Henrik · 1929 · Hessay Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Dent, 1929. Hard Cover, Everyman edition. 255pp, olive green cloth covered boads with gilt ornament, a little faded to spine. Previous owner's name on flyleaf, otherwise clean. The text of 3 plays... Very Good /No Jacket.

The Romantic Ballet from Contemporary Prints.

Sitwell, Sacheverell · 1948 · Hessay Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

B T Batsford, 1948. First Edition. Hard Cover, 12 pages of Introduction and Notes and 16 full page coloured facsimile reproductions of contemporary lithographs. Grey boards. Illustrated dustjacket is priceclipped and rubbed to the edges, but otherwise complete Internally clean...

Locrine A Tragedy.

Swinburne, Algernon Charles · 1887 · Hessay Books

£16.50 (€19.78 | $21.80 | ¥3,481)

Chatto & Windus, 1887. First Edition. Hard Cover, With publisher's catalogue of October 1890. 139pp, hand cut edges, dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt fillet edging and lily motif to spine, a very little rubbed to top of spine. Internally very clean. A play based on the...

The Wandering Jew A Play In Four Phases.

Thurston, E Temple · 1933 · Hessay Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Puttnam's, 1933. Hard Cover, 8th reprint. 148 pp, green boards, dustjacket with some loss. Gift inscription to flyleaf, othrwise internally clean. Includes 1920 cast list... Very Good /Very Good.

The Knight of the Burning Pestle.

Beaumont, Francis and Fletcher, John · 1925 · Hessay Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Robert Holden, 1925. Hard Cover, 125pp, brown cloth covered boards, hand cut foredge. Flyleaf removed and previous owner's name on label to inner board, a few spots of foxing to bottom edge, otherwise a clean copy. Prepared by G B Harrison, one of the Fortune Play Books series...

The Glanville Women.

Gray, Dulcie · 1982 · Hessay Books

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Joseph, 1982. First Edition. Hard Cover, 320pp, complete dustjacket illustrated by David Hughes. A very clean copy. 3 generations of a famous theatrical family, across two World Wars... Fine /Fine.

Mozart Und Die Marionetten Von Salzburg.

Kraus, Gottfried · 1973 · Hessay Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Salzburger Marionetten, 1111. Soft Cover, Circa 1973. Souvenir programme softback covers in white and gold with many colour and black and white photographs of the puppets and assistants. Text in German, English and French, includes insert with information about their performan...

Deirdre of the Sorrows. A Play.

Synge, John M · 1911 · Hessay Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Maunsel and Company Ltd, 1911. Hard Cover, 98 pp + press opinions and list of Lady Gregory's works. Brown boards with vellum spine, corners of boards a little worn. Date in biro on flyleaf and bookplate may have been removed, otherwise clean.. Very Good /No Jacket.