Drammaturgia e teatro

After All. A Play in Three Acts.

VAN DRUTEN, JOHN. · 1929 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: G.P.Putnam's Sons, 1929. 1st edition. " 'After All' was first produced under the auspices of the Incorporated Stage Society and the Three Hundred Club at the Apollo Theatre on the evening of Sunday, May 5th, 1929. Since that production the play has been very largely re...

St Brigit of the Mantle. A Christmas Mystery Play.

KELLY, NORAH. · 1924 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London: SPCK, 1924. Parish Plays, No.11. Pp.31. Fawn card covers. VG.

The Seasons of the Blind and Other Radio Plays in Verse.

SCRIVEN, R.C. · 1974 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 1974. 0563126604. 1st edition. R.C.Scriven was a free-lance journalist and radio dramatist, despite being nearly stone deaf since the age of eight and blind for much of his life. Pp.184. Black cloth, dustwrapper rubbed with minor...

The Dog Beneath the Skin or Where is Francis?

AUDEN, W.H. AND ISHERWOOD, CHRISTOPHER. · 1944 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1944. 3rd impression. A Play in Three Acts. Pp.180, ownership details of literary scholar Howard Henry Erskine-Hill to front free endpaper, another owner's name to front free endpaper. Red cloth, rubbed. G+.

The Moon of the Caribbees and Six Other Plays of the Sea.

O'NEILL, EUGENE G. · 1919 · Chilton Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919. 1st editon. First issue with the called for errors to pp.30 and 108. Pp.217, with the ownership signature of the actress Lady Martin Harvey, dated 1924 to front free endpaper and her bookplate(by K.Cameron) to inside front board. Small losse...

Amateur Acting And Producing For Beginners. By D. J. Desmond .

DESMOND, D. J. [ PSEUD. SAVILLE, MALCOLM ] . · 1937 · Chilton Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd, Tower House, Southampton Street, W.C.2, 1937 . 0. First edition. A good tight binding. pp.109 . Orange cloth covered boards with black titles to both front board and spine. Light fading to front board. Light toning to endpapers, other wise clean ...

The River Line. A Play.

MORGAN, CHARLES. · 1952 · Chilton Books

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London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1952. 1st edition. The theme of the play, further discussed in a preface "On Transcending the Age of Violence", is the predicament of us all who, being men and women of peaceful mind, nurtured in a rule of law derived from Rome and tempered by Chris...

An Essex Coast Play. Rose: or Two Men and a Maid.

MONTAGU BENTON, REV.G. · 1927 · Chilton Books

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Essex Review, 1927. Reprinted from the Essex Review, Vol.XXXVI. April 1927. Summary of a Miracle Play, written by Dr E.P.Dicken, produced at Brightlingsea in 1926. Pagination runs pp.53-60, four black & white photo illustrations showing scenes from the play. Brown card covers....

Woundings. A Play.

NOON, JEFF. · 1986 · Chilton Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Birmingham: Oberon Books, 1986. 1870259009. Prize-winner in the1985 Mobil Playwrighting Competition. "Woundings is a powerful and tragic play set on an island in the South Atlantic. Scarred by recent battle, the island is garrisoned by Her Majesty's Forces Overseas. A Governme...

Woundings. A Play. (Signed).

NOON, JEFF. · 1986 · Chilton Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Birmingham: Oberon Books, 1986. 1870259009. Prize-winner in the1985 Mobil Playwrighting Competition. "Woundings is a powerful and tragic play set on an island in the South Atlantic. Scarred by recent battle, the island is garrisoned by Her Majesty's Forces Overseas. A Governme...

Arion & The Dolphin. (A Libretto).

SETH, VIKRAM. · 1994 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Phoenix House, 1994. 1897580460. "This enchanting libretto from the author of "A Suitable Boy" is published to coincide with the first performance of the opera Arion and the Dolphin (music Alec Roth), commissioned by the Baylis Programme at the English National Opera, ...

Christmas Plays. (The Children's Theatre No.11), Illustrated by E.Nicholson.

SWINSON, CYRIL.(EDITOR). · 0 · Chilton Books

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London: A & C Black Ltd, nd. 0. Contents includes: 1. What Can I Give Him? and 2.The Baby Smiled. by Frances M.Clarence; 3. Before Him Bow by the Reverend Richard Tydeman; 4. Christmas Carillon by A.H.Naylor. Also includes: Before the Play Begins; Reading Plays; A Note for Pro...

The Making of Pride and Prejudice.

BIRTWISTLE, SUE AND CONKLIN, SUSIE. · 1995 · Chilton Books

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London: Penguin/BBC Books, 1995. 014025157X. Reprint. "Chronicling eighteen months of work - from the original concept to the first broadcast - "The Making of Pride and Prejudice" brings vividly to life the challenges and triumphs involved in every stage of production of this ...

The Petition.

CLARK, BRIAN. · 1986 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Oxford: Amber Press, 1986. 0906399726. "Everyone agrees that the world could, and should be a safer and better place. But people have always disagreed over how we should achieve this. Now, at last, there's an approach to the problem that brings all reasonable people together. ...

The Just Vengeance. The Lichfield Festival Play for 1946.

SAYERS, DOROTHY L. · 1946 · Chilton Books

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London: Victor Gollancz, 1946. 0. 1st edition. "a miracle-play of Man's insufficiency and God's redemptive act, set against the background of contemporary crisis. The whole action takes place in the moment of the death of an Airman shot down during the late war." Pp.80, owners...

The Fare to Tarshish. A Play.

POWELL, JESSIE. · 1948 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Religious Drama Society, 1948. 0. Religious play. Pp.24, owners name to inside front cover. Pbk, slightly rubbed. G+.

The Stable Manger. A Play for Christmas.

POWELL, JESSIE. · 1957 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: SPCK, 1957. 0. Published for The Religious Drama Society of Great Britain. A one-act play, for four or more men and three or more women. Pp.26, a few pencil marks. Pbk. G+.

The Drama Addresses.

IRVING, SIR HENRY. · 1893 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: William Heinemann, 1893. 0. 2nd edition. Four lectures: 1. The Stage As It Is.(Edinburgh 1881); 2. The Art of Acting (Harvard 1885); Four Great Actors (Oxford 1886); and 4. The Art of Acting (Edinburgh 1891). Pp.164,8(ads), portrait frontis, historated capitals to each...

Bethlehem: A Nativity Play.

HOUSMAN, LAURENCE. · 1936 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: Macmillan and Co, 1936. Rep. Pp.45. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. VG.

Hours With The Players.

COOK, DUTTON. · 1883 · Chilton Books

£42.00 (€50.35 | $55.50 | ¥8,863)

London: Chatto and Windus, 1883. A New Edition with Frontispiece. Biographical sketches of theatrical players. Pp.12/359/32(ads), engraved portrait frontis, owners details to preliminary page, spotting to title page. Blue decorated cloth, 'Veluti in Speculum' to front, gilt ti...