Drammaturgia e teatro

Little Plays of St Francis: Sister Clare.

HOUSMAN, LAURENCE. · 0 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, nd. One of the 'Little Plays' series. A dramatic cycle from the Life and Legend of St Francis of Assisi. There are 18 plays in all. Letter from publishers, Sidgwick & Jackson, loosely inserted. Pbk, rubbed with crease to lower front corner. G+.

A Shakespeare Manual for Schools.

ILLSLEY, W.A. · 1957 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1957. Published as a guide to Shakespeare's plays for secondary school pupils in Nigeria. Pp.96, 5 figure illustrations showing British theatres. Illustrated boards. Scarce. VG.

All These Died in Faith. Twenty-Seven Short Plays for Worship and Study.

WATSON, JOHN. · 1978 · Chilton Books

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,216)

Perth: Westbooks, 1978. Twenty-seven short plays illustrating important points from the life or thoughts of famous and not so famous religious people. These include: Florence Allshorn, Gladys Aylward, George Bell, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Edith Cavell, Madeleine Delbrel, Charles d...

Hiss The Villain: Six English and American Melodramas.

BOOTH, MICHAEL.(EDITOR). · 1964 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1964. "Dr Booth..defines melodrama and traces its development..For the plays themselves he has collated the various nineteenth century acting editions to produce a text that is both authentic and readable.." Pp.390, introduction followed by the ful...

Beginning Of The Way. A Nativity Play.

RAEBURN, HENZIE. · 1941 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Religious Drama Society, nd.(c.1941). "'Beginning of The Way' is dedicated ti The Pilgrim Players of Canterbury, for whom it was written." First presented in Holy Trinity Church, Chesterfield, on December 6th, 1940. Pp.32, owners name to first page. Pbk, slight sunning...

The White Devil. (With Commentary and Notes).

WEBSTER, JOHN. · 1986 · Chilton Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥739)

London: Methuen, 1986. 0413570304. With a commentary by Simon Trussler and notes by Jacqui Russell. Pp.46/146, 5 photos of stage productions. Pbk, photo of Rupert Everett as Flamineo and Ann Mitchell as Cornelia to front. VG.

Green Pastures.

CONNELLY, MARC. · 1963 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Delisle, 1963. Won the 1931 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play re-tells the Old Testament and was a landmark in American drama, produced with the first all-black Broadway cast. Pp.123, 8 b/w photo plates, introduction and conclusion by Vincent Long and Postscripts by T...

Christian Theatre. A Handbook for Church Groups.

READ, SYLVIA AND FRY, WILLIAM. · 1986 · Chilton Books

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.95 | ¥950)

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1986. 0413802604. 1st ed. "The aim of this book..is to inspire those who would like to make more use of drama in churches - whether in the form of complete plays and musicals, or simply as short interludes in the service - and to provide a handbo...

The Plays of D.H.Lawrence.

LAWRENCE, D.H. · 1933 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

London: Martin Secker, 1933. Three plays: The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd; Touch and Go; David. Pp.312/4(ads), faint owners name to fep, toning to endpapers, spotting to closed page edges occasionally encroaching onto margins. Green cloth, original paper label to spine. G+.

A Child's Guide to Looking at Theatre.

MAY, ROBIN. · 1979 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: Marshall Cavendish/Woodpecker Books, 1979. 0856856851. 1st ed. Introduces children to the magic world of theatre: plays, musicals, mime, opera, ballet, puppetry. Gives an outline of the history of theatre and a view of what happens backstage. 27cms x 21.5cms. Pp.44, co...

Corporealities. Dancing, Knowledge, Culture and Power.

FOSTER, SUSAN LEIGH. (EDITOR). · 1996 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

London: Rutledge, 1996. 0415121396. 1st ed. "This forward-looking collection of essays breaks new ground in exploring the relationship between moving bodies and cultural meanings." (Joseph Roach. Tulane University). Pp.18263, 11 figure illustrations, owners details to fep. Pbk...

The Tail of the Dragon: New Dance, 1976 - 1982.

SIEGEL, MARCIA B. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

London: Duke, 1991. 0822311666. 1st ed. "In Tail of the Dragon, Marcia B. Siegel and Nathaniel Tileston track the evolution of new dance in New York during the rich and crucial transitional period from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s." Pp.204, 38 b/w photographs by Nathaniel ...

The Truth about 'Pygmalion'.

HUGGETT, RICHARD. · 1969 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1969. 1st ed. "Richard Huggett's reconstruction of the witticisms, temperaments, clashes and delays that attended the first production of this classic and the ensuing scandal is drawn from letters, diaries, contemporary press reports and reminisc...

A Fistful of Sketches.

HOPWOOD, DAVE. · 1996 · Chilton Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,372)

London: National Society/Church House, 1996. 1st.ed. "The twenty-seven sketches, raps, mimes, poems and prayers provide plenty of material for your group to perform in church, school, or in a youth group." Pp.89. Paperback. VG.

Six Restoration Plays.

WILSON, JOHN HAROLD. (EDITOR). · 1676 · Chilton Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,372)

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. nd. Contents Include:- The Country Wife: The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter (1676): Venice Preservedl; or, A Plot Discovered (1682): The Way of the World (1700): The Beaux' Stratagem. Pp 463. P/b, illustrated cover. VG.

Christian Flare-Path. A Pageant for Performance by Children in Church.

FITZER, H.C. · 1959 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: Church Information Board. 1959. "First performed by the children of St. Mary's Church, Saltford, Somerset". Pp 19. P/b, rusting to staples. G+.

Saint Thomas of Canterbury and Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. Historical Dramas.

BARRAUD, CLEMENT WILLIAM. · 1892 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London: Longmans, Green and Co,1892. 1st ed. "These two Plays, founded on the standard works of Fr.J.Morris, S.J. and the Comate de Montalembert, were written twenty years ago(1872?). They are now published on behalf of a small school in the Colonies with which the writer is c...

Tiny Alice. A Play.

ALBEE, EDWARD. · 1966 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. 1st ed. "It is beautifully written, has a steady theatrical fascination and never fails to be dramatically intriguing." Pp. 190, stamp to fep. White cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w rubbed with edge tears. G+/G.

Presenting Drama in Church.

GRAINGER, ROGER. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: Epworth Press. 1985. 1st ed. "More and more people are beginning to see that drama gives us a way of praising God that is natural to men and women, and particularly appropriate for Christians...This book looks at the subject from several angles, and gives practical hel...

Angels & Ministers. Four Plays of Victorian Shade & Character. With drawings by Albert Rutherston.

HOUSMAN, LAURENCE. · 1922 · Chilton Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,065)

London: Jonathan Cape,1922. 1st illustrated ed. Pp.140,4 full page illustrations + other small illustrations to end of each Act, pencil signature "Naomi Jacob, June 1926" to fep, endpapers slightly toned. White cloth spine with mottled purple boards, original labels to front a...