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| TB0081 |
SWEET
BIRD OF YOUTH: a play by Tennessee Williams.
Full-page photo of PAUL NEWMAN and GERALDINE
PAGE. [Includes Set Diagram, Furniture List,
Property List, and Costume Plot]. Dramatists,
1962. 72 pp. Softbound. Cover Very Good, slight
sunning and minor scuff on binding. Interior Very
Good, 1 clip impression, 3 pages with marginal
bracketing and minor marks. |
$10.00 |
| TB0082 |
DUTCHMAN
and THE SLAVE: Two plays by Leroi Jones. William
Morrow, 1964. 88 pp. Oversized Softbound. Cover
Very Good, minor corner bumping. Interior AS NEW,
text Unmarked, inscription. |
$12.00 |
| TB0083 |
BECKET:
a play by Jean Anouilh. Signet, 1964. 128 pp.
Softbound. Cover Good, some small chips,
scuffing, corner bumps. Interior Fine, text
Unmarked, pages slightly yellowed, inscription. |
$5.00 |
| TB0084 |
A
STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE: a play by Tennessee
Williams. New American/Signet, 1947 (22nd
Prntng.). 142 pp. [Includes introductory essay by
Tennessee Williams, and 8 pages of BW
original production photos]. Softbound. Cover
Fair, chips along binding and front cover taped
inside. Interior Good+, paperclip impressions,
some pages have underlining (text clean),
inscription. |
$7.00 |
| TB0086 |
BORN
YESTERDAY: a play by Garson Kanin. Dramatists
Play Service ACTING EDITION, 1973. 91 pp.
[Includes Set Diagram, Property List]. Softbound.
Cover Very Good, minor sunning along binder and
small sticker impression. Interior Fine+, text
Unmarked, pencilled note on blank page, no
inscription. |
$10.00 |
| TB0087 |
WAITING
FOR GODOT: a play by Samuel Beckett. Translated
from the French by Beckett. Grove/Evergreen,
1954. 124 pp. Oversized Softbound. Cover Very
Good, very slight scuff along binding and edges.
Interior Fine+, text Unmarked, inscription and
small sticker. |
$15.00 |
| TB0088 |
FOUR
GREAT PLAYS by Henrik Ibsen [Includes A DOLL'S
HOUSE, THE WILD DUCK, AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE,
GHOSTS]. Introductory critique by John Gassner.
Bantam, 1971. 306 pp. Softbound. Cover Very
Good+, tiny corner bumps, small sticker on rear
cover. Interior AS NEW, unmarked, no inscription. |
$12.00 |
| TB0089 |
SUDDENLY
LAST SUMMER: a play by Tennessee Williams.
[Includes 8 pages of BW stills from film version
with MONTGOMERY CLIFT, ELIZABETH TAYLOR, and
KATHARINE HEPBURN]. Signet First Edition, 1960.
93 pp. Softbound. Cover Fair, minor bumps and
binding taped. Interior Very Fine, text Unmarked,
yellowing, small inscription. |
$10.00 |
| TB0090 |
FAMOUS
AMERICAN PLAYS OF THE 1950'S [Includes Tennessee
Williams: CAMINO REAL; Lillian Hellman: THE
AUTUMN GARDEN; Robert Anderson: TEA AND SYMPATHY;
Edward Albee: THE ZOO STORY; Michael Gazzo: A
HATFUL OF RAIN]. Selected and Introductory
Critique by LEE STRASBERG. Dell/Laurel, 1974.
Softbound. 415 pp. Cover Good+, minor corner
bump, small waterstain and mark. Interior Very
Fine, text Unmarked, inscription. |
$15.00 |
| TB0091 |
POINT
OF DEPARTURE: a play by Jean Anouilh. Translated
by Kitty Black. [Includes Set Diagram and
Drawings, Furniture Plot, Property List, Sound
Plot and original West End cast list including
DIRK BOGARDE]. French ACTING EDITION, 1951. 74
pp. Oversized Softbound. Cover Good, minor spots,
corner bends, sticker impression, 1/2" rip
top of binding (book not loose). Interior Good+,
few pages have minor markings, inscription 1st
page. |
$7.00 |
| TB0093 |
THE
THEATRE IN ITS TIME. Peter Arnott. [Includes
sections "The First Professional
Theatre;" "An Age of Actors;"
"Diary of a Production" and more than
100 BW illustrations covering all of theatre
history]. Little Brown, 1981. 566 pp. Hardbound.
Cover Fine, minor spot and small corner bumping.
Interior Very Fine, text Unmarked, no
inscription. |
$8.00 |
| TB0094 |
A
STUDENT'S GUIDE TO 50 AMERICAN PLAYS [Includes
Author Bio, Characters, Setting, The Story and
Critical Opinions of fifty American classic
comedies and dramas to '69]. A. Lass and M.
Levin, Editors. Washington Square, 1969. 316 pp.
Softbound. Cover Poor (but holds together well),
front portion missing, taped. Interior Fine, text
Unmarked, minor marks on TOC only, few minute
bends to page corners. |
$5.00 |
| TB0095 |
WINNING
MONOLOGS FOR YOUNG ACTORS: 65 honest-to-life
characterizations including "Monologs for
Boys;" "Monologs for Girls;"
"Monologs for Boys or Girls." Peg
Kehret. Introduction by Libby Appel. Meriwether,
1986. 149 pp. Oversized Softbound. Cover Very
Good, minor bending, small spotting. Interior
Fine, text Unmarked, inscription/marking 1st page
only. |
$7.00 |
| TB0096 |
THE
THEATRE EXPERIENCE. Edwin Wilson. [Includes more
than 100 Broadway and International production
photos as well as separate Resource-Exercise
Manual. Sections include "The Performers and
the Director;" "The Playwright;"
and "The Designers"]. McGraw Hill
Second Edition, 1980. 430pp. Oversized Softbound.
Cover Good, minor chipping, 1/2" binder rip,
corner bends. Interior Fine, text Unmarked, small
inscription and minor index marking. |
$10.00 |
| TB0097 |
WORKING
ON A NEW PLAY: A Play Development Handbook for
Actors, Directors, Designers and Playwrights.
Edward M. Cohen. Prentice Hall, 1988. 228 pp.
Hardbound. Cover Very Fine. Interior Very Fine,
text Unmarked, minute inscription 1st blank page. |
$15.00 |
| TB0098 |
THE
VOICE AND VOICE THERAPY [Includes sections
"The Vocal Mechanisms (illustrated);"
"The Voice Evaluation;" "Oral
Resonance" and many more]. Daniel R. Boone.
Prentice Hall Second Edition, 1977. 243 pp.
Hardbound. Cover Fine, minor spot top of binding.
Interior Very Fine, 1 clip impression, no
inscription. |
$15.00 |
| TB0099 |
THE
WORLD OF THE THEATRE [Includes sections "The
Making of the World of the Play;" " The
Elements of the Dramatic Text;" "The
Actor and The Role" and more than 100 Color
and BW production photos in all theatrical
styles]. Robert W. Corrigan. William C. Brown
Second Edition, 1992. 396 pp. Oversized
Softbound. Cover Fine+, slight corner bends.
Interior AS NEW, text Unmarked, no inscription. |
$15.00 |
| TB0100 |
SHAKESPEARE:
The Man and His Achievement [Includes sections
"Elizabethan" and "Jacobean"
and 18 pages of Primary Source
illustrations/photos]. Robert Speaight. Stein and
Day, 1977. 384 pp. Hardbound. Cover Fine+, one
spot on page edge. Interior AS NEW, text
Unmarked, no inscription. |
$25.00 |
| TB0101 |
PLAYWRIGHTS
ON PLAYWRITING: The Meaning and Making of Modern
Drama from Ibsen to Ionesco [In the words of 33
great playwrights (including O'Neill, Brecht,
Sartre, Strindberg and Yeats) are revealed the
goals and techniques of the playmakers]. Toby
Cole, Editor. Introduction by John Gassner. Hill
and Wang/Dramabooks First Edition, 1962. 299 pp.
Softbound. Cover Good+, scuffs and minor corner
bumping. Interior Very Good, text Unmarked, minor
bracketing on TOC, 1 clip impression, inscription
1st blank page. |
$22.00 |
| TB0102 |
PLOT
OUTLINES OF 100 FAMOUS PLAYS [Includes 5-page
author biographies and synopses of 19 classic
American and 39 British as well as great French,
Russian, German and other plays]. Van H.
Cartmell, Editor. Barnes and Noble, 1960
(originally published by Doubleday, 1945). 390
pp. Oversized Softbound. Cover Fair, scuffs,
1/2" rip at bottom, corner bends, binding
taped but holds well. Interior Very Good, text
Unmarked, few pages have corner bends,
inscription/small sticker title page. |
$10.00 |
| TB0103 |
A
RAISIN IN THE SUN and THE SIGN IN SIDNEY
BRUSTEIN'S WINDOW: Two plays by Lorraine
Hansberry. [Includes 12 pp. of original
production photos and Robert Nemiroff's historic
essay on "The 101 'Final' Performances of
SIDNEY BRUSTEIN." Signet, 1966. 318 pp.
Softbound. Cover Rough but holds together well,
chipping, corner bends, scuffs, 1" rip top
of binding. Interior Good, 1 clip impression, few
pages with marking (text not covered), 1 page
taped, small inscription. Good reading/study
copy. |
$7.00 |
| TB0104 |
THE
LION IN WINTER: a play by James Goldman. Dell,
1968. 139 pp. Softbound. Cover Fair, minor
spotting, corner bends, binding top clear-taped.
Interior Good+, marginal marks on few pages,
binding very slightly loose on few pages (no
loose pages), small inscription.
Reading/rehearsal copy. |
$5.00 |
| TB0105 |
EIGHT
GREAT COMEDIES [Includes Aristophanes: THE
CLOUDS; Machiavelli: MANDRAGOLA; Shakespeare:
TWELFTH NIGHT; Moliere: THE MISER; John Gay: THE
BEGGAR'S OPERA; Oscar Wilde: THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEING EARNEST; Anton Chekhov: UNCLE VANYA;
Bernard Shaw: ARMS AND THE MAN and critical
essays by Chesterton, Dobree, Frye, and Langer].
S. Barnet, M. Berman and W. Burto, Editors.
Mentor, 1958. 469 pp. Softbound. Cover Fair,
minor spotting, corner bumps, rear cover only has
major scuffing. Interior Very Good+, text
Unmarked, inscription on inside front cover with
small mark on title page. |
$12.00 |
| TB0108 |
THE
THEATRE BOOK OF THE YEAR: 1944-1945. RARE
COLLECTIBLE. George
Jean Nathan. "A record of the plays and
musical shows produced during the year in the
American theatrical capital, with commentary on
each by the dean of metropolitan drama
critics." Stated First Edition. Alfred A.
Knopf, 1945. [Includes complete original Broadway
cast lists and synopses of more than 200
productions]. 342 pp. Hardbound in Dustjacket. DJ
Good, chipping, small tears top and bottom. Bound
Cover Very Good, some corner bumping, otherwise
Fine. Interior Very Fine, text Unmarked. Small
inscription 1st blank page. |
$575.00 |
| TB0109 |
PICNIC:
a play by William Inge. [Includes full-page BW
photo of Broadway cast on set, original cast
list, Set Diagram and Properties List].
Dramatists, 1955. 77 pp. Oversized softbound.
Cover Fine, minor sunning along spine. Interior
AS NEW, text Unmarked, minor mark top of title
page, small inscription 1st blank page. |
$15.00 |
| TB0110 |
RHINOCEROS
BY IONESCO: Three plays by Eugene Ionesco
including RHINOCEROS, THE LEADER, and THE FUTURE
IS IN EGGS. Translated by Derek Prouse. Evergreen
Original, 1960. 141 pp. Oversized softbound.
Cover Very Good, minor corner bumping, 1/8"
rip along spine, minute chips. Interior AS NEW,
Unmarked, no inscription. |
$15.00 |
| TB0111 |
THE
DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS. VOLUME I. RARE
COLLECTIBLE. Deciphered
by J. Smith, A. M., with Life and Notes by
Richard, Lord Braybrooke. Illustrated with
full-page BW portraits of Charles II, Queen
Henrietta, Richard Cromwell (Lord Protector) and
with details of 17th century English play
productions. Bigelow Brown and Co., NY, c.1915-20
(Undated). 4th Edition-National Library. 427 pp.
Hardbound. Cover good, edges discolored, minor
chip top of spine only. Interior Pristine, text
Unmarked, pencilling mark inside front cover,
small inscription of previous owner 1st blank
page. |
$125.00 |
| TB0112 |
PRODUCING
THEATRE: A Comprehensive Legal and Business Guide
[to professional play production]. Donald C.
Farber. [Includes sections "Raising
Money," "Contracts with the Producers
and Theatres," "Movie Deals" and
many more detailed Sample Forms and
instructions]. Revised and Updated Edition.
Limelight, 1981. 472 pp. Hardbound. Cover Good+,
tight and clean but with 1/2" indentation on
spine (book not loose). Interior Very Fine, text
Unmarked, minute inscription 1st blank page. |
$22.00 |
| TB0114 |
GREAT
SCENES FROM THE WORLD THEATRE. VOLUME II.
[Includes more than 65 Acting Scenes and Monologs
from classic American and World Theatre in all
theatrical periods]. James L. Steffensen, Jr.,
Editor. Bard Books, 1972. Fifth printing. 662 pp.
Softbound. Cover Very Good, minor spots and
3/4" rip at bottom of spine (book not
loose). Interior Very Good+, text Unmarked, minor
marking TOC only, small inscription 1st blank
page. |
$15.00 |
| TB0115 |
THE
IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST: a play by Oscar
Wilde [Includes Notes on the Staging by George L.
Hersey, Line Illustrations by Fritz Kredel, and
extensive Author Biography and Play Critique by
Vincent Hopper and Gerald Lahey, Editors].
Barron's Theatre Classics Series, 1959. 148 pp.
Softbound. Cover Good+, minor edge scuffing.
Interior Good+, pencilling on few pages (text not
covered), 1 paperclip impression, small
inscription. |
$10.00 |
| TB0116 |
SCHOOL
AND COMMUNITY THEATRE MANAGEMENT: A Handbook for
Survival. [Includes sections "Planning A
Season," "Grants," "Raising
Funds," "Accounting Needs," and
"Box Office and Reservations" with
detailed Sample Forms, e.g. Press Releases].
Lawrence Stern. Allyn and Bacon, 1979. 340 pp.
Hardbound. Cover Very Good, minor spots, scuffs.
Interior Fine, text Unmarked, 1 clip impression,
no inscription. |
$15.00 |
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