Play Plays Drama from Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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The Broken Jug a comedy
by von Kleist, Heinrich, translated by John T. Krumpelmann
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- 1962
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- Paperback
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 27.49
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New York: Ungar, 1962. Paperback. 72p., introduction, characters, script, very good first US trade paperback revised edition in pictorial wraps. The translation was originally published in 1939. This revised edition is 1962. Von Kleist's comic courtroom battle of wits. Originally produced in 1808 directed by Goethe. Item Price
SGD 27.49
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America Hurrah and other plays [inscribed & signed]
by van Itallie, Jean-Claude, introduction by Bill Coco, Allen Young association
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- 2001
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 61.86
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New York: Grove, 2001. Paperback. xiii, 290p., introduction, scripts, warm personal inscription to Allen Young signed and dated April 14, 2001 by van Itallie, very good first edition, first printing stated trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Plays included are the title play & "War", "The Serpent", "Eat Cake", "Bag Lady", "The Tibetan Book of the Dead", & "The Traveler… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 61.86
Mothers have prior claim
by O'Hara, Edith M.
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- 1941
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 68.73
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Cleveland: Mothers' League of America, 1941. 106p. staplebound booklet, very good. A Catholic play set during World War I, dedicated to Gold Star Mothers and urging an isolationist position. Item Price
SGD 68.73
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The Frogs [signed by artist/limited]
by Aristophanes, translated from the Greek by William James Hickie, introduction by Gilbert Seldes, illustrated with wood-engravings by John Austen
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- 1937
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- Hardcover
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 82.48
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New York: Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem, 1937. Hardcover. xviii, 62p., 8.25x12 inches, decoration on half-title, frontis, illustrated title page, introduction, dramatis personae, the Argument, illustrations, colophon states: Of this edition of The Frogs, fifteen hundred copies have been/printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club at the/printing office… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 82.48
The Legend of the Three Magi. (A dramatic poem for the Epiphany)
by Edouardez, Woren (Warren Edwards)
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- 1953
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- Pamphlet
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 24.74
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Detroit: Library of the Arts, 1953. Pamphlet. 19, [1]p., wraps. 8.5 x 5.5 in. Author's presentation inscription on final page. Very Good. Poetic dialogue between the Three Magi, Mary, Joseph, and the Angel. Item Price
SGD 24.74
The White-Robed Stranger
by Rasmus, Minnie Miriam
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- 1924
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 34.36
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[Place of publication not identified]: Minnie Miriam Rasmus, 1924. Boards. 39, [1]p. + 1 plate (frontispiece portrait), boards. Bound in green paper over boards, printed in gold. Spine chipped, otherwise Very Good. Anti-war short story featuring an arms dealer, military officers, and the trial of a conscientious objector. Item Price
SGD 34.36
Quotidiano [program for an SF Mime Troupe production of Fo's "We Can't Pay? We Won't Pay!", designed to resemble a newspaper]
by (Fo, Dario)
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- 1979
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 20.62
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San Francisco: SF Mime Troupe, 1979. Four-panel brochure, 7x8.5 inches, paper evenly toned, very good. R.G. Davis worked with several translators and actors (including Joe Spano) to create the North American Version of Dario Fo's "Non Si Paga! Non Si Paga! Item Price
SGD 20.62
The Cocktail Party a comedy
by Eliot, T. S.
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- 1950
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- Hardcover
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 27.49
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London: Faber and Faber, 1950. Hardcover. [171p] appendix with music notation and original Edinburgh Festival cast, very good first edition in green cloth and gilt, first issue with misprint in line 1 on page 29, bright unclipped dj. Item Price
SGD 27.49
The Confidential Clerk a play
by Eliot, T. S.
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- 1954
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- Hardcover
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 89.35
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London: Faber and Faber, 1954. Hardcover. 135p., near-fine first edition, second issue (misprint on page 7 corrected) in blue cloth boards and bright unclipped dj with 10s 6d price intact. Comic play in verse first produced at the 1953 Edinburgh Festival. Item Price
SGD 89.35
A Severed Head: a play in three acts
by Murdoch, Iris & J. B. Priestley
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- 1964
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- Hardcover
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 103.10
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London: Chatto and Windus, 1964. Hardcover. 108p., very good first edition in boards and price-clipped dj. Expanded reading version of the production performed at the Bristol Old Vic in 1963. Romantic comedy adapted from Murdoch's novel of the same name. Murdoch was bisexual and had an affair with Brigid Brophy. Item Price
SGD 103.10
Around the Campus. The Purdue Revue of 1916
by Ade, George
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- 1916
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- Pamphlet
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 48.11
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Lafayette, IN: Harlequin Club, 1916. Pamphlet. 20p., illustrations, wraps. 12 x 6 in. Very Good. Program for the tenth theatrical production of the Purdue University student dramatic club, and the first with a co-ed cast. Numerous ads throughout. Item Price
SGD 48.11
The Frances Sanders Lesson and Two Related Works
by Siegel, Eli
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- 1974
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- Pamphlet
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 34.36
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New York: Definition Press, 1974. Pamphlet. 54, [2]p., wraps. 8 x 5 in. Vertical crease down all of front cover; red ink stain on front cover. Good. One act play. Siegel was a poet, critic, and educator who founded the philosophy of Aesthetic Realism. Item Price
SGD 34.36
Timon of Athens
by Shakespeare, William, edited and amended where obscure by Herbert Farjeon, illustrated with wood-engravings by George Buday
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- 1940
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- Hardcover
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 41.24
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New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1940. Hardcover. 86p., with six plates from wood-engravings including frontis, 8.75x13 inches, one of 37 volumes of The Plays of William Shakespeare designed by Bruce Rogers, #702/1950 copies in decorative boards with oat cloth backstrip, faded gilt spine titles and top edge gilt. Shelfwear especially at corners. The Comedies Histories & Tragedies of… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 41.24
Walt Disney's Marionette Plays
by Madame Alexander
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- 1938
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- Pamphlet
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 309.28
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New York: [Madame Alexander Doll Company], 1938. Pamphlet. 16p., wraps. 8.25 x 5.5 in. Small tear to lower right corner. Good. Scripts for three marionette plays: Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Mickey's Mix-Up, and Donald's Disaster. Madame Alexander Doll Company was founded in 1923 by Beatrice Alexander and was the first to produce a licensed doll (modeled after… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 309.28
Sunrise; a play in four acts
by Tsao Yu (Cao Yu)
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- 1978
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- Hardcover
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 20.62
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Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1978. Hardcover. 168p., very good hardcover in a dust jacket with a couple of closed edge tears. Play script, translated by A.C. Barnes. Cao Yu was one of the most important playwrights of 20th century China. His work fell into disfavor during the Cultural Revolution, but appeared again after the death of Mao. Item Price
SGD 20.62
S. F. Mime Troupe presents a play by Bertolt Brecht about intellectuals and the state: Congress of Whitewashers; Pauley Ballroom, Thurs. & Fri., Aug. 21 & 22 8:30pm, sponsored by ISC; (handbill)
by San Francisco Mime Troupe [Bertolt Brecht]
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- 1969
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- Handbill
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 343.65
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San Francisco: The SF Mime Troupe, 1969. Handbill. Double-sided, 6.5x11 inch handbill; illus., in very good condition. Printed by the SF Neighborhood Arts Comm. Brecht's 1953 play was based on Marxist thought concerning an intellectual group paid by the State to deform Thought. A handbill for the premier in Berkeley at Live Oak Park. Item Price
SGD 343.65
On Guard Beneath the Neon Lights: A Play in Nine Scenes
by Shen Hsi-meng; Mo Yen; Lu Hsing-chen
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- 1966
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- Paperback
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 20.62
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Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1966. Paperback. 116p. paperback, old price penciled in corner, otherwise very good. Play set in the glitzy Nanking Road area of Shanghai in 1949, as the People's Liberation Army overtakes a district known for its nightclubs and corruption. Item Price
SGD 20.62
Seize the Day a novella with three short stories and a one-act play
by Bellow, Saul
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- 1956
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- Hardcover
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 20.62
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New York: Viking Press, 1956. Hardcover. 211p., first American edition. Hardbound in black papered boards lettered grey, with a canary yellow cloth backstrip lettered black, lacks the jacket. The yellow cloth is lightly handling- and dust-soiled, boards have slightly turned corner-tips, otherwise clean and sound, and perfectly unmarked in any way; a good not-quite-collectable copy. Bellow's fourth book and… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 20.62
From Sleepy Lagoon to Zoot Suit: The Irreverent Path of Alice McGrath. An award-winning new program on the Sleepy Lagoon case, Luis Valdez's "Zoot Suit," and activist Alice McGrath
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- Handbill
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 16.50
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Santa Cruz, CA: Giges Productions. Handbill. Single 8.5x11 inch sheet, printed both sides, two fold creases, else very good condition. Promotional handbill for the educational film. Item Price
SGD 16.50
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What the Blindman Saw or Twenty-five Years of the Endless War: a play [inscribed & signed]
by Parkinson, Thomas
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- 1974
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- Paperback
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 103.10
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Berkeley: Thorpe Springs Press, 1974. Paperback. 63p., 5.75x8.75 inches, preface, production notes, play script, personal inscription signed by the playwright, very good first edition paperback in lightly-toned pictorial wraps. The KPFA co-founder and poet/critic/author and educator's first play. Produced at UC Berkeley in 1971. Some characters from the Theban Cycle.
Parkinson was an activist who survived a deranged… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 103.10
