Plays/Drama/Theatre from Charity Bookstall

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1960. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 326 pages with a few full page black and white illustrations on glossy stock. From dust jacket: "Public theatre in France, until the late 16th century, was dominated by Italian troupes playing farces at Court, or, for want of a playhouse, in the public squares... … Read more about this item

New York: Samuel French, 1988. 12mo size maroon clothbound hardcover - custom bound for library use. The original softcover was retained by the bindery. 94 pages. Contents include: 1. The Road to Ruin 2. At Home 3. Splitsville Ex-library with typical treatments. Fep and original (soft)cover have been clipped at top corner.… Read more about this item

Wein: Phaidon-Verlag spiel in 5 akten nach dem Chinesischen The Chalk Circle A play in 5 acts based on the Chinese Text is in German. German author Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928) known by his pen name, Klabund, wrote more than two dozen plays. Quoting Wikipedia: "The name Klabund goes back to a… Read more about this item

New York: Samuel French, 2013. From the Words and Works of Truman Capote 8vo size trade paperback; 41 bright, white pages. From back cover: "Adapted from the words and works of Truman Capote, Tru takes place in the writer's New York City apartment during the week before Christmas 1975. An excerpt from Capote's infamous novel Answered… Read more about this item

New York: Modern Library, 1943. Introduction by John Anderson. Foreword by Van H Cartmell and Bennet A. Cerf. Green clothbound hardcover with black title block on spine and black and gold Modern Library logo on spine and front cover. 531 toned pages. Lovely colored Modern Library endpapers have the Modern Library logo in the center surrounded by… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., 1979. 8vo size hardcover with photo illustrated dust jacket; 64 pages From jacket: "Eight years ago, Arlie Holsclaw was sent to prison on charges of robbery, kidnapping and murder. Today she is a woman in her late twenties, using her full name, Arlene, and she has just gotten out of jail.… Read more about this item

New York: Samuel French, 1940. First Edition Mordecai (Max) Gorelik (1899 - 1990) was an American theatrical designer, producer, director and college-level instructor. This volume, New Theatres for Old, became a classic college textbook. 8vo size red clothbound hardcover; 553 pages plus numerous black and white illustrations on glossy stock. There are also… Read more about this item

New York: Hawthorn Books, 1955. Stated First Edition 8vo size blue clothbound hardcover with gilt titles on spine; 661 pages Contents include: Winterset by Maxwell Anderson High Tor by Maxwell Anderson Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck The Time of Your Life by William Saroyan Watch on the Rhine by Lillian Hellman The Patriots by Sidney… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Company, 1939. 8vo size red clothbound hardcover; 481 deckle edged pages with red topstain. The story of 50 plays and their authors Contents include: Promethius by Aeschylus Antigone by Sophocles Medea by Euripides Lysistrata by Aristophanes The Cid by Corneille Tartuffe by Moliere The Barber of Seville by Beaumarchais… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. Edited and with introduction, notes and vocabulary by Juan Rodriguez-Castellano. The English translation of the title is "Lady of the Dawn." Copyright 1947 8vo size maroon clothbound hardcover with white titles on spine and decoration on cover; 207 toned pages. Originally published in Brazil in 1944. Spanish poet and… Read more about this item

New York: Metropolitan Opera This is the book with the text of the opera; it contains no music. 12mo size softcover; 131 bright, white pages. Dual language book: text on the left page is in Italian, text on the right page is in English. Edgewear and some rubbing to covers, light crease on front cover, price… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1919. Edited by Louis V. De Foe (Dramatic Critic of the New York World) 8vo size maroon jacquard cloth bound hardcover with bright gilt titles on the cover; 246 deckle edged toned pages; 20+ illustrations. The jacquard print is a design of the theatre masks. Frontispiece has a reproduction of the… Read more about this item

Totowa, New Jersey: Barnes & Noble Books, 1987. 8vo size trade paperback with photo illustrated front cover; 249 pages From back: "(The author) provides a lively introduction to the important tradition of alternative and experimental theatre as it has developed over the last 200 years. He considers a broad range of initiatives including Yiddish drama, suffragette theatre,… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1974. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 172 pages Stated First Edition; second printing From jacket: "(The author) gives his Rabbi that strength, the courage to voice his opposition and isolation, and the result is a passionate cry. Zalmen, or the Madness of God illuminates not only the plight of Soviet Jewry,… Read more about this item

New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1902. Translated by Barnard Miall 12mo size red clothbound hardcover with gilt titles on spine; 203 tanned pages Ex-library with typical treatments. It's likely this volume has been rebound, probably before 1940. Bumped and worn head and heel of spine and corners. High quality paper is toned and several… Read more about this item

New York: Modern Library Modern Library Edition 146 - Three Plays of Eugene O'Neill: Anna Christie The Emperor Jones The Hairy Ape Introduction by Lionell Trilling 8vo size red cloth bound hardcover with dust jacket; 260 pages. Edgewear, wear to jacket with some light penciling on top and a stain on outside pages which appears very… Read more about this item

New York: F.S. Crofts & Company, 1942. Edited and with an introduction, exercises, notes and vocabulary by John Thomas Lister and Ruth Richardson 8vo size green clothbound hardcover; 142 toned pages. Introduction, Exercises in Composition are in English. Vocabulary and Note are in both English and Spanish. Ex-library with typical treatments; small ink spot… Read more about this item

Chicago: Scott Foresman & Co., 1931. Black cloth with gilt titles on spine and cover. 1194 thin pages in this substantial volume. Contents include: Shakespeare's Early Period; The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night's Dream; Richard III; Romeo and Juliet; The Period of Comedies and Histories; Merchant of Venice; Much Ado About Nothing; As You Like It;… Read more about this item

New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston Copyright 1961 but oviously a more recent copy since it has an ISBN. 212 pages with some full page black and white photographs "from the original French creation of Rhinoceros" followed by an extensive French vocabulary section. Introduction in English, followed by introduction in French with remainder of the text… Read more about this item

Canada: Archon Books, 1970. Green cloth with bright gilt titles on spine. Ex-library with typical treatments, many blacked out. 130 pages with index and some black and white illustrations. We note tape remnants to exterior spine (which probably held on a Dewey label and some adhesive and paper residue on back cover where label was removed. … Read more about this item