Search Results: Theatre/Arts from High Park Books

Vancouver, B.C.: Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society, 1997. Illustrated Wraps. Very Good+/No DJ Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. September 26 - October 12, 1997. 169 pages with colour and B&W photos. Slight edge/corner/spine end wear. Approaching near fine condition.

Vancouver, B.C.: Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society, 1997. Illustrated Wraps. Near Fine/No DJ Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. September 29 - October 11, 1998. 176 pages with colour and B&W photos. Slight edge/corner/spine end wear. Approaching near fine condition.

Stratford, Ontario: Stratford Shakespearean Festival , 1968. Paperback. Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Catalogue to the 1968 curriculum of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival. Stapled illustrated card covers. Unpaginated (approx 56 pages with B&W photos / portraits / illustrations, colour costume designs, etc. Jean Gascon & John Hirsch were the artistic directors. The cast included many of Stratford greats - Raine, Henry, Hutt, Blake, Campbell, etc & a young US actor / dancer Christopher Walken (Romeo of Romeo & Juliet), Marilyn Lightstone & many, many more. Louise Marleau portrayed Julie. The Stratford musical season was prominent - Duke Ellington, Louis Applebaum & David Nadien among many great performers. Also includes the small brochure of the Romeo & Juliet production (directed by Douglas Campbell) with Christopher Walken as Romeo. Includes a little envelope to hold the Stratford tickets. Approaching near fine condition with slight edge wear. Read More

Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 2001. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Paperback. Near Fine +. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inspired by the book of the same title by Phil Jenkins. Black illustrated wraps. (7) 108 pages. Very slight rubbing to 1 corner.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Blizzard Publishing, 1994. 2nd Printing. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First published by Summerhill Press in 1990 (1st edition by Blizzard in 1992) - the recipient of the 1991 Governor General's Drama Award. 63 pages. Slight corner weAR.

Stratford, Ontario: The STRATFORD SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL Foundation of Canada, 1955. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Stapled illustrated card covers. 48 pages with many B&W photos / portraits, 2 full-page colour costume sketches by Tanya Moiseiwitsch & advertisements Clean & tight with a one-half inch tear at bottom spine An invaluable piece of Canadian theatre / music history The 1955 theatre cast included Lorne Green, Frederick Vault, Lloyd Bochner, Don Harron, Bruno Gerussi, Douglas Campbell, Frances Hyland, Douglas Rain & Eleanor Stuart. 1955 marked the first music Festival. Musical performers / conductors included Glenn Gould , Aksel Shiotz, Jan Rubes, Jon vickers, Lois Marshall, Suzane Bloch. Marcel Marceau performed.

Boston / Denver: Baker's Plays (Walter H. Baker Company) , 1947. Paperback. Very Good. A Clean Rural Comedy in Three Acts. Originally published by Baker in 1919. 61 pages plus 3 advertising pages. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Eldritch Publishing sticker on face.

Toronto: Simon & Pierre Publishing, 1993. Third Edition . Illustrated Wraps. Very Good+/No DJ Issued. Second revised edition. "a cheerful, facts-on-the-line primer for those getting into the business" 202pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Minor corner wear.

Vancouver: Talon Books, 2005. First Printing . Soft cover. Fine. Political satire about the internal contradictions and duplicitous double-speak of the "war on terror". 126pp 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Toronto : Sister Vision Press, 1990. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. A one-women play about self discovery & quest for identity by the English-born,Toronto playwright, actor and director of Caribbean descent. Sears also wrote the Governor General award-winning & Dora Moore award-winning 'Harlem Duet' & 'The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God'. Music composed by Allen Booth, Djanet Sears & Rudy Quammie Williams. 104 pages with B&W photos, afterword & bibliography. Slight corner wear.

London: The Spotlight, 1993. Original Wraps. Very Good+/No DJ Issued. Directory of Afro & Asians in the performing arts with B&W photos. Fourth edition published on the British Actor's Equity's behalf by The Spotlight. 94pp. Glossy wraps have slight edgewear with minor corner curling and a small crease on bottom corner. Pages near fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Winnipeg, MB: Scirocco Drama, 1995. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. 96 pages. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Slight corner wear & cover curling.

Guelph, Ontario: Questex Consulting, 2008. Paperback. Near Fine. Yellow, stapled card covers. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

Oakville, Ontario / Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario: Mosaic Press / Shaw festival , 1995. Trade Paperback. Fine. Memoirs of the British-born actor / director (1917 - 2004). Immigrating to Canada in 1954, van bridge spent 15 seasons with the Stratford Festival, gaining international acclaim for his Sir John Falstaff and another 30 years with the Shaw Festival. He won an ACTRA award for his portrayal of the tile character in CBC series JUDGE and toured North America in his one-man show as G. K. Chesterson. (Canadian Theatre History Series; 1). Foreword by Christoper Newton. 207 pages with references & index. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Includes a Toronto Star obituary clipping.

Boston, Mass.: Walter H. Baker Company, 1937. Paperback. Very Good+. Baker's Plays for Amateurs. Copyright 1937. Beige, stapled, card covers with brown lettering / illustration. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 24 pages. Minor edgewear. Pages tight & unmarked.

Mexico City: Portico, 1991. First Edition . Very Good+. The author examines the role of the professional critic of the performing arts. Cardona is a journalist, critic, academic and teacher in Mexico City. Spanish language text. Illustrated wraps with french flaps. 186 pages heavily illustrated in B&W, with index. Sqaure 8vo (8 1/4" x 8 1/4"). Slight rubbing to edges. Internals fine

Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 2006. First Thus 2nd Printing. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First published in 1999 by PUC Play Service, Toronto. 2nd Printing, 2009. A drama about the life & death of a 'disappeared' Canadian aboriginal woman. 62 pages. Slight corner wear.

Toronto: Playwrights Co-op, 1976. Hardcover. Originally published as a softcover, now bound in white illustrated boards. Contains 3 plays: George Johnson is a son-of-a-bitch (first produced at the Factory Theatre Lab, Toronto, June 1972), The Valedictorian (first produced at the Bakersfield Community College, Bakersfield, California, November 1971) and The Horticulturist (first produced at the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, February 1972). 50 pages. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. This is an ex-library / museum copy with a few ink stamps and library card cover on inside pages. Otherwise, pages are in very nice shape. The white, laminated boards have bumps to top cornesr and mionor rubbing.

Munich, Germany: Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes, 2002. Stapled Wraps. Very Good+. German & Spanish language retrospective of the German producer Artur Brauner with filmography commentary and some biographical notes. White wraps. 38 pages with B&W photos. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Minor wear and slight creasing to white cover. Pages clean tight and unmarked, Uncommon.

Boston / Denver: Walter H. Baker Company, 1938. Paperback. Good +. Rowland, Henry. A Farcein Three Acts. Copyright 1938. Beige, illustrated card covers. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 96 pages. Minor wear. pages clean & tight.