Performing Arts & Media from J. Lawton, Booksellers

New York: Crown, c1939. 1943 printing. Hardcover. Very good condition. 874 p. 24 cm

New York: Macmillan & Co., 1894. Hardcover. Very good condition. xv, 319 p. front., plates, ports. 20 cm.

New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1929. Hardcover. ex-library, Very good condition, gift inscription on front flyleaf. 7 p.l., 24 pl. (incl. front., ports.) illus. (facsim.) 30 cm.

[Cambridge, Mass.], [1977?]. Paperback. Very good condition. Copied Typescript. 22 p. plus 8 p. of music. Probably written for and performed at the Christmas Revels an annual show presented at Sanders Thearter, Cambridge. However, both Brian and Allison moved to California and may have written this for a California Revels.

New York: Atheneum, 1990. First printing. Hardcover. Very good condition/good. xiii, 138 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1944. Hardcover. Good condition, spine darkened. xvii, 920 p. 22 cm. Contents: The old-timers: Uncle Tom's cabin, by Harriet B. Stowe (revised version by A. E. Thomas) East Lynne, by Mrs. Henry Wood. The two orphans, by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugene Cormon.--Starring vehicles: The old homestead, by Denman Thompson. Rip Van Winkle,… Read more about this item

Birmingham, Eng., 1864. Unbound. Good condition. Broadside, 1 p. The Theatre Royal, until 1807 the New Street Theatre was a 2000-seat theatre located on New Street in Birmingham, England. It was erected in 1774 and demolished in 1956. Walter Montgomery (1827–1871) was an American-born British actor, real name Richard Tomlinson.born at Gawennis, Long Island. He played in… Read more about this item

Manchester, Eng., 1864. Unbound. Good condition. Broadside, 1 p. The Theatre Royal in Manchester, England, opened in 1845. Situated next to the Free Trade Hall, it is the oldest surviving theatre in Manchester. Operating as a theatre from 1845 until 1921, The building has since been converted numerous times for use as a cinema, bingo hall and nightclub.… Read more about this item

Boston: Searle, printer, 1867?. Unbound. Very good condition. Broadside, 1 p. The Boston Theatre, Washington Street was first built in 1854 and operated as a theater until 1925. Frank Maguire Mayo (1839–1896) was an American actor and comedian, born in Boston. Mayo was an early proponent of realism in acting technique and was also famous for his… Read more about this item

Boston: F.A. Searle, 1871. Unbound. Good condition. Broadside, 1 p. The Boston Theatre, Washington Street was first built in 1854 and operated as a theater until 1925. Carlotta Leclercq (1838–1893) was a British actress, one of the children of Charles Clark (1797–1861) and his wife, Margaret, née Burnet. Clark, a pantomimist and ballet master, who performed under… Read more about this item

Boston, 1855. Unbound. Good condition. Broadside, 1 p. The Boston Theatre, Washington Street was first built in 1854 and operated as a theater until 1925. Julia Dean (1830 – 1868) was an American actress who made her New York debut at 16 in a starring role with the James Sheridan Knowles comedy, The Hunchback. Her performance was… Read more about this item

Boston: F.A. Searle, [1857?]. unbound. Very good condition. Broadside, 1 p. The Howard Athenæum (1845-1953) was one of the most famous theaters in Boston history. Founded in 1845, it remained an institution of culture and learning for most of its years, finally closing in 1953. John E. Owens (1823-1886) was an English-American comedian, born in the Aigburth district… Read more about this item

Boston: J.H. & F.F. Farwell, Printers, 1861. Unbound. Very good condition. Broadside 1 sheet Charles Gayler's Our Female American Cousin, which opened in New York City in January 1859, was written in imitation of Tom Taylor's Our American Cousin. Julia Daly was a renowned American actress, singer and dancer whose heyday was the 1850's through the 1870's. She… Read more about this item

Boston, 1855. Unbound. Good condition. Broadside, 1 p. The Boston Theatre, Washington Street was first built in 1854 and operated as a theater until 1925. Edwin Forrest (1806-1872) was a prominent nineteenth-century American Shakespearean actor. His feud with the British actor William Macready was the cause of the deadly Astor Place Riot of 1849.

Boston, 1858. Unbound. Good condition. Broadside, 1 p. The Boston Theatre, Washington Street was first built in 1854 and operated as a theater until 1925. Agnes Kelly Robertson (1833 – 1916) was born in Edinburgh and became a popular actress on the American stage.She was the ward of Charles Kean, and the juvenile lead in his theatre… Read more about this item

Boston: F. A. Searle, printer, 1864. Unbound. Very good condition. Broadside, 1 p. The Boston Theatre, Washington Street was first built in 1854 and operated as a theater until 1925. Edwin Forrest (1806-1872) was a prominent nineteenth-century American Shakespearean actor. His feud with the British actor William Macready was the cause of the deadly Astor Place Riot… Read more about this item

Boston, 1859. Unbound. Very good condition. Broadside, 1 p. Performers include: Mr. E.L. Davenport; Mrs. E.L. Davenport; Mr. E. Adams. The Boston Theatre, Washington Street was first built in 1854 and operated as a theater until 1925. Edward Loomis Davenport and his wife Fanny Vining were among America’s leading actors of the period.

London, 1825. Unbound. Very good condition, edge-worn. Broadside 1 sheet Catherine Stephens (1794-1882) was well known for her beautiful soprano voice, particularly of ballads. William Hazlitt, who spoke of her and Edmund Kean as the only theatrical favourites he had, wrote his first theatrical criticism on her in the Morning Chronicle. After hearing her as Polly and as… Read more about this item

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2007. First printing. Hardcover. Very good condition/very good. 238pp. 22 cm.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. Hardcover. Very good condition/fair. 269pp. 25 cm.