American Drama
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Tennessee Williams: A Casebook
by Gross, Robert F. (editor)
New York: Routledge, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Twelve essays on Tennessee Williams's career, with a look at not only his most famous plays but also his lesser-known works. Octavo, 214 pages, hard cover, issued without a dust jacket. A surprisingly scarce volume.
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SGD 137.70
Lakeboat
by Mamet, David
New York: Grove Press, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo, 112 pages. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Some page edges slightly folded, as if they had once been paperclipped. Light toning to the jacket. "Lakeboat takes place aboard a merchant marine ship and focuses on the conversations among its eight crew members, who work the Great Lakes. Their lives center around their seemingly purposeless tasks on the boat, and around sex, gambling, booze, and fights, or at least talking...
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SGD 82.62
Gentlemen Callers: Tennessee Williams, Homosexuality and Mid-20th Century Drama
by Paller, Michael
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. The author examines Williams's plays from the 1940s through the 1980s against the backdrop of his life story and the culture in which he worked. Octavo, 269 pages. Fine in a Fine dust jacket.
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SGD 34.42
The Bicyclers and Three Other Farces
by Bangs, John Kendrick
New York: Harper & Brothers. 1896. Octavo Size. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Navy cloth boards with decoration to face & gilt title to face & spine. Light rubbing to edges. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 176 pages. Contents include The Bicyclers, A Dramatic Evening, The Fatal Message, and A Proposal Under Difficulties. John Kendrick Bangs [1862-1922] was an American writer, editor and satirist. . 1st Edition....
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SGD 31.65
The Remarkable Rooming-House of Mme. Le Monde: A Play
by Williams, Tennessee
New York: Albondocani Press, 1984. First Edition. A previously unpublished one-act play that takes place in London. This is #128 of 150 numbered copies. Hand-sewn red marbled paper wrappers with white label on front printed in black. Publisher's one-page prospectus laid in. Fine. SCARCE. A gorgeous production featuring Swedish marble wrappers by William Ferguson and Nancy King of Worcester, Massachusetts.
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SGD 240.98
![[SIGNED] The Water Engine and Mr. Happiness](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/783/221/810221783.0.b.jpg)
[SIGNED] The Water Engine and Mr. Happiness
by Mamet, David
Mamet, David. The Water Engine and Mr. Happiness. New York: Grove Press, 1978. First Edition, First Printing.
Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 210 x 137 mm), 87, [1] pages, in cream-colored cloth, titles in blue to spine, in an illustrated, unclipped dust jacket (hard cover).
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page. Two of his early plays, both of them in the form of radio programs.
CONDITION: Slight fading to spine titles. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket that has very light toning to the flaps.
Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 210 x 137 mm), 87, [1] pages, in cream-colored cloth, titles in blue to spine, in an illustrated, unclipped dust jacket (hard cover).
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page. Two of his early plays, both of them in the form of radio programs.
CONDITION: Slight fading to spine titles. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket that has very light toning to the flaps.
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SGD 137.70
Tennessee Williams' s The Glass Menagerie
by Bloom, Harold (editor)
New York: Chelsea House, 2007. Octavo, 178 pages. A compilation of essays on Tennessee Williams and The Glass Menagerie, Williams's first popular success. From the Bloom's Modern Critical Views series on famous writers and their works, this one being an "updated edition" of the book on The Glass Menagerie. Hardcover, issued without a dust jacket. Fine.
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SGD 41.31
THE OXFORD COMPANION TO AMERICAN THEATRE
by Bordman, Gerald
New York: Oxford University Press. 1984. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Double column format. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 734 pages. . 1st US Edition. Hardback.
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SGD 22.61
![[SIGNED] Wilson: A Consideration of the Sources](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/633/221/810221633.0.b.jpg)
[SIGNED] Wilson: A Consideration of the Sources
by Mamet, David
Mamet, David. Wilson: A Consideration of the Sources. Woodstock and New York, NY: The Overlook Press, 2001.
First American Edition, 1st Printing.
Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 210 x 140 mm), xv, [1], 336 pages, in fabulous illustrated boards and dust jacket by Mick Brownfield (hard cover).
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page. Mamet's wild and crazy novel with an even wilder premise: The Internet crashes and scholars reassemble the past from the unreliable memories of Ginger, wife of ex-President... Read more about this item
First American Edition, 1st Printing.
Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 210 x 140 mm), xv, [1], 336 pages, in fabulous illustrated boards and dust jacket by Mick Brownfield (hard cover).
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page. Mamet's wild and crazy novel with an even wilder premise: The Internet crashes and scholars reassemble the past from the unreliable memories of Ginger, wife of ex-President... Read more about this item
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SGD 137.70
The Selected Letters of Tennessee Williams, Vol. II, 1945-1957
by Devlin, Albert J. and Tischler, Nancy M. (editors)
New York: New Directions, 2004. These letters are from Tennessee Williams's greatest period, which included such plays as A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Octavo, 662 pages, paperback. Near Fine with a five-inch crease to last 10 pages or so.
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SGD 27.54
Hotel Universe
by Philip Barry
Very Good Copy. Some slight marks and bends to outside cover, otherwise pristine pages. Barry thought enough of the play to have lines from it carved on his tombstone: "All things are turned to a roundness. Wherever there is an end, from it springs a beginning." Many critics regard "Hotel Universe" as Barry's best play. The two-hour piece is unusual in that Barry wrote it to be performed without an intermission. Written in 1929 while Barry was in Cannes, the play is set in a small seaside...
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SGD 8.26
Curtains GoingUp: Theatre Americana: Albert McCleery & Carl Glick
by Albert McCleery & Carl Glick
Fine text, cover and binding. Yellowing has begun. Price of $20.00 on inside page.
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SGD 64.10
The Play Goes On. A Memoir
by Simon, Neil
New York: Simon and Schuster. 1999. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Fine copy in Fine dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic cover. As new condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 348 pages.. The autobiography of the late, great American playwright and screenwriter. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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SGD 22.61
Some Freaks
by Mamet, David
New York: Viking, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 180 pages. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, with mild toning to the jacket (mostly visible on the flaps). Review copy with press release laid in.
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SGD 55.08
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[SIGNED] True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor
by Mamet, David
Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches; 215 x 145 mm), 127, [1] pages, black quarter-cloth over black boards, titles in silver to spine, in an unclipped, illustrated dust jacket (hard cover).
SIGNED by David Mamet on the half title. Mamet offers important advice to actors: the right way to undertake auditions and rehearsals; how to deal with agents and individual gigs, and much more. Some valuable lessons here for aspiring actors.
CONDITION: Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Signed copies of this book are uncommon,... Read more about this item
SIGNED by David Mamet on the half title. Mamet offers important advice to actors: the right way to undertake auditions and rehearsals; how to deal with agents and individual gigs, and much more. Some valuable lessons here for aspiring actors.
CONDITION: Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Signed copies of this book are uncommon,... Read more about this item
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SGD 137.70
On To Victory: Propaganda Plays of the Woman Suffrage Movement
by Friedl, Bettina (editor)
Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1987. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked in full cloth binding. 378pp. Lightly rubbed jacket now in a new mylar cover.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.
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SGD 39.24
The Selected Letters of Tennessee Williams, Vol. II, 1945-1957
by Devlin, Albert J. and Tischler, Nancy M. (editors)
New York: New Directions, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. These letters are from Tennessee Williams's greatest period, which included such plays as A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Octavo, 662 pages, hardcover. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy.
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SGD 41.31
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[SIGNED] The Chinaman: Poems
by Mamet, David
Mamet, David. The Chinaman: Poems. Woodstock and New York: The Overlook Press, 1999. First Edition, First Printing.Octavo (8 1/4 x5 1/2 inches; 210 x 140 mm), 72 pages, in brown quarter cloth over black boards, titles to spine, in a printed, unclipped dust jacket (hard cover).
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page. A slim volume of poetry by David Mamet, who is more often known as a playwright.
CONDITION: Fine in a Fine dust jacket.
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page. A slim volume of poetry by David Mamet, who is more often known as a playwright.
CONDITION: Fine in a Fine dust jacket.
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SGD 137.70
![[SIGNED] The Hero Pony](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/781/221/810221781.0.b.jpg)
[SIGNED] The Hero Pony
by Mamet, David
Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches; 215 x 145 mm), viii, 55, [1] pages, in red quarter-cloth over black boards, titles in silver to spine, in an illustrated, unclipped dust jacket.
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page. Mamet is best known as a playwright. But this book demonstrates his virtuosity as a writer; it's his debut collection of poems.
CONDITION: Very Good or better in a Fine, unclipped dust jacket. Pages moderately toned, which is often the case with this title, but clean and unmarked.
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page. Mamet is best known as a playwright. But this book demonstrates his virtuosity as a writer; it's his debut collection of poems.
CONDITION: Very Good or better in a Fine, unclipped dust jacket. Pages moderately toned, which is often the case with this title, but clean and unmarked.
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SGD 123.93
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[SIGNED] The Cryptogram
by Mamet, David
Octavo (8 x 5 1/4 inches; 203 x 132 mm), 101 pages in illustrated wrappers (soft cover).
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page. Mamet's play about the breakup of a marriage from the viewpoint of a child. "The Cryptogram is a journey back into childhood and the moment of its vanishing--the moment when the sheltering world is suddenly revealed as a place full of dangers." (From the back cover).
This is the scarce soft-cover edition. There was also a hard-cover version published as a book-club edition.... Read more about this item
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page. Mamet's play about the breakup of a marriage from the viewpoint of a child. "The Cryptogram is a journey back into childhood and the moment of its vanishing--the moment when the sheltering world is suddenly revealed as a place full of dangers." (From the back cover).
This is the scarce soft-cover edition. There was also a hard-cover version published as a book-club edition.... Read more about this item
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SGD 206.55
The Life of Kenneth Tynan
by Tynan, Kathleen
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1987. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 460 pages. A moving and sometimes shocking biography of the controversial British theatre critic and writer. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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SGD 27.13
Tennessee Williams: A Study of the Short Fiction
by Vannatta, Dennis
Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. A chronological survey of Tennessee Williams's short fiction by a professor of English at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Octavo, 142 pages. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Very slight age-toning to pages, as well as to flaps of dust jacket.
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SGD 27.54
Force of Nature
by Steven Dietz
"Based on Goethe's Elective Affinities"Very Good. VG++, Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2000 Production Official Script. Comb binding, pages very clean, Like New - no markings. Steven Dietz is an American playwright and theatre director. Called "the most ubiquitous American playwright whose name you may never have heard", Dietz has long been one of America's most prolific and widely produced playwrights. In 2019, Dietz was again named one of the 20 most-produced playwrights in America.
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SGD 13.77
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[SIGNED] Homicide
by Mamet, David
Mamet, David. Homicide. New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1992. First Edition, First Printing.
Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches; 220 x 135 mm), xv, [1], 126 pages in illustrated wrappers (soft cover).
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page of this paperback original, a screenplay for a crime drama Mamet directed starring Joe Mantegna and William H. Macy. "Homicide" was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival and won Mamet a "Screenwriter of the Year" award from the London Critics' Circle... Read more about this item
Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches; 220 x 135 mm), xv, [1], 126 pages in illustrated wrappers (soft cover).
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page of this paperback original, a screenplay for a crime drama Mamet directed starring Joe Mantegna and William H. Macy. "Homicide" was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival and won Mamet a "Screenwriter of the Year" award from the London Critics' Circle... Read more about this item
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SGD 206.55
The Third Theatre
by Brustein, Robert
London: Jonathan Cape. 1970. Octavo Size. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in a purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Previous Owner's name/details to Preliminary Pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 294 pages. Major essays and articles about American theatre written between 1957 and 1968 and contains a selection of the author's reviews. . 1st thus. Hardback.
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SGD 16.28
