THEATRE from Chilton Books

London: Rich & Cowan Ltd, 1933.. 1st edition. Observations of British theatre from the late 1880s to 1932, reflecting on the rapid changes in how drama was presented, including the growth of cinema. Pp.253, inscribed "To George & Sheila Cregan from St John Ervine" to front free endpaper, toning to endpapers and a few minor spots to preliminary… Read more about this item

London: W.J. Ham-Smith, 1911.. 1st edition. The Theatrical Reviews contained in this volume originally appeared in The Pall Mall Gazette. Contains a record of some of the principal London theatrical productions of the period 1907-10. Top edge gilt. Pp.xvi/224, frontispiece + 3 further black & white portrait plates, owner's details to front free endpaper, light toning to endpapers. Dark… Read more about this item

Leiston: Leiston Publishing, 2008.. Produced to celebrate Jill Freud & Company's 25 years of theatre in Southwold. Unpaginated. Black & white photo illustrations of productions throughout. Signed by Jill Freud to front free endpaper. Paperback. VG.

London: Lawrence & Bullen, 16 Henrietta Street, Covent garden, 1893 .. Limited edition (No. 65 of 250). 8vo. 10.25" x 18.0cm x 3.3cm. pp.xvi/pp.321/[p.] . Soiled boards, edges rubbed and bumped. Faux vellum spine, rubbed and soiled with repair top top of spine, All page edges deckled (rough-cut). Plain endpapers. Dedication to front free-endpaper: "To H. W. Acaster… Read more about this item

London: J,M.Dent & Sons, Ltd, 1932.. 1st edition. History of theatre in Shakespeare's birthplace, Stratford-Upon-Avon, and the eventual building of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in1932. Pp.xxiv/269, black & white photo frontispiece + 32 further illustrations - many from portraits, sketches, playbiils, prints, etc, owner's name to front free endpaper, black mark to base of closed pages. Brown cloth,… Read more about this item

Kineton: The Roundwood Press, 1971.. 1st edition. "This book is for those of you who, sated with television and having tried all the recommended handicrafts so beloved by women's magazines for the long winter evenings, might like to try your hand at an amateur concert....Home-made entertainment affords enjoyment to all those involved in the production, both actually 'on… Read more about this item

London: Virago, 1981.. Thousands of these spirited women set out to change the conventional roles they played - and to change the world. Some were famous - Athene Seyler, Kitty Marion, Elizabeth Robins, Edy Craig, many others unknown. Managing their own companies, they put on hundreds of plays all over the country - many on taboo subjects such as… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.. 1st edition. "Examines how the American frontier was presented in theatrical productions during the critical period from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of cinema....From famous personages such as Mark Twain and "Buffalo Bull" Cody to lesser known individuals such as Native American playwright and actress Gowongo Mohawk, Hall examines the… Read more about this item

London: Phillimore & Co.Ltd, 1971.. Specially bound Edition, limited to Two hundred and fifty copies, signed by the Author and numbered, of which this is No.128. "Leslie Evershed-Martin tells his own - behind-the-scenes - story, of what really happened, the indifference and outright opposition that had to be overcome, before his dream could turn into concrete reality -… Read more about this item

Plaistow: The Curwen Press, 1951.. Late Night Theatre: With plays and players representative of the British Theatre presented by The Newspaper Proprietors Association by kind permission of the Directors of Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on Monday 9th July 1951 at 11pm. Organized by Prince Littler and John Varley. Contains an outline history of the theatre by Offical Historian W.… Read more about this item

London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1935.. 1st edition. "The Theatre is closely connected with the social, political and religious life of people, and is a potent factor in the moral and cultural progress of humanity." Pp.xiv/183/2(publisher's catalogue), owner's details to front free endpaper, newspaper obituary of Komisarjevsky sellotaped to inside front board, tape marks to front… Read more about this item

London: The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, 1941.. Printed for Private Circulation. Graduation gift for R.A.D.A. students giving advice for their future careers. 16.5cms x 10.5cms. Pp.39, presentation details (Presented to Peter Marshall by the Council of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art on 7th March 1947. Kenneth R.Barnes. Principal) to preliminary page, slight toning to pages, minor water… Read more about this item

Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., nd.(c.1900).. Criticisms Reprinted from The Manchester Guardian. "This volume aims at indicating the varied excellence of the Manchester stage during the past twenty years, by a short selection of the judgments passed in the columns of the Manchester Guardian." Top edge gilt. Pp.241, owner's details to front free endpaper, foxing to endpapers. Maroon cloth,… Read more about this item

Shire Publications Ltd, 1974.. 1st edition. Shire Discovering No.185. "Theatre Ephemera is a wide term because it embraces theatre, music-hall, circus, opera, ballet, concert-party, puppets, films, television and revue, with items made of paper, cardboard, cloth, wood, metal, and even stone. Pp.56, 11 photo illustrations, toning to pages. Paperback, wear to edges. Good.

London: The Fountain Press, nd. (c.1925).. History of theatre in Bristol. Pp.vi/57, black & white frontispiece, owner's details to front free endpaper, toning to endpapers, rough-cut page edges, spotting to margins. Blue cloth, slightly rubbed. G+.

London: The Society for Theatre Research, 1966.. 1st edition. "Crabb Robinson's theatre records extend from 1811 to 1866 - which means that, as well as Mrs Siddons, Kemble and Mrs Jordan, he saw the juvenile Ellen Terry. That is a tremendous span of unprofessional reporting. It would have been a bore to preserve his abbreviations and mis-spellings of proper… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann, 1973.. Second edition. "No modern dramatist has examined the public and private issues of his day more insistently than Arthur Miller. " Pp.xii/91, 4 black & white photo illustrations,newspaper cutting of John Heilpern interview with Arthur Miller loosely enclosed. Paperback. VG.

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1924.. 1st edition. Signed limited edition of 500 copies. Otis Skinner(1858-1942 was an American actor who played hundreds of roles in all parts of the world in a career extending over more than 60 years. Pp.367, signed (but not numbered) to inner front endpaper, black & white portrait photo frontispiece + many further… Read more about this item

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1989.. 1st edition. Interviews with contemporary directors, including: Jonathan Miller, Konrad Swinarski, Trevor Nunn, Michael Kahn, Robin Phillips, Georgio Strehler, Peter Brook, Adrian Noble, Bill Alexander, Declan Donnellan, Sir Peter Hall, and Michael Bogdanov. Pp.viii/22724 pages of black & white photos. Black cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

London: Duckworth and Co., 1903.. 1st edition. Essays. Pp.196, photo portrait frontispiece (Eleonora Duse) + 9 further black & white plates, signed by Arthur Symons to front free endpaper, bookplate of Disabled Officers Residential Club to inside front board, slight toning to pages. Green cloth, original paper label (rubbed and chipped) to spine, wear to top and tail of… Read more about this item