Theatre from Philip Smith, Bookseller

New Orleans: Tulane University, 1964. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 260pp, printed wrappers. Contains the full text of The Brig by Kenneth H. Brown, a Living Theatre Supplement including texts and interviews, and a section on Post War Italian Theatre. Unmarked copy with light wear and faint storage smell.

New York: The Drama Review, 1969. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. Large 8vo, 188pp, printed wrappers. Cover story on "The Return of the Living Theatre" (over half of the issue is related to The Living Theatre in the Paradise Now era). Unmarked copy with light bumping.

New York: The Drama Review, 1973. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 168pp, printed wrappers. Special Visual Performance issue of this essential theatrical journal, with coverage of Richard Foreman, Robert Wilson, et al. Unmarked copy, a little reading wear and light bumping.

New York: The Radical Theatre Repertory, Inc, 1969. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 12pp, stapled self-cover. A rare program from this peak-period Living Theatre performance series in Berkeley and San Francisco, early 1969, including Frankenstein and Paradise Now. (An LA performance of Paradise Now that happened between the Berkeley and San Francisco… Read more about this item

Berlin: Verlag fur Wissenschaft und Bildung, 1993. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 216pp, printed wrappers. Text in German. Clean and unmarked copy of this study contrasting the work of San Francisco Mime Troupe and the Bread and Puppet Theater.

Paris: L'Arche Editeur, 2014. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 96pp softcover in card sleeve with DVD. Texts presented trilingually, in French, German, and English. DVD is NTSC with Region Code 0. Unmarked copy with minor wear.

Firenze, Italy: Quaderni di Teatro, 1986. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 120pp (plus 16pp of plates), printed wrappers. This uncommon issue is focused on Living Theatre co-founder Julian Beck. Includes texts and photos by and about Beck and Living Theatre productions. Text in Italian. Unmarked copy, a bit of wear and sunning… Read more about this item

New York: The Drama Review, 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 160pp, printed wrappers. Another peak-period issue of TDR, with work by Daniel Moore / The Floating Lotus Magic Opera Company, Ed Bullins, Ronald Tavel, et al. Unmarked copy, light wear and soil.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf , 1917. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Near VG. 8vo, 312pp, textured black boards stamped in gold, no dustwrapper. Bookplate of bibliophile and scholar Adrian Homer Goldstone to front pastedown. This tastefully designed early Knopf title contains Smart Set era theatrical writing by George Jean Nathan. Unmarked copy, a bit of outer… Read more about this item