Rare Theater Books

Philadelphia: Brown Bros., 1910. Near Fine, in red cloth with bright gilt titles, slight rubs at the tips, prior owner name and book plate front end pages. 118 pages with 4 pages of ads at rear. Translated form the Swedish by Francis J. Zeigler. SCARCE in collectible condition. . First Edition in English. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

1695 Gherardi Italian Theater & Operas French Plays Commedia dell'Arte Burlesque

Evaristo Gherardi was a 17th-century Italian actor who is best known for his acting and playwright career in France in the 1670s. He edited and collected several scenes from various plays from Italian theater which were performed in French – most of which are from the Commedia dell'Arte. Note the engraving of a burlesque harlequin as the frontispiece of his 1695 edition.

Item number: #10061
Price: $599
GHERARDI, Evaristo
Le theatre italien, ou recueil de toutes les scenes francoises, qui ont été jouées sur le theatre italien de l'hôtel de Bourgogne
Génève: J. Dentand, 1695.

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Collation: Complete with all pages;
o [10], 544, 96
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Language: French
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Binding: Leather; tight & secure
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Size: ~6.75in X 4in (17cm x 10cm)
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Rare and desirable
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1698 1ed Harlequin Plays of Regnard & Fatouville Hotel Bourgogne French Theatre
'Le Theatre Italien' is a late 17th-century collection of French plays; however, unlike other collections from this era, this work includes plays and scenes that are not found in any other compilation. Jacques Xuaur collected scenes from French plays that were performed at the Hotel de Bourgogne Theatre in Paris. The following works are featured in this book:
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Nolant de Fatouville 'Harlequin' plays
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'Lingere du Palais'
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'Mercure Galant'
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'Protee'
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'Empereur dans la Lune'
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'Jason'
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'Colombine Avocat'
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'La Fille Savante'
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'Le Banqueroutier'
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Jean Francois Regnard plays
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'Delosme de Montchenay'
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'Le Divorce'
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'Trifle of the Vulcan'
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'Harlequin Sophi of Persia'
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And others
Item number: #11272
Price: $599
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Le Théâtre italien, ou Recueil de toutes les scènes françoises qui ont été jouées sur le Théâtre italien de l'Hôtel de Bourgogne.
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1823 Lord Byron 1st ed Werner The Inheritance Play Theater Harriet Lee Kruitzner
George Gordon Byron, more commonly known as Lord Byron, was an English poet and a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. He has always been regarded as one of Britain's greatest poets. His play 'Werner', or 'The Inheritance'
was his attempt to transform theater at the time. 'Werner' was an adaptation of Harriet Lee's "Kruitzner" though it was poorly received at the time and has not gained much following since.
This 1823 English edition was published in London by Murray.
Item number: #18522
Price: $499
BYRON, Lord George Gordon
Werner a tragedy
London : J. Murray, 1823 1st edition

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o Werner (1823) – viii, 188
o The Deformed Transformed (1824) – 88
· Provenance: Handwritten – Geo. W. Phillips Jr.
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~8.5in X 5.5in (22cm x 14cm)
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1663 TERENCE Comedies Greek Roman Plays Theatre Terentii Comoediae Edinburgh

"I am human, and I think nothing of which is human is alien to me."
– Terence, The Self-Tormentor

Terence was a 2nd-century BC Roman playwright who is most remembered for his comedies. His six plays, which all survive, were composed after he was freed from slavery. His plays were composed in simple Latin and were popular during the Middle Ages, despite having prevalent themes of paganism throughout.

This 1663 edition contains the main six comedies of Terence.
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Andria (The Girl from Andros)
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Hecyra (The Mother-in-Law)
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Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor)
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Phormio (Phormio, the Parasite)
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Eunuchus (The Eunuch)
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Adelphoe (The Brothers)
Item number: #19668
Price: $550
TERENCE
Pub. Terentii Afri Comœdiæ sex: multò quàm anteà castigatiores.

Edinburgi : ex officina Societatis Stationariorum, anno 1663.

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Ruth Michaels was a showgirl, actress, dancer, and model in the early 1900's. This 8 inch by 10 inch black and white photo of her is an extremely rare item.
On the back of the photo, Ms. Michaels has written her name, address, and phone number.
This is then followed by a description of herself and a brief resume:
"Eyes - blue
Hair - golden
Height - 5' 5 1/2 "
Weight - 125
Age - 18

Show girl
Parts and bits
Dress and cloak model
Dance student"

The photo matted and framed and is inscribed and autographed on the lower left corner:
"Love to Esther
From Ruth".

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Sophia Loren is one of the most beautiful women ever to grace a movie screen.
This 8 inch by 10 inch black & white photo is a movie still from the 1957 film, "Boy On a Dolphin".
It is autographed by Sophia Loren.

Thew, Robert. Fanny Kemble (Butler) as Isabella, "Merciful Heaven!" New York: Johnson, Fry & Co., 1859. Engraving, portrait print by Robert Thew of Frances Anne "Fanny" Kemble Butler (1809-1893) in costume as Isabella in William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. The sheet measures 10 in x 7 ¼ in, with a vignette-decorated border of scenes from the play around an oval image, showing Fanny Kemble Butler in a full-figure pose. Once an illustration in a book, now disbound, with original tissue guard still attached, now torn. Slight chipping of the upper right-hand corner of the sheet, with no image loss.

Six signatures. There had been 6 artistic directors at the Dallas Theater Center in 50 years in 2009, when this book was issued. Three of the directors, plus relatives of the other 3, all signed this book. There was only one time when all these people were together: June 3, 2009. Dallas public TV station KERA hosted an evening called 6 at 50. The event was held at the Kalita Humphreys Theater, the only theater designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and the original venue of the DTC. The 3 directors attending were Adrian Hall, Richard Hamburger and Kevin Moriarity. Paul Baker's daughter, Robin Flatt (director of the Dallas Children's Theater), Ken Bryant's widow, actress Linda Gehringer and Preston Jones' nephew, Trey Birkhead. This event was a big deal because a lot of these people had issues with each other, 3 of them were fired, even though the Dallas Theater Center was a successful and groundbreaking theater company. When asked to comment on his reflections of board members, then director, Moriarity said… Read More

Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1975. SCARCE. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, small crease at top edge front panel, small bookstore sticker top corner front panel, tidy prior owner name in ink verso front end page at bottom corner. Original Japanese title "Bo ni natta otoko". . First Edition in English. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: Knopf, 1987. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Knopf, 1987, first printing. 4to., 12" x 10 3/4", xi+323pp., illustrated with nearly 600 color and b/w photographs. Black cloth with gilt titles. Most theatergoers don't know that the scenic designer for the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof got his start in revolutionary Russia's avant-garde. Son of the Grand Rabbi of Kiev, Aronson rejected Russian director Vsevolod Meyerhold's communal theater when he fell under the spell of constructivist set designer Alexandra Exter. Arriving in New York in 1923, Aronson faced the predicament of a cosmopolitan artist confronted with a commercial theater that was in many ways backward. Undaunted, he designed sets for Yiddish theater, then worked for Harold Clurman's Group Theatre on Odets's Awake and Sing. His association with Jerome Robbins and Harold Prince at last gave him a chance to apply Exter's ideas of remaking reality in personal terms by making… Read More

New York: Frederick A. Stokes. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1930. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. ; Rare First American Edition of the novelized play. Grey cloth cover has modest wear and very modest soiling but bright and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Page edges foxed. Pages are clean and near pristine. Dust jacket toned and soiled with light tattering at the extremities but in good+ condition. Publisher's price of $2.50 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ) .

New York: Brentano's Publishers, 1929. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by two of the actors from the New York production at the Henry Miller Theatre, Leon Quartermaine and Colin Keith-Johnston. Very Good, lacking the dust jacket, boards worn at corners, spine dulledand soiled, prior owner name front paste down. The two have signed above their names on the Characters page, and Keith-Johnston has also signed and inscribed at front end page -""Didn't you see him sitting there at supper" (Page 58) Colin Keith-Johnston". . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED. Fifth Printing. Quarter Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Du Bose Heyward. Mamba's Daughters, A Novel of Charleston. Grosset & Dunlap Reprint Edition. Copyright 1929 Du Bose Heyward. States 1929 on the title page. USED. Very Good Condition/ Very Good G&D dust jacket. 311 Pages. 5 ¼ X 7 ¾.

First USA Edition