West Hollywood, CA: St. Genesius Theatre, Publisher, 1993. Unbound. Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. With a small photo of the cast members. A flyer for an early production of Myron, when it had just moved from Santa Monica to West Hollywood. Written by Michael Kearns, the play is..... More
No Place: No Publisher. Wraps. No publisher, place or date. Presumed Boston, 1946. Photo illustrated wraps with Tallulah Bankhead on the front cover. Unpaginated. Ads throughout. Playbill for this revival staging of the play Private Lives by Noel Coward. The play originally premiered in the UK in 1930, and starred..... More
Provincetown: No publisher. Unbound. Women Behind Bars Theater Program for a Performance at the Pilgrim House, Provincetown, Massachusetts, circa 1985. Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. The program mostly lists the cast, including bios. The cast includes the comedian Lea DeLaria (who would go on to act in Orange..... More
Japan: Shichigatsudo Press, 1986. Wraps. Red printed wraps. 30 pp. Text in English and Japanese. With a fold out sheet advertising a staging of the piece. An "American" play using the form of the Japanese No. By Janine Beichman, an author and scholar specializing in Japanese poetry. GOOD condition. Moderate..... More
New York: Privately Printed, 1922. Soft Cover. Cardboard stock covers in brown printed paper wraps (adhered to the covers). Folio. 173 pp. With a section of 28 photo plates. SIGNED, with an inscription, by David Belasco, and dated 1927. With another gift inscription present from the recipient to Craig (Timberlake..... More
Dublin: Printed for George Folingsby, 1799. Pamphlet. Pamphlet, presumably disbound from a larger work. Lacking any wrappers or binding issued. 4, 31 pp. A play by Samuel Birch, a sometimes dramatist who served as the Lord Mayor of London from 1814 to 1815. GOOD condition. Remains of binding along the..... More
No Place: No printer or publisher Given, 1932. Brissaud, Pierre. Original Wraps. Unpaginated. Original wraps. A theater program for a production of Debussy's opera Pelleas and Melisande, featuring black and white photos of cast members. Of note is the cover illustration by Pierre Brissaud featuring a black and white silhouette..... More
Lausanne: Librairie Payot et Cie, 1932. Limited. Quarter Leather. #9 of 35 copies SIGNED by the author. Blue marbled paper covered boards with a blue leather spine (not as issued). Original wraps bound in. 136 pp. All text in French. A collection of three plays by this author and lyricist..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1971. First Edition. Cloth. First edition, with no statement of later printings. Beige cloth in unclipped dust jacket. 166 pp. A play by Ed Bullins, a key figure in the Black Arts Movement and Minister of Culture in the Black Panther Party. GOOD jacket..... More
No Place: No publisher. Unbound. No publisher, place or date. Perhaps circa 1982, based on the reproduced photos, which appear to be from the 1982 production of this piece. Two sheets, stapled at the upper left corner, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Three photos down the center of the first..... More
London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1735. Pamphlet. Pamphlet, disbound, lacking any wrappers or cover issued. Leather remains along the spine. 108 pp., plus an illustrated frontispiece. A 1735 printing of Colley Cibber's play, The Careless Husband. This work, exploring infidelity in marriage (cheating husband) with humor and maudlin emotions, was..... More
New York: Living Theatre, presumed Publisher. Unbound. no date, circa 1963. Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. A flier advertising the play, "The Brig," by Kenneth Brown and first staged at the Living Theatre in 1963. The play, an antiauthoritarian work based on Brown's experiences incarcerated while in the..... More
Princeton: University Players, Murray Theatre, Publisher, 1953. Wraps. Wraps, with an illustrated front cover. 16 pp., including covers. Playbill for a 1953 staging of the Infernal Machine by Jean Cocteau, marking a rare US performance, and preceding the 1958 staging in New York. The Infernal Machine is a modern retelling..... More
Dublin: Thomas M'Donnel, Printer, 1794. Pamphlet. Pamphlet, apparently disbound from a larger work. Lacking any wrappers issued. 62 pp., plus a printer's ad in the rear. One of the more obscure plays by British playwright George Colman the Younger who wrote mostly comedies and satirical works. GOOD condition. Remains of..... More
New York: Theatre Arts, Inc, 1932. Wraps. Printed yellow wraps. With photos and illustrations throughout, depicting sets, plays and actors. December issue of this magazine devoted primarily to theater, although containing an occasional article on film, containing articles on the London scene, a portfolio of stage designs by Charles Ricketts..... More
London: Printed for C. Dilly, 1783. Pamphlet. Pamphlet, lacking any wrappers, and presumably disbound from a larger work. 56 pp. Includes and epilogue by G. Colman. A rewrite or reinterpretation of the play, the Scornful Lady, written by William Cooke. GOOD condition. Front and rear page somewhat tenuously attached. Spine..... More
London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1782. Pamphlet. Pamphlet, lacking any wrappers or covers. Presumably disbound from a larger work, given the remains of leather along the spine. 84 pp. A printing of Hannah Cowley's most popular play. Written as a comedy of manners, the play broke ground by featuring strong..... More
Toronto: Clarke, Irwin and Company, 1952. Grant Macdonald. First Edition. Hard Cover. First edition. Hard cover in unclipped jacket. Illustrations by Grant Macdonald. 47 pages. A play by Davies based in ancient Greece and using the dramatic tool of the masque. GOOD jacket on a VERY GOOD book. Jacket in..... More
Northhampton, MA: The Apiary Press, 1961. First Edition. Quarter Leather. First edition, #36 of 50 copies, bound by hand by Anna B. Held. Red leather spine with decorative paper covered boards. Quarto. 30 pages, including endpapers. Signed by the illustrator. Stated 25th book printed at the Apiary press. Illustrations by..... More
Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher [The Mosher Press.], 1913. Hard Cover. One of 950 copies printed on Van Gelder Hand-Made Paper. Original boards. 38pp. A short play from Dowson. In GOOD condition. Mostly minor darkening along the book extremities, with a faint pinkish stain along the bottom front cover. Spine..... More
London: Printed for W. Strahan; T. Davies; T. Lowndes, Etc, 1776. Disbound. Disbound. 90pp plus 2 pages of ads for plays from T Lowndes and Partners. There may be a page missing after this ad, as the plays end with the letter R. Lacking any endpapers and half titles that..... More
No Place: Al's National Theatre, Matthew Weiss, Publishers. Unbound. No place or date, presumed Los Angeles, circa 1986. Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Printed on both sides. A flyer promoting the play Mein Amerikaa by Matthew Weiss. One side features an array of photographs with the play title..... More
New York: Samuel French. Original Wraps. No date, circa 1875 based on OCLC records. Yellow wraps. 46 pages. Includes brief instructions on the costumes, as well as cast lists for London, New York and Providence, R.I. performances in 1857. A play set in the early part of Louis XVI's reign..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Library, 1978. Cloth. Green cloth in unclipped jacket. 166 pp. With a few photos. A collection of previously unpublished plays, transcribed from manuscripts saved from F. Scott Fitzgerald's time at the St. Paul Academy in Minnesota. Textual notes by Margolies throughout. VERY GOOD condition. MInor fading, rubbing..... More
London: Printed for R. Francklin, 1757. Pamphlet. Pamphlet, perhaps disbound from a larger work, and lacking any wrappers or covers issued. 43 pp., plus a prologue, with a brief ad at the foot of page 43. A satire of the concept of starving writers and their patrons, with the patron..... More