MR. ARCULARIS.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1957. First edition. Light foxing to top page edges, otherwise fine in near fine dust jacket with minor edgewear and light fading to spine and edges. Item #34875 More
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THE AMERICAN DREAM A Play.
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., (1961). First edition. The simultaneous issue in wraps. Very good in slightly soiled, stiff paperwraps. Item #34415 More
THE ZOO STORY, THE DEATH OF BESSIE SMITH and THE SANDBOX: Three Plays.
New York: Coward-McCann, (1960). First edition of the AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Crisp and near fine, lacking dust jacket. Item #51751 More
THE STAR-WAGON A Play in Three Acts.
Washington, DC: Anderson House, 1937. First edition. Time-travel fantasy starring Burgess Meredith as Stephen Minch and Lillian Gish as Martha Minch. Bright and fine in very good to near fine dust jacket with spine ends and corners lightly nicked and rubbed and closed tear to base of rear panel. Item #24831 More
THE DANCE OF DEATH.
(London): Faber & Faber, (1933). First edition. One of only 1200 copies in the first printing. Green paper-covered boards stamped in black on front and spine. Near fine with few inconspicuous nicks to paper covering; in near fine dust jacket with clean tear to spine internally repaired with tape. A...... Item #35592 More
COMPLETE WORKS OF AUDEN - PLAYS.
(Princeton): Princeton University Press, (1988). First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Item #54520 More
WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER?
New York: Random House, (1956). First edition. A "Random House Play" illustrated with photographs from the original stage production which featured Jayne Mansfield and Walter Matthau. Fine in near fine dust jacket with some minor rubbing on edges and light soiling on back panel. Item #24792 More
ALICE SIT-BY-THE-FIRE.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1919. First U.S.edition. Fine with small pen notation on front endpaper and slight foxing on pages. Dust jacket has slight foxing and slight edgewear. A nice example of an early dust jacket. Item #41492 More
THE HOSTAGE.
London: Methuen & Co., (1958). First edition. "It seems to be Ireland's function, every 20 years or so, to provide a playwright who will kick English drama from the past into the present. Mr. Behan may well fill the place vacated by Sean O'Casey."--from the jacket flap. Near fine in..... Item #55520 More
THE QUARE FELLOW: A Comedy Drama.
London: Methuen & Co, (1956). First edition of his first book. A play set in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, where "The Quare Fellow," who is never seen or heard, is condemned to die the following day for an unnamed crime. Fine in very good or better, price-clipped dust jacket rubbed at..... Item #54368 More
THE COLD WIND AND THE WARM A Play.
New York: Random House, (1959). First edition. Illustrated with photographs of the stage production which included Eli Walach, Maureen Stapleton and Suzanne Pleshette, among others. Fine in a price-clipped dust jacket with tiny chips at corners and spine ends. Item #40893 More
DUNNIGAN'S DAUGHTER.
New York: Random House, (1946). First edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with light soiling (heavier on spine) and minor wear to spine ends and tips. The play was staged by Elia Kazan and starred Richard Widmark. Item #33026 More
NO TIME FOR COMEDY.
New York: Random House, (1939). First edition. Faint, unavoidable offset to endpapers, otherwise fine in slightly soiled dust jacket with nicked tips and a touch of minor rubbing. An attractive copy of this play which starred Katherine Cornell and Laurence Olivier. Item #32534 More
THREE PLAYS OF THE ARGENTINE: Juan Moreira / Santos Vega / The Witches' Mountain.
New York: Duffield and Company, 1920. First edition. Translated from the Spanish by Jacon S. Fassett, Jr. Herrera (1889-1956) went on to become a famous director and screenwriter in the 1940s and 1950s in Argentina (wiki), however the playwrights and their plays remain as obscure in the US today as..... Item #50982 More
AFTER THE RAIN.
New York: Random House, (1967). First edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with small, faint, round stain on front cover. Item #41836 More
IN THE SUMMER HOUSE A Play.
New York: Random House, (1954). First edition. Illustrated with photographs. Very good with some foxing on page edges. In a slightly soiled dust jacket with spine tanned, a few small closed tears and nicks. Item #40219 More
THE WONDERFUL ICE CREAM SUIT: Announcement for the 1965 Coronet Theater Production.
(Hollywood: Pandemonium Theatre Co.), [1965]. First edition. "Pandemonium, as Usual! Opening Night -- March 2nd." Single, yellow 8.5 x 11" sheet folded once to make four pages with stick-figures illustration on front; praise for the theater company's "First Smash Hit....The World of Ray Bradbury" along with details for the coming..... Item #54863 More
BLANCHETTE AND THE ESCAPE.
Boston: John W. Luce & Co., 1913. First edition, and first American edition. Two plays, with preface by H.L. Mencken. They were translated from the French by Frederick Eisemann. With no dust jacket, in very good to near fine condition. Item #46668 More
URSA MAJOR: A Polyphonic Masque for Speakers & Dancers.
(Kentville, Nova Scotia): Gaspereau Press, 2003. First edition. One of approximately 800 copies per the publisher. Cultural variations on the myth of the great bear constellation in four languages--English, Latin, Greek and Cree. Bringhurst describes URSA MAJOR as "a poem that marries Cree and Greek traditions in a form that..... Item #55646 More
FANNY: Playbill, Souvenir Playbook, and Ticket Stub.
New York: 1955. Original playbill, souvenir playbook (magazine-style keepsake offered for sale at each play); and original ticket stub for the Thursday evening November 24 1955 performance on Thanksgiving Day starring Florence Henderson at Majestic Theatre. Overall very good to near fine with only scattered mild creasing and light soiling..... Item #71597 More
KISMET: Playbill, Souvenir Playbook, and Ticket Stub.
New York: 1954. Original playbill, souvenir playbook (magazine-style keepsake offered for sale at each play); and original ticket stub for the Monday evening November 22 1954 performance starring Alfred Drake & Doretta Morrow at Ziegfeld Theatre. Souvenir playbook cover illustration by Hirschfeld. Overall very good to near fine with only..... Item #71600 More
THE MOST HAPPY FELLA: Playbill, Souvenir Playbook, and Ticket Stub.
New York: 1956. Original playbill, souvenir playbook (magazine-style keepsake offered for sale at each play); and original ticket stub for the Friday evening November 23 1956 performance starring Robert Weede at Imperial Theater. Overall very good to near fine with only scattered mild creasing and light soiling. Interesting seeing vintage..... Item #71598 More
PETER PAN: Playbill, Souvenir Playbook, and Ticket Stub.
New York: 1954. Original playbill, souvenir playbook (magazine-style keepsake offered for sale at each play); and original ticket stub for the Wednesday evening November 24 1954 performance starring Mary Martin at Winter Garden. Overall very good to near fine with only scattered mild creasing and light soiling. Interesting seeing vintage..... Item #71599 More
THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON: Playbill, Souvenir Playbook, and Ticket Stub.
New York: 1954. Original playbill, souvenir playbook (magazine-style keepsake offered for sale at each play), and ticket stub for the Tuesday evening November 16 1954 performance starring Burgess Meredith at Martin Beck Theatre. Also includes will-call envelope labeled "R. K. Jackson" with payment receipt inside. Overall very good to near..... Item #71602 More
THE PLAYGROUND, Together with THE QUEEN OF THE MERMAIDS WAS THE FIRST TO ARRIVE.
(San Francisco): Centaur Press, 1949. First edition. Limited to 1000 copies. Broughton's play illustrated by Daniel Harris in his first appearance as "Zev." The first book from the press founded by Broughton and Kermit Sheet. SIGNED BY BROUGHTON on half-title page and INSCRIBED WITH A LARGE DRAWING BY ZEV on..... Item #53548 More