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195223813New York NY: Actors' Equity Association 1952. Two-sided legal document a basic agreement of employment with compensation legal requirements spelled out; union printed by Allied; the Shady Lane Theatre was established in 1941 by Dorothy & Frank Bryan and was a popular summer stock theatre in Marengo northern Illinois which had a long history of productions mostly light drama and comedy ending in the 1990s; approx. 8 1/2" x 14" size; light wear old fold lines; in very good condition; interesting early 20th century American theatrical business ephemera. Document. Document . Very Good. Actors' Equity Association Paperback books
195310451Cambridge 1953. Paper. Very good. Sanders Theatre. Included Berlioz Bach Kodaly Gilbert & Sullivan and Russian Italian Welsh and Philippine Folk Songs. Closing Number united singing Handel Words by Milton with Old Nassau and Fair Harvard. unknown books
1960131291New York: Self published 1960. Archive of two pieces from one of the New York Underground's most creative and charismatic orators Spencer Holst. Includes Holst's self-published first book "25 Stories" 1960 and a flyer from a reading shortly after publication at The Living Theatre in New York on February 1 1961. <br/><br/>Holst was already a well-known and gifted speaker by the time "25 Stories" was published with the help of his wife abstract expressionist painter Beate Wheeler. He frequently held audiences with his psychedelic and surrealistic tales and would give performances at Judith Malina and Julian Beck's The Living Theatre selling copies of "25 Stories" at the show. Holst's work continued to fascinate audiences and "25 Stories" was reprinted in 1993 by Station Hill Press as the better part of a career-spanning collection "The Zebra Storyteller."<br/><br/>Book: tall handbound perfect bound wrappers 4.5 x 14 inches. Spine ends chipped cracked front hinge dampstains and soiling overall Good plus and still serviceable surviving copies of this fragile book are scarce in any condition. <br/><br/>Flyer: 8 x 12.5 inches. Very Good plus with one vertical fold and minimal toning along the fold. Self published unknown books
193825542NY: Federal Theatre Project 1938. 4to. Compiled by Music Vaudeville Service Department Albert Julian Supervisor. Works Progress Administration . National Service Bureau. 1697 Broadway . Publication 39-L. February 1938. 27 pages. With errata slip of corrections on 3 pages. Cover worn o/w VG. Federal Theatre Project unknown books
1955132427London: N.p. 1955. Collection of 9 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1955 release of the 1954 US film "There's No Business Like Show Business" at the Odeon Theatre in London. Mimeograph snipes affixed to the versos. <br/><br/>Several celebrities attended the premiere of the Marilyn Monroe-starring film including Arlyn Roberts and Vernon Gray Helene Cordet Elizabeth Welch Yolande Donlan Beth Douglas and Vera Lynn all represented in this collection. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good withmoderate toning and short creases to the edges. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. N.p. unknown books
1925WRCLIT81908New York: The Theatre Guild 1925. 20pp. Printed wrappers. Illustrations. Printed in red and black. Cream colored wrapper very slightly dusty otherwise fine. A visually appealing catalogue of plays available for the 1925-6 season including works by S. Howard Shaw extensively Lawson Toller Rice Capek et al. The Theatre Guild unknown books
199218471Germany: Thalia Theatre 1992. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong paperbound quarto. 63 pp. With illustrations by Robert Wilson. A new "take" on the Alice In Wonderland story by Wilson Waits and Schmidt. Clear tape reinforcement to spine else a very good copy in bound wrappers. Laid into this copy are several related promotional pieces of paper plus a small flyer from the Paula Cooper Gallery. Inserts all in fine condition. With an Origal ink drawing on the inside front cover. Drawing is not signed but appears to be an original Robert Wilson sketch. Thalia Theatre paperback books
192826293New York NY: The New York Magazine Program 1928. 24 pages; color cover & endpaper illustrations; black and white illustrated within. Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" size; stapled paper wraps some darkening wear to covers corners with tiny chips; contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. The New York Magazine Program paperback books
1962WRCLIT69932New York: The Theatre Guild 1962. iv41 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Boltbound in gilt lettered flexible binder. An account of the international tour of the Theatre Guild American Repertory Company under the auspices of the US Government. Includes text by Warren Caro and Lawrence Langner as well as of a message and telegram to the Guild about the undertaking from President Kennedy. The Guild toured some of its signature productions to over twenty nations. The mode of publication implies privileged distribution. The Theatre Guild unknown books
196031388New York: Living Theatre 1960. First edition. Loose Sheets. Very Good . Wide single sheet of paper. An illustrated announcement flyer or handbill for a series of concerts in New York with David Tudor sponsored by the Living Theatre. The flyer measures 8 1/2" tall x 13 1/2" wide. Light edgewear. A better than very good example of this uncommon piece of avant garde music paper ephemera. Not dated but from 1960. Living Theatre unknown books
1929WRCLIT70684New York: The Theatre Guild 1929. 16pp. Stapled wrappers. Pictorial initials and devices. Mild soiling to rear panel else fine. First edition. The Theatre Guild a subscription theatre company announces the London production of a repertoire of plays that had proven popular in New York and are now scheduled for London productions. The pamphlet sets out which plays they intend presenting including "Caprice" "Strange Interlude" "Volpone" and "Arms and the Man" and others. The Theatre Guild unknown books
19684746Santiago de Chile 1968. Paperback. Very Good. 53p. Original wrapper. Spanish text. Issued on the 25th anniversary of the University's Teatro de Ensayo. <br/><br/> paperback books
1963142321London: National Film Theatre 1963. Collection of 29 monthly film programs from the London National Film Theatre dating between 1957 and 1963. <br/><br/>A large collection of programs from the early days of Britain's leading repertory cinema including critical essays synopses and film schedules for varying seasons at the theatre each program generally comprising a period of between one and three months. Also included in the collection are early programs for the London Film Festival which began in 1953. Amongst many others those featured include Luchino Visconti Alfred Hitchcock Michelangelo Antonioni Vincente Minelli Fritz Lang Jacques Tati Jean Renoir Samuel Fuller Federico Fellini Charlie Chaplin and Alexander Dovzhenko. <br/><br/>Still in operation today the National Film Theatre was established in 1951 and was renamed the BFI Southbank when it was absorbed by the British Film Institute in 2007. It is best known for its focus on British and international filmmakers. <br/><br/>Variously sized no greater than 5.75 x 10 inches. All programs in Very Good or better condition. National Film Theatre unknown books
1995181132San Francisco: Artfull Circle Theatre 1995. 11x17 inch handbill/program folded to 8.5x11 inches illustration of Mae West W.C. Fields etc. by M. Grove cast and crew bios song titles history of the theatre upcoming season two fold creases and some wear. The cast list includes Ann Drogynous as Mae West Mark Sargent as W.C. Fields Michael G. Page as Mrs. Mortimer/Margaret Hamilton and Richard Sanchez as Princess Flower Petal/Yma Sumac. Artfull Circle Theatre unknown books
195824605Melbourne Australia: F. W. Cheshire 1958. Large 8vo pp. 73 plus advertisements. Illustrated with photographs. paper-covered boards with color illustration. Corners and edges slightly worn o/w a nice copy. Articles on the 1957 theater season with discussions about the future of theater in Australia. Covers dance as well as plays. F. W. Cheshire unknown books
1959131276New York: The Living Theatre 1959. Original poster for a night of avant-garde films hosted by the Gryphon Film Group at the Living Theatre on April 27 1959. Filmmakers were present to introduce their works including Stan Brakhage with his landmark short "Desistfilm" 1954. <br/><br/>The Gryphon Film Group was founded by Marie Menken and her husband Willard Maas in the mid-1950s with the help of Charles Boultenhouse and Gregory Markopoulos. It was one of the earliest attempts with Amos and Marcia Vogel's Cinema 16 at setting up a experimental film society in the United States. The group's primary interest was furthering the poetic and lyrical qualities of film often focusing on the perception of corporeality which is reflected in the film's presented both of the human form in "Geography of the Body" Maas 1943 and sculpted object "Visual Variations on Noguchi" Menken 1945. <br/><br/>Poster 8.5 x 12 inches. Near Fine. The Living Theatre unknown books
198043524Omaha & San Francisco: Lovensko 1980-1987. Complete run of 22 issues all very near fine or better. Founded in Omaha Nebraska moved to San Francisco in mid-life. After initially concentrating on the small but active Omaha arts scene the focus of the tabloid rapidly expanded to include articles on overseas arts injustices in South America alternative living and American politics in addition to art record and film reviews. Specific appearances within the covers: interviews with The Waitresses 9 Philip Glass 10 21 Lawrence Ferlinghetti 13 Meredith Monk 13 Jean Tinguely 14 Shonen Knife 16 Survival Research Labs 17 Nina Hagen 18 H.R. Giger 18 Exene Cervenka & Wanda Coleman 18 Yoko Ono 19 Nam Jun Paik 21 Fakir Musafar 22; articles on mail art 3 14 computer hacking 12 ; poems John M. Bennett 3 opal nations 4 a short piece on an Allen Ginsberg performance in Denver with photographs 9 Mike Basinski 12; art by Gary Panter 4; an insert: “Cow Town Art: Bovine Issue #4†by Patrick Beilman 5; and Calypso Machine Gun/Bump Fuzz 7†single on red vinyl laid into issue #9. BEEF TABLOID was distributed free; complete runs are difficult to assemble. For the set: Omaha & San Francisco: Lovensko unknown books
192626294New York NY: New York Theatre Advertising Medium 1926. 24 pages; color cover & endpaper illustrations; black and white illustrated within. Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" size; stapled paper wraps some darkening wear to covers rubbed; previous owner note on page 1 regarding seeing the play; contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. New York Theatre Advertising Medium paperback books
195123264New York: Living Theatre 1951. First edition. Paperback. Fine. Original program guide for the opening of this play by RExroth put on at The Cherry Theater in New York in December 1951. With essay by Harold Norse a poem by Oscar Williams and an essay by Paul Goodman. 16 pp. A fine example of this very early piece of Living Theatre ephemera. Living Theatre paperback books
195062698Buenos Aires 1950. Paperback. Good. Original wrappers. 29cm. Some cover soiling. Lower right corners curling. Contents of almost all issues browned. Spanish text. <br/><br/> paperback books
192540135n. p.: San Francisco Entertainment Inc 1925. 1st printing presumed. Brown ink printed on light yellow paper. Faintly worn and creased. Otherwise a VG example. Single sheet folded once. 7-1/4" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/>Published in 1925 the California Theatre's idea of "Pop" Concerts contains pieces like a French waltz "Fiancailles" "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6" by Liszt & "Le Carnaval Romain" by Berlioz. Rear of program contains an advertisement for Sherman Clay & Co. on Kearny & Sutter Streets for Steinway pianos. San Francisco Entertainment, Inc unknown books
196325962New York: Living Theatre 1963. First edition. Loose Sheets. Fine. Single sheet of 8 1/2 x 11" paper. A cast flyer for The Brig by Kenneth H. Brown. A play directed by Judith Malina designed by Julian Beck lit by Nikola Cernovich and assisted by Saul Gottlieb. Simple typed sheet with no adornments. The play's American premiere was presented at the Living Theatre on May 15 1963. A fine copy. Living Theatre unknown books
195949878New York: Celia Adler Fondeyshon un bukh-komitet Celia Adler Foundation 1959. First Edition. Two octavo volumes 24cm. Blue cloth boards; dustjackets; viii688pp; illus. Old damp-marks to board edges of both volumes causing discoloration to cloth but no structural damage. Text clean tight and unmarked; jackets lightly worn and sun-faded; complete sound and Good. Text entirely in Yiddish save verso of title page which provides both a transcription and an English-language translation of the title and publisher. Exceedingly uncommon autobiography of Celia Adler 1899-1979 daughter of Jacob Adler and half-sister to Stella Adler known as the "First Lady of the Yiddish Theatre." Adler was associated with the Yiddish Art Theater movement of the 1920s and gave one of the first theatrical portrayals of a Holocaust survivor in her brother Luther's 1946 Broadway production A Flag is Born. Unaccountably scarce even for an American work written entirely in Yiddish: OCLC notes a single location only in the U.S. Northwestern; five more copies are in European and Israeli institutions. Celia Adler Fondeyshon un bukh-komitet [Celia Adler Foundation] unknown books
192826306New York NY: The New York Magazine Program 1928. 22 pages; black and white illustrated covers and within. Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" size; stapled paper wraps some darkening wear to covers; contents in good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. The New York Magazine Program paperback books
193826792New York: Theatre School of Dramatic Arts 1938. First Edition. Octavo 22.5cm.; original pink staplebound double self-wrappers printed in brown; unpaged; textblock printed on pink stock interleaved with photographic plates. Fine. Order blank laid in. New York Historical Society only in OCLC as of June 2015. Theatre School of Dramatic Arts unknown books
