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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
1955132427London: N.p. 1955. Nine 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. N.p. unknown
1984532c6646U.K.: A.E.T.C. 1984. Book. Illus. by Schweitzer Alex. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 64 pages. Many black and white photos. "Researched with pensioners from the West Indies India the Far East Cyprus Poland and Italy. In their own words contributors recall their homelands their arrival in Britain settling in London and their varied experiences here. In all cases stories appear in the original language as well as English." - from title page. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. A.E.T.C. Paperback
195306966London: Stoll Theatre 1953. UK There are a few faint spots to the front cover soft crease across the booklet Good only copy. 25 x 19 cm stapled bound 8 pages counting both covers B&W photos of Tito Gobbi and ther other opera stars including Armando La Roas Parodi Dora Gatta Ornella Rovero Kyra Vayne Piero Ferraro Magda Olivero Giuseppe Savio Mario Stefanni Maria Luisa Malagrida Carlo Zampighi Carlo Badioli Renato Cesari Manrico de Tura Antonio Manca Serra Igialo Ricco Maria Teresa Mandalari Eveli Tomai Michael Collins. Tito Gobbi has signed in ink beneath his photo Carlo Badioli has signed in pencil Dora Gatta has signed beneath her photo in faded ink Maria Teresa Mandalari has signed in faded ink on the margin of the 3rd page so there are 4 autographs alltogether. List of tour dates capsule biographies of the signers. No date but 1953. 1.0 JM ITF docket 30. Signed. Staple Bound. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Programme. Stoll Theatre Paperback
196056965Pasadena CA: n.p. ca. 1960. Folio. 14.5 x 20 in. Twelve original gouache paintings on thick artist’s board 10 of them either w/ typed or manuscript labels 1 entitled “Garden Party†written in manuscript at upper fore-edge 8 preserving their cloth fabric swatch samples some w/ designer’s notes trimmings etc. All are preserved in a gray linen clamshell case minor edgewear rubbing wear to corners still a well-preserved fine set of paintings. This nicely executed set of fashion designs were apparently created for a Civil War theatre production in Southern California around 1960 with characters named Florence Bagshot Mrs. Ludley Bagshot Agatha Mrs. W.D.P.S. and Mrs. Forbes. The designs primarily focused on the women characters including one of a nurse standing in costume in gray striped dress apron and cap with Confederate cavalry trooper in kepi astride his horse and hatless officer with sash standing in the background. Many of the designs reflect the colour palate of the early 1960’s with avocado green vivid blues solid brown earth tones and bright nearly neon orange gauze fabrics in the renderings and samples which would not have been common in those combinations during the Civil War era. Still most of the dress designs incorporate the hoop skirts of the period often with crinoline and/or crinoline cage hoop skirts and high collars with ties and ribbons at the neck and trim patterns typical of the period. The design for Florence Bagshot’s bedroom wear incorporates elements of Mid 20th-Century design and sensibilities rather than the more common chemise and sturdy cotton for the 1860’s. The Confederate Nurse design was painted on “Brownie Board Cold Pressed Duncan Vail Co. Los Angeles†which appears in California art supply advertising from about 1960-1963. We were unable to identify the production after an extensive search through contemporary theatre production trade magazines newspapers and other industry publications. n.p., hardcover
1944222858Cairo.: Printing and Stationery Services M.E.F. Late1944. Colour map of the Pacific theatre. 66 x 93.5cm folding into eight panels. Occasional foxing though principally within the margins image itself largely unaffected. A curiously scarce map of the Pacific showing the furthest advance of Japanese forces and Allied progress in reclaiming lost territories. Although particular care has been devoted to marking out naval bases a few creative liberties have been taken in the way of the true extent of the Japanese advance across the Pacific particularly in the Aleutians. . Printing and Stationery Services, M.E.F. unknown
1944222584Cairo.: Printing and Stationery Services M.E.F. Late1944. Colour map of the Pacific theatre. 66 x 93.5cm folding into eight panels. Some light foxing to the margins a few repairs at folding points a few light creases but a bright and very good copy. A curiously scarce map of the Pacific showing the furthest advance of Japanese forces and Allied progress in reclaiming lost territories. Although particular care has been devoted to marking out naval bases a few creative liberties have been taken in the way of the true extent of the Japanese advance across the Pacific particularly in the Aleutians. . Printing and Stationery Services, M.E.F. unknown
196684712Peking China: China Record Company 1966. Record. Very Good. 7-inch 33 1/3 rpm. Chinese record. Fabulous graphic on the cardboard sleeve depicting six smiling youth several with red party scarves about their necks. The cardboard sleeve is creased in several places. The record shows a bit of grit from the five decades since it was new but no scratches. Side one includes: 1 We Have Put on The Red Scarf; 2 From a Child I Learn to be Like the Peasants; 3 The Young Pioneers Can Paint the Most Beautiful New Pictures 1. Side Two: 3 The Young Pioneers Can Paint The Most Beautiful New Pictures 2 ; 4 I Love My Red-Tasselled Spear; 5; All Red Hearts are Turned to the Party. "Collectively composed by the Suite Composition Group of the Children's Art Theatre of the China Welfare Institute and sung by the "Red Children" Art Troupe of the Shanghai Working People's Palace of Culture with Accompaniment by the Orchestra of the Children's Art Theatre of the China Welfare Institute. Record distributed by the China Publications Centre. China Records Catalog #XM-1018. China Record Company unknown
1914005518818All Star Feature Distributers Inc 1914. First Edition. Unknown. Good/No Jacket. This 9-reel 1914 release was based on Beach's Alaska Gold Rush novel set in Nome. Single sheet folded to form 4 pages measuring 5.75 x 8' some creases tears and wear. Extremely rare Worldcat records no copies. A single copy of another issue from the Rose Theatre Santa Rosa Calif. is known to survive. Pamphlet advertising screenings of the 1914 film 'The Spoilers' at Oakland's Macdonough Theatre. Includes images and synopsis.B/W Photographs. All Star Feature Distributers, Inc unknown
1979x-0313210721Praeger Pub Text 1979. Hardcover. New. 338 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.25 inches. Praeger Pub Text hardcover
1940182459Manila: 1940s. A graphic album showing fighting in the Philippines the Marshall Islands Papua New Guinea Guam the Solomon Islands and Palau. The compiler chose to include violent images displaying the brutality of the campaign. The album opens with portrait shots of individual Marines or groups along with photographs of American encampments and ships. The scenes then turn more distressing with images of dead locals including children lying on the beach or next to tanks. The photographs were taken across the Pacific theatre: one shows an American soldier holding a flame-thrower on Kwajalein Atoll another shows a beach landing at Luzon and a third shows a Marine posing next to a sign in Bougainville. Most were taken in the final years of the conflict including at Guadalcanal and Peleliu. There are also shots of the end of the war one showing a Japanese soldier surrendering with a white flag and another showing Japanese prisoners of war in a camp in Guam. The final photograph is the most famous "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima" showing six Marines raising the US flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. This photograph won the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Photography. The majority of the photographs are commercial with a few opening portrait shots of the unidentified compiler. Oblong folio 286 x 390 mm. With 55 gelatin silver photographs one lacking approximately 90 x 130 mm landscape or portrait corner-mounted with tape recto and verso on 7 leaves remainder blank. With 2 additional gelatin silver photographs loosely inserted. Contemporary brown sheep commercial album tied through punched holes with brown cord front board stamped with central armourial panel in blind gilt and black. Boards chipped at extremities especially front board bottom left corner rear board rubbed leaves nicked at fore edge photographs moderately toned and creased some slightly torn and abraded: a good example. hardcover
198396514New York February 19 1983. 1983. Fine. - Over 220 words typed on 11 inch high by 8-1/4 inch wide creamy white "John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts" stationery with the center's logo and title printed in teal & green at the top. Responding to his friend City Center producer and ANTA's executive director Jean Dalrymple who was upset at being left out of the loop in decisions made in staging a revival of "On Your Toes". Stevens begins by saying that "I am distressed by your letter. I had no intention of upsetting you." He goes on to describe how the project had "started off on a very small scale and somehow ballooned into a monster." Though most of the money was put up by the Kennedy Center ANTA the American National Theater and Academy still had substantial funding involved. He explains that "From the beginning we ran into a beehive of problems not the least of which was Makarova's shocking injury; and with it all we never really sat down and thought very clearly about the relation of ANTA and the Kennedy Canter." To appease her Stevens hopes to have her attend the first preview with him and offer her opinion. ".the first preview is on Tuesday March 1 and I very much hope that you will attend that with me and Delly and give us your opinion." Signed "Roger". Folded for mailing else fine. <p>The ballerina Natalia Makarova was injured by falling scenery during a performance of "On Your Toes" and was replaced in the role by Valentina Kozlova. The Virginia Theater opening was delayed and re-scheduled for March 6. Delly to whom Stevens refers is Alfred de Liagre the executive producer for ANTA.<p>Roger L. Stevens 1910-1998 was an American theatrical producer arts administrator and real estate executive. He was the founding chairman of both the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 1961 and the National Endowment for the Arts 1965. He produced more than a hundred plays and musicals over his career including "West Side Story" "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "Bus Stop". He became known for introducing plays by such adventurous writers as Harold Pinter Arthur Kopit and Tom Stoppard.<p>Jean Dalrymple 1902-1998 was the dynamic producer and director of theater and light-opera at Manhattan's City Center. Dalrymple began her career in vaudeville appearing with James Cagney and Cary Grant in the early 1930s. She was a founding member of the American Theatre Wing the theatre service organization. She worked over the years as a personal manager for the likes of Leopold Stokowski Mary Martin Jose Iturbi Andre Kostelanetz Nathan Milstein and Lily Pons. She began her work at City Center with its founding in 1943 serving as a board member and publicist. Her productions there from the 1940s through the 1960s were a revitalizing influence on the whole New York theatre scene. In 1951 Jean Dalrymple married Major-General Philip deWitt Ginder commander of the Thunderbirds in Korea. She was a friend to Presidents and entertainment personalities throughout the world. New York, February 19, 1983. unknown
193062548Hollywood CA & New York NY; Oshkosh WI & Parkersburg WV: The Strand Theatre Smoot Theatre Lincoln Theatre & Warner Bros. 1930-1934. Oblong folio. 14.5 x 11.5 in. 100 pp unpaginated. two different papers many preserved in archival mylar sleeves. With 90 original silver gelatin photographs either mounted or loose and inserted into sleeves sized from 2 x 2 in. up to 8 x 10 in. most sized approx. 5 x 7 in. many w/ photographer’s imprints 71 pieces of mounted ephemera including promotional cards souvenir promotional items such as napkins studio advertising mimeograph typescript marketing scripts lobby cards newspaper clippings and more. All leaves bound w/ brass screw posts at gutter margin many preserved in archival mylar sleeves some leaves w/ chipping & tears at fore=-edges offset tears and or reside on versos of a few photos some scuffing old glue markings cropping to some leaves still a VG artifact preserved as album. This exceptional original Warner Bros. Studio marketing photo album/scrapbook chronicles the movie industry’s system of engaging the movie-going public during the Great Depression in a form of interactive promotional live theatre to immerse them in the cinematic experience. Featuring physical props displays special lighting costumed extras studio scripts featuring a myriad of promotions the Warner Bros. Studios theatre group was able to enhance and pull in far more movie-goers and set the foundation for their marketing system in the coming decades. By using their opulent and fabulous 1920’s era created movie palaces these images capture the pre-Code sexualized Mae West in slinky costumes emblazoned on radio station cars physical stand-up showroom displays restaurant menus post-Prohibition tavern beer coasters and even pulled in local officials such as Mayor George Oaks of Oshkosh WI. Also featured here are photos and flyers for the giveaway cars tie-ins with the Oshkosh State Teachers College football team and nearby department store window displays which significantly expanded the visual and immersive experience.Of particular interest is the included and very detailed 117 step campaign script for Mae West’s iconic “I’m No Angel†featuring the titillating star as Tira the circus beauty who manages to always be mistress of the situation whether in the cage with wild beasts her boudoir filled with admirers to be bedded or even charming and seducing the judge at the end of the film with only a wiggle. The pre-Code campaign encourages the Warner Bros. Studio theatre’s to include a “Try your figure†display panel where young women would measure themselves against the busty silhouette and those that matched closest to the scantily gowned West would receive free tickets. Another stunt was setting up a “Mae West Voice Test†using a dictaphone in the lobby with a “pretty girl attendant†set up in charge to ask potential women movie-goer attendees to utter “Come up and see me sometime†and free tickets were awarded for the best Mae West imitations. Other movies featured at the Strand in Oshkosh or the Smoot & Lincoln Theatre’s in Parkersburg WV depicted here with promotions souvenirs and photographs include: “The Sea Wolf†based on Jack London’s book and which starred Milton Sills Jane Keithley and Raymond Hacket released just 1 week after Sills’ death and features stunts with potential young movie-goers to bring their Rin Tin Tin like dogs as well as airplane stunts and lobby card; or elaborate window displays and automobile floats mocked up as dirigibles and costumed extras for Frank Capra’s “Dirigible†released in 1931 and starred Fay Wray Jack Holt Ralph Graves and Hobart Bosworth set against the drama of a competition by fixed-wing aircraft and dirigible airships to reach the South Pole. Other movies briefly archived in the group here feature “When Ladies Meet†released in 1933 starring Ann Harding Myrna Loy and Robert Montgomery or a couple mentions of the 1931 Bela Lugosi Dracula. The 1933 Gold Diggers is featured in several photos which starred Joan Blondell Aline MacMahaon Monica Bannister Joan Barclay and Connie Blackwood as out-of-work Broadway chorus girls. Also appearing here in approximately one fourth of the photo album/scrapbook is a similar campaign as that for Mae West for the 1932 “Fireman Save my Child!†with the wildly popular comedian Joe E. Brown starring as Joe Grant inventor fireman and baseball player offered to play in the big leagues in the film but earning more money from his inventions Again the script advises engaging the local fire department to put on stunts include the supplied advertising on their fire engines and even encourages the use of a large animatronic mechanical head of Brown in a fireman’s hat in the lobby. The movie was actually a natural fit for Joe Brown who had launched his physical comedy during the 1893 Depression by making faces at the firemen on passing coal-burning trains so they would throw coal at him to collect and sell and later worked as circus acrobat and newsboy and was a lifelong baseball fan. From 1930-July 1934 the Hollywood studios were largely self-regulating their content with continued threats by outside groups to “clean†up their movies and somehow balance the puritanical group sensibilities against the ever growing demands by audiences for movies that were daring edgy naughty and even sexualized often depicting spousal abuse sexual bondage marital infidelity free love with stars such as Mae West Norma Shearer Kay Francis Dorothy Mackaill Nancy Carroll and Constance Bennett typically depicted half-clad or in bed. At the time the movie studios and theatre’s were attempting to recoup the massive investments in transitioning to sound films and market the new technology by cultivating a sophisticated campaign system often hiring Broadway writers directors and actors to travel around and oversee their promotions productions. See: John Farr How Movies Got Us Through the Great Depression Best Movies 2024; David P. Hayes Production Code of the Motion Picture Industry 2009; Mae West Reveals Herself as a Circus Queen in “I’m No Angel†at the Paramount New York Times Oct. 14 1933. The Strand Theatre, Smoot Theatre, Lincoln Theatre, & Warner Bros., unknown
1981ZB599554Asociacion Internacional de Criticos de Teatro 1981. Paperback 133 pp. light rubbing to covers else very good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Asociacion Internacional de Criticos de Teatro paperback
1921160171Los Angeles: California Theatre 1921. Archive of 41 vintage photographs of the elaborate stage sets and live performers which supported silent film screenings at the California Theatre in Los Angeles taken during the theatre's first three years in operation 1919-1921. 20 photographs with blindstamps crediting photographer Dick Stagg and 14 with blindstamps crediting photographer J.C. Milligan.<br /> <br /> Photographs housed in an album with typed labels on the versos of the adjacent pages identifying the film screening dates performers and musical numbers. <br /> <br /> The first two photographs in the archive feature a day shot and a striking night shot of the theatre's beautifully elaborate facade followed by a photograph of the "original installation" of the stage and grand staircase. The balance of the photographs however show theatre sets usually with performers present occasionally with the orchestra present and always without the audience present likely taken during rehearsals or after the completion of the set designs. <br /> <br /> The earliest dated photographs in the archive only two and a half weeks after the theatre's opening on December 24 1918 show two different sets for the screening of the 1918 film "Eye for an Eye." The last and latest photograph in the archive shows a parlor set with five costumed actors for the 1921 screening of the 1920 film "Billions." All in all 29 films are represented in the archive.<br /> <br /> Interestingly many of the screening dates of the films represented in the archive coincide with-or date earlier than-the currently believed premiere dates of the films some of which may have had their premiere at the California Theatre. <br /> <br /> Fred Miller opened the California Theatre at 810 S. Main Street in downtown Los Angeles on December 24 1918. The majestic Beaux-Arts cinema housed a capacity of 2000 and was designed by architect Alex B. Rosenthal who also designed the Granada Theatre in Santa Barbara. In 1919 the theatre was bought by Goldwyn Pictures and in 1935 operated as Teatro California often showing Spanish language films until 1983 after which it operated as a grindhouse and pornographic theater. The theater closed in 1987 and was demolished in 1990.<br /> <br /> Photographs: 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine overall with some faint toning with one photograph with two vertical creases.<br /> <br /> Album: 13.75 x 10.25 inches. Very Good plus. California Theatre unknown
1969168709N.p.: N.p. 1969. Archive of 29 original photographs from The Living Theatre performances dating between 1959 and 1969 including 27 borderless photographs and eight double weight photographs. <br /> <br /> Four photographs with Gianfranco Mantegna photographer stamps on the versos six photographs with Horace Dimayo photographer stamps on the versos two with "L'Express/Manuel Bidermanas" photographer stamps on the versos and one with a "Photo Pic" stamp on the verso.<br /> <br /> The archive includes:<br /> <br /> One borderless photograph from the January 13 1959 premiere performance of William Carlos Williams' "Many Loves" on The Living Theatre Playhouse's opening night.<br /> <br /> Three borderless photographs of the June 29 1966 performance of "Mysteries and Smaller Pieces" 1964 at the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe in Paris.<br /> <br /> Three borderless photographs from the September - October 1966 performances of Jean Genet's "The Maids" 1947 at the Berliner Festwochen including two double weight.<br /> <br /> Seven borderless photographs from the July 1968 performance of Bertolt Brecht's "Antigone" 1948 performed at the Avignon XXII Festival at the Cloître des Célestins.<br /> <br /> Two double weight borderless photographs of Julian Beck and Judith Malina being interviewed in 1968 at the Avignon XXII Festival at the Cloître des Carmes.<br /> <br /> Six borderless photographs from the October 1969 performance of "Mysteries and Smaller Pieces" 1964 at the Circo Medini in Milan.<br /> <br /> Two photographs from the October 1969 performance of "Paradise Now" 1968 at Teatro Alfieri in Turin.<br /> <br /> One borderless photograph of Julian Beck from Bernardo Bertolucci's segment "Agonia" from the 1969 compilation film "Love And Anger."<br /> <br /> Lastly four borderless photographs we have been unable to definitively identify including a photograph of a stage set a photograph of a performance of three actors a photograph of Jean-Jeacques Lebel and a photograph of a woman in profile possibly Living Theatre actress Mary Mary. The latter two photographs are likely from the 1968 Avignon performance of "Paradise Now."<br /> <br /> Founded in 1947 in New York by Julian Beck and Judith Malina The Living Theatre is the oldest active experimental theater group in the United States. In the fifties and sixties the company became an epicenter for revolutionary culture performing both original and repertory works. The company produced often radical stage productions and adaptations of works by artists and writers such as Bertold Brecht Gertrude Stein Jean Cocteau William Carlos Williams T.S. Eliot Pablo Picasso Luigi Pirandello and Federico García Lorca among others and laid the foundation for New York's robust underground art scene in the ensuing decades. <br /> <br /> The Living Theatre and its founders were the subject of the 1983 documentary "Signals Through the Flames" directed by Sheldon Rochlin.<br /> <br /> Photographs generally 7 x 5 inches to 12 x 8 inches. Near Fine overall five with light toning. All housed in a 9.75 x 12.17 inch Near Fine black folder with a "The Living Theatre" sticker on the front board. N.p. unknown
198860231Portland OR: Storefront Theatre 1988. 4to. 4 pp unpaginated. colour-illustrated brochure. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers artistic die-cut diagonal across front cover revealing leaf below mailing fold crease as issued minor shelfwear NF copy w/ original mailing label on verso. Very scarce original promotional ticket-holder brochure for the counterculture theatre group considered to be one of the most original challenging and visually stunning live theatre productions in Portland from 1970 to their close in 1990. In 1990 Oregonian theater critic Bob Hicks wrote “Alternative. For 20 bumpy years that’s what Storefront’s tried to be. The road less traveled. The company most likely to astound infuriate enchant you. The take-off-your-clothes thumb-your-nose company teetering on the edge of self indulgence. . . the child of a tribal love-rock fling.†Storefront Theatre, paperback
1970224797Catania: PICCOLO TEATRO DI CATANIA 1970 ca. Foglio sciolto loose page. Molto buono Very Good. Manifesto teatrale per Augusto Augusto Augusto di Pavel Kohout. Produzione del Piccolo Teatro di Catania Movimento di Informazione e di Filologia Teatrale per la regia di Gianni Salvo. Cm 85x60. . Molto buono Very Good. . PICCOLO TEATRO DI CATANIA, unknown
198599596<p>New York 1985. 1985. Fine. - Sixteen words penned on a 3 inch high by 5 inch wide card inviting Jean Dalrymple to come to the dinner and performance of the musical "Lady Liberty" "Theatre World is Special. I do hope you can come." Signed by the American theatre film television and radio actress Beatrice Straight. Together with the original 9 inch high by 5-1/4 inch wide four-page program printed on heavy stock and illustrated in color on the front. The original ticket order form and envelope is laid in. Fine in the original mailing envelope.</p><p>The American theatre film television and radio actress Beatrice Straight 1914-2001 was a member of the prominent Whitney family. She made her Broadway debut in "The Posessed" and played Viola in "Twelfth Night" Lady Macduff in "Macbeth" and Elizabeth Proctor in "The Crucible" for which she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. She won the Academy Award for best supporting actress for her role in "Network" which at 5 minutes and 2 seconds of screen time is noteworthy as the shortest ever to win. Other movie roles included that of Mother Christophe in "The Nuns Story" and Dr. Martha Lesh in "Poltergeist".</p><p>The recipient Jean Dalrymple 1902-1998 was the dynamic producer and director of theater and light-opera at Manhattan's City Center. Dalrymple began her career in Vaudeville appearing with James Cagney and Carey Grant in the early 1930s. She was a founding member of the American Theatre Wing the theatre service organization. She worked over the years as a personal manager for the likes of Leopold Stokowski Mary Martin Jos Iturbi Andre Kostalanetz Nathan Milstein and Lily Pons. She began her work at City Center with its founding in 1943 serving as a board member and publicist. Her productions there from the 1940s through the 1960s were a revitalizing influence on the whole New York theatre scene. In 1951 Jean Dalrymple married Major-General Philip deWitt Ginder commander of the Thunderbirds in Korea. She was a friend to Presidents and entertainment personalities throughout the world.</p> New York, 1985.
1980KOS01203775Nimaisha 1980. Soft Cover. Fine. KOS01203775 Nimaisha paperback
192220966751922. New York: Select Printing Company. Ltd. nd 1922. 4to. Original colour paper wrappers with cover design by Soudeikine; pp 16 with colour illustrations and b&w photos; very good.Promotional programme for the 1922 tour of La Chauve-Souris revue's tour of America. Created my Nikita Balieff this comedy song and dance show was extremely popular in Russia and was brought to Broadway by the producers Morris Gest and F. Ray Comstock. It did 153 performances in New York during this season. This programme features artowrk by the renowned Russian set designers Serge Soudeikine and Nicolai Remisoff. unknown
1925HALL512137Paperback. 1925. 16pp illustrations some in colour 4to card cover Paris 1925. 'A collection of set designs by Sudeikin Benois Remizov Repin & Shukhaev for the 'Chauve-Souris' Company. Front cover portrait of Baliev by Shukhaev worn otherwise good. . paperback
1978373553New York: The Shubert Organization 1978. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine pamphlet copy; wrappers very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall: tight bright and clean. Physical description; 32 pages ; 20 cm. Subjects; New York State New York. Theater programs. Theatre; history. Drama; history. The Beatles; history. The Beatles; Beatlemania. New York: The Shubert Organization paperback
1970218381970. African AmericanTheatre Black Theatre Production Archive ca. 1970s. Three silver gelatin prints. Each approx. 5 x 7 in. Photographer: Paul Buckholdt Atlanta Georgia. An evocative photographic archive capturing Black stage performance in mid-century Atlanta these three images-Circa 1970s-offer a rare and powerful visual document of regional Black theater. Shot by Atlanta-based photographer Paul Buckholdt the photographs document an ensemble of African American actors engaged in emotionally intense and physically expressive performances. The productions are unidentified but exhibit hallmarks of experimental and socially conscious theater with strong visual affinities to works influenced by the Black Arts Movement and Southern community theater traditions. The photographs appear to be of different productions but share some of the same actors possibly a repertory cast. The first photograph depicts a barefoot actor at center draped in classical robes surrounded by fellow performers in matching garments adopting stylized poses of deference or resistance-suggestive of ritual theater potentially a mythic drama. The second image features a domestic interior: a woman in a plaid dress is caught in a moment of confrontation flanked by two men-one seated behind a wooden chest the other looming behind her-capturing a charged tableau of familial or communal tension. The third image shows a five-man cast in a living room set gathered around a piano and seated furniture the action centered on a standing figure in suspenders gesturing emphatically suggesting a naturalistic setting with underlying political or intergenerational themes. Faint discoloration marks to two prints otherwise clear and well preserved. Overall very good condition. This small but significant archive offers an uncommon glimpse into Black theatrical productions in the American South presenting a visual record of cultural expression identity and resistance staged before predominantly local audiences. unknown
1993037150United Kingdom: Aron Paramor 1993. Poster. Very Good. Advertising poster for three plays by Aron Paramor: The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe The Stratagem by Aleister Crowley and The Diary of a Madman by Guy de Maupassant. Performed 10th-29th August at the White Bear Kennington UK 1993. A3 poster only creased once where folded vg <br/> <br/> Aron Paramor unknown
