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187144951Boston 1871. 1st printing presumed ca 1870. Self wrappers. Slight age-toning to paper; a few small tears at edges and one central pin hole that runs through all four pages; overall very good. Single sheet folded once to form four pages. Engraved borderds and illustrations in text. Folded: 10-1/4" x 6-9/16" <br/><br/>A playbill for a production of "No Thoroughfare" at the Boston Theatre with Charles Fechter playing the role of Jules Obenreizer and Carlotta Leclercq in the role of Marquerite. The playbill has many local advertisements and some information about the theatre company in the years 1870 and 1871. Charles Fechter travelled from London to the United States in 1870 and enjoyed a very succesful career in Boston. Critics disaproved of his "Hamlet" also advertised on this playbill but were captivated by his refined style and Continental training Hornblow vol. 2 p. 214. unknown books
198767286Ibadan: Designed and Printed by Wolfuns Nig. Co 1987. Paperback. Good. 62p. Wrapper. 30cm. Corner curled. Minor wrinkling. The periodical also seems to be referred to as Theatre Forum No. 1. <br/><br/> Designed and Printed by Wolfuns (Nig. Co paperback books
190945604New York: The De Vinne Press 1909. Softcover. Very good/No dust jacket. The De Vinne Press paperback books
1989195321San Francisco: The Studio at Theatre Rhinoceros 1989. Magazine. 20p. includes covers 5.5x8.5 inches cast crew biographies photos ads insert for understudy very good playbill/program in stapled pictorial wraps. Drag performance of the All-Female version of "The Odd Couple" starring Richard Wellner as "Lilly Street" playing Olive Madison & Steve Miller as "Stephanie" playing Florence Unger. Photos of the actors as themselves and in drag. The Studio at Theatre Rhinoceros unknown books
13149New York: Manhattan Theatre No date. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Original show bill for the Halsted Welles production of Murder In The Cathedral by T. S. Eliot. No date indicated but from 1936 according to other sources. A very good copy in thin stapled illustrated wrappers. Nice piece of Eliot and W.P.A. ephemera. <br/><br/> Manhattan Theatre paperback books
188227636Boston: James R. Osgood & Company 1882. 1st edition. Blue cloth binding with gilt & black stamped lettering on front cover & spine. VG slt lean/spine minutely darkened/faint foxing to eps. 10 188 4 pp. Index. Publisher catalogue last 4 pp dated Spring 1882. Illustrated with frontis & 5 inserted plates. 12mo. <br/><br/> James R. Osgood & Company hardcover books
192626291New York NY: New York Theatre Program Corporation 1926. 32 pages; color cover & endpaper illustrations; black and white illustrated within. Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" size; stapled paper wraps detached; some darkening wear to covers tips chipped a little; contents clean and in good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. New York Theatre Program Corporation paperback books
179621336Paris 1796. 390 x 290 mm. <br/><br/>Some foxing and minor wear. Hall III p. 385 2. <br/><br/>Raucourt a popular and controversial French actress made her debut at the Comédie Française in 1772 as Dido going on to play all the classical tragédienne roles. "Her beauty and talent had made her famous but her not so secret love affairs with other women made her notorious . Raucourt led the Sect of Anadrynes a society of lesbians in Paris . At the outbreak of the Revolution she was imprisoned for six months with other royalist members of the Comédie Française and she did not reappear upon that stage until the close of 1793 and then only for a short time. She deserted with a dozen of the best actors in the company to found a rival colony but a summons from the Directory brought her back in 1797 . Her funeral was the occasion of a riot. The clergy of her parish having refused to receive the body the crowd broke in the church doors and were only restrained from further violence by the arrival of an almoner sent posthaste by Louis XVIII." Wikipedia. unknown books
185444955San Francisco: Herald Steam Presses 1854. 1st printing presumed ca 1854. Self wrappers. Slight age-toning to paper; creases where its been folded lower quarter has been excised imperfect copy. Single sheet folded once to make four pages verso blank Unfolded: 18-7/8" x 11-3/4" <br/><br/>A scarce only other known copy at UC Berkeley Bancroft Library playbill from the early days of theatre in San Francisco with numerous reviews of the play from other newspapers. The theatre was at this time leased by Catherine Sinclair the former wife of the famous actor Edwin Forrest. This performance included a young Edwin Booth a favorite friend of Sinclair in the role of "Luis a soldier of fortune". Sinclair had to give up the theatre around 1855 due to financial difficulties but continued to support Booth despite his drinking and gambling problems. The theatre had a short run but played an integral part in the careers of both Booth and Sinclair. Montgomery Street was cut through by Columbus Ave. in 1873 and the theatre closed though a small slice of it remained until the 1906 earthquake. [Herald Steam Presses] unknown books
1950285American Ballet Theatre <i>Metropolitan Opera House October 8 to November 5 S. Hurok Presents Fall Victory Season of Russian Ballet by the Ballet Theatre with Massine Gollner Kaye Laing Chase Hightower Petroff Karnilova Romanoff J. Reed Tudor Kriza Alonso Orloff Robbins Lang R. Reed. Guest Artists: Anton Dolin Riabouchinska Youskevitch Lichine Eglevsky Argentinita Pilar Lopez & Co. and by Special Arrangement Tamara Toumanova. Antal Dorati Musical Director Mois Zlatin Associate Director. </i>A snake-broadside 79 cm x 7 cm announcing the repertory for performances at the Metropolitan Opera from October 8 to November 5 1950. While there is no year published on this broadside George Balanchine's <i>Waltz Academy </i>had its world and New York premieres on October 5 and 11 1944 respectively and <i>Pas de Deux </i>had its premiere on April 9 1946 featuring Alicia Alonzo and Andre Eglevsky. Sunday fell on October 8 and 22 only in 1950 and 1944. This surviving snake-broadside is folded and in pristine condition. Blue ink on cream paper. A rare surviving ephemeral document listing the repertory and legendary dancers of Ballet Theatre in the years immediately following World War II. S. Hurok books
193425772Moscow 1934. Children's Amateur Theatre. 8-1/2 x 11 11pp. Typescript copy. In the English Very fragile. unknown books
188911068NY: Charles Scribner's Sons 1889. 1st edition. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. TEG. VG slt cock/lt soiling & wear. 226 pp illustrated with plates & facsimiles sm 8vo. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
195929257New York: Living Theatre 1959. First edition. Paperback. Fine. Stapled decorated wrappers. 16 unnumbered pp. Program for the 1959 performance at The Living Theatre of Williams' Many Loves. It opened on January 13 1959. Brief essay by Martin Buber. A sparkling fine copy - as nice as we have ever handled. Living Theatre paperback books
196227364New York: Living Theatre 1962. First edition. Loose Sheets. Near Fine. Single sheet of illustrated and printed 9 x 11" tall sheet of paper. An advertising announcement for the Living Theatre production of Brecht's Man Is Man play. With background illustration of an elephant and a list of enthusiastic reviews. Poster is not dated but likely is from circa 1962 when this play was re-released first written and performed in 1926. Short closed tear else a near fine example. A scarce piece of Living Theatre ephemera. Living Theatre unknown books
1880List322Philadelphia: Studio of Joachim Gutekunst 1880. Mammoth albumen print on card mount with original gilt lettered mat 12 ¼ x 15 ¼ inches mat measuring 20 x 23 ½ inches. Very Good. Edwin Booth was a highly successful Shakespearean actor considered by some critics to be the greatest actor of his day. His career was complicated considerably by his relation to his brother John Wilkes Booth who Edwin would disown and refuse to mention following the assassination of President Lincoln Edwin rather poetically saved Abraham Lincoln's son Robert Todd Lincoln from possible death on a Jersey City train platform several months prior to the assassination pulling him up from between the tracks after he had been knocked off the train by a crowd. Booth had connections to Philadelphia owning a theatre there in the 1860s and this photograph was probably taken sometime after he had resumed his touring career after his Booth Theater in New York City closed in 1974 and judging from his age our best guess is that this was taken in the 1880s. Joachim Gutekunst was a highly prolific and successful photographer who enjoyed a four-decade career in Philadelphia with studios in various locations. We find no other record of this mammoth albumen portrait. A generally bright and well preserved print that has survived admirably with one small closed tear to the photograph of about half an inch. Studio of Joachim Gutekunst unknown books
1980209325San Francisco: The Magic Theatre 1980. 4-panel playbill 7x8.5 inches cast and crew bios playwright's statement previous owner's abusive criticism in ink otherwise good playbill/program with illustrated cover. The previous owner was not amused! The Magic Theatre unknown books
1989165244San Francisco: The Magic Theatre 1989. 8.5x11 inch blue publicity folder containing one 8x10 inch b&w production still and one 5x7 inch still several publicity release sheets a six-page 8.5x11 inch program for the Festival with play description playwright bios photos Magic chronology etc. a two sheet stapled release for the 1989-90 season a copy of Re:Write; the Playwrights Foundation Newsletter for 1989. The Magic Theatre unknown books
9272New York: Lyceum Theatre Folding advertisement-flyer for this show; black and white illustrated with scenes from the action mostly of Ina Claire Ina Fagan Claire 1895-1985 married John Gilbert; four panels; 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" size; light edge tips wear to paper; old fold lines and a few wrinkles; good condition. Soft Cover. Good. Lyceum Theatre Paperback books
185541960Boston: Hooton's Press 1855. Some age toning light creasing. Horizontal fold-line. Thumb-tack hole in top margin. Still a VG example of this fragile item. One broadside sheet printed recto only. 18-1/2" x 6-3/16" <br/><br/>The Boston Museum 1841–1903 also called the Boston Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts was a theatre wax museum natural history museum zoo and art museum in 19th C. Boston Massachusetts. Moses Kimball established the enterprise in 1841. Hooton's Press unknown books
19605095Buenos Aires 1960. Paperback. Very Good. photos 90p. Original wrapper. Slightly oblong 20 x 21cm. Spanish text. <br/><br/> paperback books
1947408891947. THEATER. LO MAGAZINE. LOMEO AND JULOET. February 1947. The promotional magazine for the Loew Theater group. Very Good. $10.00. <br/><br/> unknown books
194627261946. LOEWS THEATRE. LO MAGAZINE: SEPTEMBER 1946. Second anniversary Edition. Printed wraps; 23 pages. This issue features a three-page article on Loews theatre in Toronto Canada; a rear cover picture depicting the Loews operator in Queens NY welcoming his son back from military service in World War II and an interesting article by a Loews employee who witnessed the atomic bomb explosion at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. Very Good. $17.50. <br/><br/> paperback books
194627251946. LOEWS THEATRES. LO MAGAZINE: MAY 1 1946. An original copy of "Lo" magazine May 1 1946. Printed wraps 19 pages. A monthly magazine issued by the Loews Theatre chain with various articles on theatres employees and the theatre business. This issue features a front cover of actor Walter Pidgeon greeting women from a New York City Loews Theatre; a two-page article on early theatre air-conditioning; and fashion advice from Irene of Hollywood. With many pictures mostly of Loews staff. Very Good few small creases. $17.50. <br/><br/> paperback books
194627231946. LOEWS THEATRE. LO MAGAZINE: DECEMBER 1946. An original copy of "Lo" magazine December 1946. Printed wraps 23 pages. A monthly magazine issued by Loews Theatre chain with various articles on theatres employees and the theatre business. This issue features a three-page article on the three Loews State theatres in Washington DC written by the theatre's publicity manager Brock Whitlock. With many pictures mostly of staff. Very Good. $17.50. <br/><br/> paperback books
196030310New York: Living Theatre 1960. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Plastic ring bound slender volume which collects newspaper and magazine reviews of the Living Theatre performances of The Connection by Jack Gelber which was performed for the first time on July 15 1959 directed by Judith Malina and designed by Julian Beck. 36 pp. Not dated but realistically circulated sometime around 1960. Very good condition with a few of the fragile plastic rings having partially snaped off. Living Theatre paperback books
