217 résultats
181398San Francisco: The California Labor School n.d. 5.5x8.5x inch leaflet folded from a single mimeographed sheet listing the cast of the various productions; single small red smear on back panel. Produced by Jose Tiny Correia and Jerry Walter the evening featured such pieces as "Mourning becomes Electra Student demonstration" "King takes a fall" "Don't talk to me of love" by Malvina Reynolds copyrighted 1959 "Ludlow Massacre" by Woodie Guthrie "Swingin' on a scab" and more. Narration was done by Mort Vicker. Circa mid to late 1950s. The California Labor School unknown books
188127635Boston: James R. Osgood & Company 1881. 1st edition BAL 23045. Blue cloth binding with gilt & black stamped lettering on front cover & spine. VG slt lean/spine minutely darkened. x 4 252 7 3 pp. Publisher catalogue last 10 pp dated October 1881. Illustrated with frontis & 8 inserted plates one cut. 12mo. <br/><br/> James R. Osgood & Company hardcover books
193415610Moscow: International Theatre 1934. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Magazine. 64 pp. Scarce double issue #3 and 4 of this magazine devoted to the international theatre. Edited by Heinrich Diamant. Text in English. Illustrated with photographs. With articles on Fascism The German Cinema and Real Life by S. Eisenstein The Crisis in Modern Bourgeois Music by L. Lebedinsky Gorky's Theatrical Style by P. Novitsky and much more. This copy in about very good condition. Internally clean. This copy has been Signed twice once on the front cover and once on the title page by Irish playwright Denis Johnston. International Theatre paperback books
193415609Moscow: International Theatre 1934. First edition. Paperback. Good. Magazine. 64 pp. The scarce first issue of this magazine devoted to the international theatre. Edited by Heinrich Diamant. Text in English. Illustrated with photographs. With articles on Mongolian Theatre The Revolutionary Theatre Movement of the Korean People the Worker's Theatre in Britain and much more. This copy in about good condition. With chips and tearing at spine. Covers a bit loose. Internally clean. This copy has been Signed twice once on the front cover and once on the title page by Irish playwright Denis Johnston. <br/><br/> International Theatre paperback books
187445063London: E. Rimmel 1874. 1st printing presumed. Bolton BL no. 25. Printed self wrappers. A VG copy some age toning and chips at fore-edge some scattered stains no text is obscured. Single leaf folded vertically to form 4 pp. Elaborate pictorial title-page. Folded: 9-3/8" x 7-5/8" <br/><br/>The Gaiety Theatre The Strand London was where Dickens saw his last play in 1869. This production of The Battle of Life was edited for the stage by Charles Dickens Jr. and starred prominent actors John Lawrence Toole 1830-1906 as Ben Britain and Ellen Farren 1848-1904 as Clemency Newcombe. No library holdings found on OCLC: scarce. The play opened on December 26 1873. E. Rimmel unknown books
1939196399Hollywood: The Playgoer/Hollywood Playhouse 1939. Magazine. 32p. includes covers5.75x8.5 inches program for the show ads very good playbill in stapled green printed wraps. This musical comedy review/history of vaudeville was one of the final productions for the Federal Theatre and ran from 10/29/1938 - 5/14/1939 in Hollywood on Las Palms. Halle Flanagan gives the production a long paragraph review on page 291 of her book "Arena The Playgoer/Hollywood Playhouse unknown books
1970201045San Francisco: The Company & The New Committee Theatre 1970. Single 8.5x11 inch sheet printed both sides thumbnail photos of production reviews on rear very good black print on goldenrod stock. Handbill for the final performances of the Los Angeles Company Theatre touring production which won awards in 1969 and moved to New York after the San Francisco shows. The Company was founded by Gar Campbell and was a highly respected experimental company that shook up LA showcase theatre in the 1960s-1981. The Company & The New Committee Theatre unknown books
198323255New York: Grove Press 1983. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Tall trade paperbound volume. This is the advance proof copy of Malina's diaries. A very good example in bound illustrated wrappers. Offsetting to last page and inside rear cover. Malina was the co-founder of The Living Theatre an experimental performance troupe. Unuusual format for this book. Grove Press paperback books
186045068San Francisco: Calhoun Printer 1860. 1st Printing. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. AN About VG copy some age-toning and foxing first line of text discolored & somewhat obscured from evidence of mounting materials and repair to top-edge verso. Broadside leaflet. 7-3/8" x 4" <br/><br/>The headline production presumed to be inspired by Mrs Hofland's 1842 novel "The CZARINA: An Historical Romance of the Court of Russia." A scarce early San Francisco playbill for the Lyceum Theatre which was managed by a member of the Booth family at the time. Calhoun, Printer unknown books
192826296New York NY: The New York Magazine Program 1928. 32 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 couple of tiny edge-chips; contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. The New York Magazine Program paperback books
2010163663Chicago: Steppenwolf 2010. 56p. 5.5x8.5 inches bios photos character genealogy etc. very good first edition booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. Program for the World Premiere of the trilogy. Steppenwolf unknown books
192526302New York NY: The New York Theatre Advertising Medium 1925. 16 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; previous owner note regarding seeing the show on first page; contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. The New York Theatre Advertising Medium paperback books
1954231274New York. : Ballet Theatre Foundation. 1954. . Stapled wrap. Very light soiling and light wear to covers otherwise a very good copy. . 4to. Signed by Igor Youskevich Alicia Alonso John Kriza Melissa Hayden Roy Fitzell and Job Sanders on their respective photographs. Program for 1954 series at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House laid in. Numerous photographs of the performers. Ballet Theatre Foundation. unknown books
197135717Moscow: Iskusstvo Publishing House 1971. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong folio. Original publisher's linen boards. 182 pp. 1f. <br/><br/>Profusely illustrated with 162 reproductions of Russian set and costume designs and several portraits relating primarily to Russian theatrical productions of the 20th century many in color from the collection of the State Central Museum of Theatre Art founded by Alexei Alexandrovich Bakhrushin 1865-1929. With introduction and full descriptive inventory of illustrations in Russian and English. On coated paper. Binding slightly worn. In worn dustjacket. Iskusstvo Publishing House hardcover books
1998262132San Francisco: Teatro Shalom 1998. Four-panel program 8.5x11 inches cast and crew about the play bios theatre ads very good on light yellow stock. Teatro Shalom was a multi-ethnic group which included Jewish and Latino members as well as Asian Americans in this production. Teatro Shalom unknown books
1955130944Milano: G. Ricordi 1955. Softcover. VG. Cream pictorial wraps. pages 359 to 376. 11 black and white portraits 3 reproductions of sketches by Renato Guttuso. In Italian. G. Ricordi unknown books
62558Buenos Aires n.d. Paperback. Very Good/Good. illustrations some color text unnumbered 82 pages. Original wrapper. 21cm. Chipped yellow glassine jacket present glued down on backstrip. Spanish text. <br/><br/> paperback books
2065Prague. Evzen J. Rosendorf. 1926. Only edition. Paper Wraps. 8vo. Adolf Hoffmeister illustrator. Music by Jaroslav Jezek. 112pp. Pages loose condition is good. unknown books
2066Prague. Evzen J. Rosendorf. 1926. First and only edition. Paper Wraps. 8vo. Adolf Hoffmeister illustrator. Music by Jaroslav Jezek. 112pp. Pages loose condition is good. unknown books
13007Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Unusual original press photograph of the important French actor and muse of Jean Cocteau with a stocking over his head alongside the French film actress. The press caption on the verso reads: "Michele Morgan who apart from her professional activity as an actress has opened a boutique chose this unusual way of showing off a new line of stockings." Dated September 20 1967. In fine condition. 18 x 24 cm. unknown books
1941301342New York Theatre Arts Inc. 1941. 1941. 4to. 99 halftone plates from b/w photographs. Original blue boards with printed paper label on the front cover chip at top of spine; small nick between spine and cover; spine faded; small stain on front free endpaper. Very good. $22.50 Theatre Arts Prints Series 4. Printed by Supreme Printing Service New York. Provenance: from the estate of director Delbert Mann with his signature on the front free endpaper: "Delbert Mann Jr. Yale 1946". Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. New York, Theatre Arts, Inc. [1941]. hardcover books
1996107748London: Routledge 1996. Hardcover. viii 276p. introduction photos very good first edition in decorative boards. Seven theater pieces performed at the WOW Women's One World by the Split Britches Theater Company. Routledge hardcover books
28337New York: Living Theatre No Date. First edition. Loose Sheets. Very Good. Single sheet of pale yellow paper decorated and printed in black and white. Sheet measures 8 1/2 x 11 1/2" tall. Not dated other than Jan 28 - Feb 3 year undtated. The small poster advertises a Book Fair with manuscripts and autographed First Editions to raise funds for The Living Theatre. Artist not stated. This particular example was mailed to Jay Socin with his name and address on the verso. Folded twice for mailimg else a very good example. Uncommon L.T. ephemera. Living Theatre unknown books
12803Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Program cover signed by the English-American stage and film actor screenwriter producer and two-time director.  From an unknown production or event at the 5 Towns Music and Art Foundation taking place at the Central Theatre Cedarhurst NY.  Left edge rough; otherwise in very fine condition.  Single sheet 15.2 x 22.6 cm. unknown books
13061Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Signed photograph postcard of the French singer actress and dancer known for her beauty and her relationship with King Manuel II of Portugal. Deslys is shown on stage wearing a fantastic feathered hat. Mounting remnants on verso trimmed else in fine condition. 8 x 12.3 cm.<br>The danseuse singer and actress became incredibly popular worldwide in the 1910's. Born Marie-Elise-Gabrielle Caire Deslys chose her stage name as an abbreviation of Gabrielle of the Lillies. Known for her beauty Deslys delighted audiences both on stage and off appearing on Broadway in her early career and making the jump to silent films soon after. She also saw popularity after King Manuel II of Portugal's infatuation with her became public knowledge having an on again off again relationship for a number of years though she later became involved with actor Harry Pilcer. In 1919 Deslys contracted a severe throat infection caused by the Spanish influenza which was further complicated by her request to not have any surgeries done that would scar her neck. She died soon after passing away in Paris in 1920 leaving her entire estate to the poor of Marseilles. <br> unknown books
