Encounters -- Six One Act Plays
Samuel French, Inc., June 1967. Trade Paperback. Collection of Six One Act Plays including: Birdbath, Ferryboat, Halloween, Lunchtime, The Shirt, Times Square. More
Samuel French, Inc., June 1967. Trade Paperback. Collection of Six One Act Plays including: Birdbath, Ferryboat, Halloween, Lunchtime, The Shirt, Times Square. More
S. French, January 1980. Stapled Pamphlet. Stapled -- with two staples -- along spine. Mildly darkened margins of yellow card covered soft cover pamphlet. Previous owner's name in ink verso of front cover [84 pages]. More
Clarendon Press, March 1994. Hardcover. Shakespeare's Henry V has traditionally been acclaimed for its impressive depiction of the psychological and political impact of warfare, and it remains one of the most widely-discussed plays in the canon. In this highly original, scholarly, and thought-provoking study Professor Meron uses rare medieval ordinances..... More
Random House (NY), September 1988. Hardcover. A perfect matching of subject and author, the opening volume of Michael Holroyd's three-volume life of Bernard Shaw is a dazzling portrayal of a man who dominated the age he lived in. 32 pages of photos. More
Random House (NY), October 1991. Hardcover. The third and final volume of Michael Holroyd's Olympian biography of George Bernard Shaw, The Lure of Fantasy brings the magnificent live of Shaw to a triumphant climax. Volume 3 opens with Shaw's impassioned (and unheeded) campaign for a just peace after World War..... More
Penguin Books, October 1988. Paper Back. Thomas Middleton was one of the most prolific and fascinating playwrights of the Jacobean era, producing nearly fifty theatrical pieces in a quarter of a century. This collection comprises five of his most powerful plays, from the comedies satirizing city life, A Trick to..... More
Penguin Classics, December 1965. Mass Market PaperBack. 1970 re-print w/ orange cover; Spine shows mild wear from use; Clean text; Previous owner initnals present at publisher page. More
A&C Black, October 2006. Trade Paperback. "The next good mood I find my father in, I'll get him quite discarded" With these chillingly offhand words, Beatrice-Joanna, the spoilt daughter of a powerful nobleman, plots to get rid of the family servant who has crossed her once too often. The Changeling..... More
Heuer Publishing / Samuel French, January 1942. Stapled Soft Cover. Marginal ink markings throughout text; still fair reading copy. Mild discoloration to cover. More
Penguin Classics, October 2000. Trade Paperback. A Penguin Classic Joe Keller and Steve Deever, partners in a machine shop during World War II, turned out defective airplane parts, causing the deaths of many men. Deever was sent to prison while Keller escaped punishment and went back to business, making himself..... More
Reynal & Hitchcok, 1947. Reprint. Cloth. Octavo. 2nd printing. Beige cloth covered boards with darkened margins and spine. Dark blue lettering along spine. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front pastedown. Dustjacket is missing. Tick marks and side notes in pencil lightly scattered through text. [83 pages]. More
Penguin Classics, March 2003. Trade Paperback. A haunting examination of groupthink and mass hysteria in a rural community A Penguin Classic "I believe that the reader will discover here the essential nature of one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history," Arthur Miller wrote in an introduction..... More
Penguin Classics, March 2003. Trade Paperback. A haunting examination of groupthink and mass hysteria in a rural community A Penguin Classic "I believe that the reader will discover here the essential nature of one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history," Arthur Miller wrote in an introduction..... More
Penguin (Non-Classics), October 1976. Trade Paperback. The enduring classic drama of the Salem witch trials was inspired by the political witch-hunting activities of Senator Joseph McCarthy in the '50s. Though set in the 17th century, "The Crucible" presents issues still gnawing at modern society. More
Penguin (Non-Classics), October 1976. Trade Paperback. Willy Loman, the protagonist of "Death of a Salesman," has spent his life following the American way, living out his belief in salesmanship as a way to reinvent himself. But somehow the riches and respect he covets have eluded him. At age 63, he..... More
Viking Press, July 1971. Hardcover. More
New Directions, April 1979. Trade Paperback. A "melo-melo in seven scenes," Just Wild About Harry is Henry Miller's only excursion into playwriting. Harry is pure Miller, welling up from the same abundant love of life and freedom from convention that made its author the dean of writers dedicated to human..... More
Bristol Classical Press, February 2006. Paper Back. Accessible introductions to ancient tragedies discuss the main themes of a play and the central developments in modern criticism, while also addressing the play's historical context and the history of its performance and adaptation. References to Dionysus in popular culture focus on the..... More
Oxford University Press, August 2006. Hardcover. Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) is the founder of modern theater, and his plays are performed all over the world. Yet in spite of his unquestioned status as a classic of the stage, Ibsen is often dismissed as a boring old realist, whose plays are of..... More
Easton Press, January 1980. Leather. Full leather. Gilt edges. Silk ribbon page marker. Moire endpapers. More
Theatre Communications Group, June 2010. Trade Paperback. "Richard Wilbur's translations of classic French drama are among the undiscovered treasure of our recent literature."-The Hudson Review Molière's late, elegant comedy, based on Plautus' Roman version, alludes to the love affairs of the French king. This is the fourth and final volume..... More
Theatre Communications Group, June 2010. Trade Paperback. "A mischievous new translation by the poet Richard Wilbur, [The Bungler] is great good fun and should open the gate for the play to be presented with the regularity it deserves."--Bruce Weber, The New York Times "My notion of translation is that you..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, October 2008. Trade Paperback. His biting satire, witty dialogue, and irreverent staging have made him a favorite with theatergoers for four centuries. This Norton Critical Edition of Moliere's most controversial and most often-performed play is based on Constance Congdon's acclaimed new verse translation. It is..... More
Signet Classics, February 1960. Mass Market PaperBack. This memorable collection represents the many facets of Moliere's genius and offers a superb introduction to the "comic inventiveness, richness of fabric, and insight" which comprise Moliere's living legacy to theater and literature. More
Harcourt Brace, 1965. Trade Paperback. More
Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 1959. Stapled Pamphlet. {5' x 7 & 1/4'} Rubbing & soiling to cover. Previous owner's name inked half title page. [38 pages]. More
Oxford University Press, October 1983. Hardcover. More
Fireside, November 1988. Hardcover. {7 & 1/2 x 9 & 1/2'} In heavily foxed/marginally darkened dustjacket. Book Club edition. Red spine with black lettering. Cream colored boards. Heavy foxing especially to margins. [313 pages]. More
McGraw-Hill, February 1984. Cloth. Octavo in dustjacket with darkening at margins. Marginal tanning of DJ verso. Teal cloth covered boards with gold lettering along spine. Tanning of end pages. Foxing/dust stains textblock edges. [228 pp.]. More
Rowman & Littlefield (Non NPP|, January 1980. Trade Paperback. More
Cambridge University Press, June 1977. First Thus. Paper Back. Aspects of Macbeth, with its companion volume, Aspects of Othello, brings together authoritative articles by distinguished Shakespeare scholars. In making their selections from the entire range of Shakespeare Survey volumes, Professors Kenneth Muir and Philip Edwards have borne the interests of..... More
Cambridge University Press, September 2001. Paper Back. This is the first full production history of Long Day's Journey Into Night, by Eugene O'Neill. It provides a detailed account of the most significant productions throughout the world, on stage, film, and television. The book conveys the unique interpretations of the Tyrone..... More
Methuen Drama, June 1998. Reprint. Paper Back. The most distinctive, the most restless, the most obsessive imagination at work in the Irish theatre today Brian Friel The Wake recounts the story of a woman, returning from the USA to her home town in Ireland. As her family learn of her..... More
Dover Publications, June 1959. Paper Back. An indispensable complement to the study of the drama. -- Educational Theatre Journal. A rich resource for students of theater and theater historians, this volume features an annotated collection of more than 300 unusually interesting and detailed articles. Passages by contemporary observers from ancient..... More
Yale Univ Pr, August 1981. Trade Paperback. More
Simon & Schuster, October 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. The renowned American playwright reveals how, following the death of his wife, he found creative inspiration in his career and a new relationship. Very light shelf wear on the jacket. Price clipped. More
Stage & Screen, January 1995. Book Club. Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. More
Palgrave MacMillan, January 2013. Trade Paperback. If violence is a terrible thing, why do we watch it? Nevitt explores the use of violence in theatre and its effect on spectators. Critically engaging with examples of stage combat, rape, terrorism, wrestling and historical re-enactments, she argues that studying violence through theatre..... More
William Morrow & Co., Inc., January 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo {6' x 9'} In heavily chipped, edgeworn & torn with 'repairs' by clear tape. Darkening & marginal foxing. Verso is heavily dakrened/tanned. Front flap is clipped. Quarter bound with red cloth covered spine, gold and black lettering. Lemon yellow..... More
Red Globe Press, June 2009. Trade Paperback. What motivates theatre-makers who work in education? How can theatre respond to young people's experiences of living in a globalised world? Theatre & Education provides an insight into the energy, passion and values that have inspired the most inventive theatre-makers who work with..... More
Hill and Wang, August 1983. Trade Paperback. 'night, Mother is a taut and fluid drama that addresses different emotions and special relations. By one of America's most talented playwrights, this play won the Dramatists Guild's prestigious Hull-Warriner Award, four Tony nominations, the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, and the Pulitzer Prize..... More
Theatre Communications Group, September 2009. Trade Paperback. Winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama "A powerhouse drama. . . . Lynn Nottage's beautiful, hideous and unpretentiously important play [is] a shattering, intimate journey into faraway news reports."--Linda Winer, Newsday "An intense and gripping new drama . . . the..... More
Betterway Books, March 2000. Oversize Softcover. From auditions and rehearsals to publicity, this guide leads directors, producers, choreographers and actors through the specific. More
Prentice-Hall, January 1968. Paper Back. Soiling to cover. Underlining and doodles and previous owner's name in ink. [119 pages]. More
Routledge, October 2010. Oversize Softcover. Stanislavski in Practice is an unparalleled step-by-step guide to Stanislavski's System. Author Nick O'Brien makes this cornerstone of acting accessible to teachers and students alike. This is an exercise book for students and a lesson planner for teachers on syllabi from Edexcel, WJEC and AQA..... More
Gramercy, June 2000. Hardcover. A quick-reference, handy guide to the plays of Shakespeare encompasses six thousand entries that cover historical dates and facts, the plots of every play, a profile of every major character, criticsm from the most eminent scholars, and a glossary. Light shelf wear / edge wear on..... More
Random House, January 1952. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. Octavo {5' x 8'}. In DJ with sun-browned spine & marginal tanning. Front flap is clipped. Verso tanned. Boards covered by beige color cloth with red & gold lettering and devices. B&W photograph of Harold Lang (as Joey) and Vivienne Segal..... More
Vintage/Random House, November 1972. Mass Market PaperBack. Previous owner's name stamp top textblock edge, verso of front cover and last page of book. (233 pages plus 14 page list of Vintage titles.). More
Vintage / Random House, March 1957. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. The place: A cheap gin-mill in New York City. The time: a salesman's birthday celebration during the summer of 1912 when the delineation between hopes, dreams and pipe dreams disintegrates when "self-knowledge" destroys self-respect, compassion and life. Mass market paperback..... More
Vintage, June 1974. Mass Market PaperBack. Previous owner's name inked verso of cover. [115 pp.]. More
Horace Liveright, 1929. Cloth. Octavo. Missing dustjacket. Black cloth covered boards with quite faded gilt lettering & fleurs-de-lys decoration on spine. Bumped corners & worn edges. Heavily darkened top textblock edge. Deckled fore-edge. Previous owner's name inked last page. [352 pp.]. More
Vintage/Random House, November 1959. Mass Market PaperBack. Gently used; Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine un-creased; Text free of markings; An excellent copy. More
Vintage, March 1983. Mass Market PaperBack. More
Modern Library, January 1933. Flexible Boards. 16mo. Four & 1/4-inch x Six & 3/4-inch; Brown umber cloth covered flexible boards with gold lettering on spine & modern library colophon front panel. Kent end papers. In dustjacket with red & blue inke with black lettering. Not price clipped, but heavily darkened..... More
Modern Library College Editions, January 1967. Mass Market PaperBack. Mild user wear. Superficial creasing of cover. Previous owner's name stamped verso front cover, top edge and last page centered. 409 pages plus five pages of Modern Library titles then available. More
Yale University Press, August 1978. Paper Back. 4th printing. Octavo. Darkened spine. Rubbing. Ocasional highlighting (yellow) through text. Dust staining/foxing top textblock edge. Decent reading copy. Ink writing rear cover top edge, and previous owner's name in same hand top edge verso of front cover. [194 pages]. More
University Alabama Press, January 2017. Hardcover. Eugene O'Neill Remembered offers new views into the playwright's life by capturing the direct memories of those who were close to him through interviews, memoirs, and other recollections. These sixty-two remembrances create an unprecedented image of O'Neill. Known principally as the author of some..... More
Faber Faber Inc, November 1986. Oversized Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Tape-repaired dust jacket. More
Dover Pub T1606, January 1966. Trade Paperback. More
Simon & Schuster, January 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing w/ full number line; Solid binding, gently worn at spine; Clean, sturdy quarter cloth boards; Pages free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket mildly worn from handling w/ no significant flaws to disclose; A solid copy despite some cosmetic flaws. More
Routledge, December 1990. Trade Paperback. One of British actor Sir Laurence Olivier's greatest achievements was to set up The Royal National Theatre and lead it from 1963 to 1973. Olivier's closest colleagues have written 36 short essays, accompanied by rarely seen photographs, celebrating the actor and his working methods. Compiled..... More
Yale Univ Pr, March 2000. Trade Paperback. More
Viking / Compass, 1962. Paper Back. 12mo. First Compass edition. Well worn at edges & corners. Bowed spine with clear tape 'repair' & reinforcement along torn spine fold. Dust stains Previous owner's name in ink half title page. Partial crack hinge and torn page (2 & 3/4' from top) after..... More
Dramatic Publishing Company, January 1959. Paper Back. 12mo. Mild, marginal tanning. Previous owner's name inked titled page.[86 pp.]. More
[Grasmere?] : Shakespeare's Globe and the Wordsworth Trust, January 2002. Trade Paperback. More
Capra Press, November 1977. Trade Paperback. More
Samuel French Inc, January 1972. Trade Paperback. More
Oxford University Press, June 2007. Paper Back. Now in paperback, The Oxford Guide to Plays offers a marvelous beideker to 1000 of the most important plays in world theater. Covering everything from The Seagull and The Tempest to Dancing at Lughnasa, Angels in America, and The Heidi Chronicles, this volume..... More
Yale University Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. In this critical biography, Sally Peters explores Shaw's background and beliefs, interests and obsessions, relations with men and women, prose writings and dramatic art. In deciphering the enigma that was Shaw, she uncovers a convoluted and extravagant inner life studded with erotic secrets..... More
Grove/Atlantic, April 2000. Trade Paperback. In the early 1970s Harold Pinter joined forces with director Joseph Losey and Proust scholar Barbara Bray to develop a screenplay of Proust's masterpiece, Remembrance of Things Past. Pinter took more than a year to conceive and write the screenplay and called the experience "the..... More
Manyland Books, January 1974. Cloth. {5 & 1/2 x 8 & 3/4'} In dustjacket with edgewear & darkening at edges. Pencil underlining & side notes scattered through text. Black cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine and front. Previous owner's name, address & phone # inked on FFEP. [68..... More
Penguin Books, May 1964. Mass Market PaperBack. Brilliantly adapting Greek New Comedy for Roman audiences, the sublime comedies of Plautus (c. 254-184 BC) are the earliest surviving complete works of Latin literature. The four plays collected here reveal a playwright in his prime, exploring classic themes and developing standard characters..... More
Penguin Books, May 1964. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. Brilliantly adapting Greek New Comedy for Roman audiences, the sublime comedies of Plautus (c. 254-184 BC) are the earliest surviving complete works of Latin literature. The four plays collected here reveal a playwright in his prime, exploring classic themes and developing standard..... More
Red Globe Press, July 2009. Trade Paperback. Shakespeare's late plays are a 'mixed bag' with a common theme: from the fiendishly jealous Leontes to the saintly Pericles; from the ineffectual Cymbeline to the omnipotent Propspero; from the 'sprites and goblins' of The Tempest to the famous bear of The Winter's..... More
New Directions Publishing, 1959. First Thus. Paper Back. First ND Paperbook Edition, 1959; Covers moderately worn from use w/ some creasing and edge-wear present; Mild wear at spine though apparent creasing is not present; Pages free of markings; Includes essay on The NOH by William Butler Yeats. More
Colin Smythe/Barnes & Noble, December 1988. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo. In dustjacket with edgewear and small tears. Front flap is clipped., Navy blue cloth with gold lettering along spine. Unmarked interiors.[309 pp.]. More
Columbia University Press, 1965. Stapled Pamphlet. Octavo. Yellow cover with darkened spine & margins. With two staples. [47 pages]. More
Penguin USA, April 1986. Trade Paperback. Cover wear. More
Palgrave Macmillan, July 2009. Trade Paperback. Act of violence or show of strength? In a world of spectacular suffering and power plays - large and small - what is theatre's role in protecting human dignity? With its impassioned plays, inspired activism and outspoken artists, the theatre has long provided a...... More
Dodd Mead, November 1986. Hardcover. Slight lean; two corners creased; jacket chipped. More
Red Globe Press, July 2009. Trade Paperback. What is globalization? What role is there for the theatre in a globalizing world? This original and provocative book explores the contribution that theatre has made to our slowly evolving consciousness of our world as a whole. Drawing on sources from Aeschylus to..... More
Odyssey Press, January 1970. Paper Back. Octavo. Moderate wear to cover. Previous reader's name written in ink half title page. [228 pages]. More
Methuen Drama, June 2009. Trade Paperback. What is ethics and what has it got to do with theatre? Drawing on both theoretical material and practical examples, Ridout makes a clear and compelling critical intervention, raising fundamental questions about what theatre is for and how audiences interact with it. One of..... More
Simon & Schuster, October 2016. First Thus. Paper Back. "A vivid page-turner" (NPR) detailing the rise, fall, and redemption of Broadway--its stars, its biggest shows, its producers, and all the drama, intrigue, and power plays that happened behind the scenes."A rich, lovely, debut history of New York theater in the..... More
Bloomsbury Academic, June 2001. Trade Paperback. In the same winning formula as The New Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie (more than 300,000 copies sold) and The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Sherlock Holmes (1999), this all-new companion to Shakespeare will present The Bard in a new..... More
Vintage, April 1990. Trade Paperback. More
The Modern Library, 1929. Reprint. Cloth. {4' x 7 & 1/2'} Reprint of early Modern Library edition with brown balloon cloth covered with stamped gold torchbearer front and all but completely faded with age gold lettering upon spine. Dustjacket is missing. Brown tinted textblock top edge. salmon colored Kent end..... More
Bantam Classic & Loveswept, July 1990. Mass Market PaperBack. This is Edmond Rostand's immortal play in which chivalry and wit, bravery and love are forever captured in the timeless spirit of romance. Set in Louis XIII's reign, it is the moving and exciting drama of one of the finest swordsmen..... More
Cambridge University Press, August 2017. Paper Back. Edward Albee (1928-2016) was a central figure in modern American theatre, and his bold and often experimental theatrical style won him wide acclaim. This book explores the issues, public and private, that so influenced Albee's vision over five decades, from his first great..... More
Doubleday Anchor, January 1963. First Edition. Mass Market PaperBack. 'Anchor Books ediition is the first publication of' this book. Sound, without interior markings. Marginal darkening. [368 pp.]. More
Theatre Communications Group, October 2010. Trade Paperback. Named one of the "Ten Best Plays of 2008" by The New Yorker "Sarah Ruhl's bold, inventive, and ironic triptych [is] a meditation on devotion and its appropriation by the state. . . . Ruhl is an original; a storyteller with a fine..... More
Dramatist's Play Service, January 1998. Trade Paperback. Some yellow highlighting. More
Prentice Hall, June 1971. Trade Paperback. More
Barron's Educational Series, 1962. Reprint. Paper Back. {5' x 7'} 12mo. Moderate shelf wear & rubbing.[111 pages]. More
Nick Hern Books, January 1996. Paper Back. Octavo. Previous owner's name in ink first inside page. [82 pages]. More
Oxford University Press, USA, December 1991. Hardcover. When S. Schoenbaum's Shakespeare's Lives first appeared over twenty years ago, critics enthusiastically hailed it as a triumph of wit and scholarship. Stanley Wells, the editor of Shakespeare's complete works, called it an extraordinary achievement....fluent, vivid, and intelligent. Writing in the Saturday Review..... More
Oxford University Press, USA, November 1979. Oversize Softcover. some bumping along corners and slight yellowing, but otherwise in excellent VG condition. More
University of Missouri, June 2021. Hardcover. In 2011, the centennial of Tennessee Williams's birth, events were held around the world honoring America's greatest playwright. There were festivals, conferences, and exhibitions held in places closely associated with Williams's life and career--New Orleans held major celebrations, as did New York, Key West..... More
Indiana University, 1964. Hardcover. Edited by Thomas Newton. Introduction by T.S. Eliot. Silver-stamped blue cloth. Top edge heavily foxed; light foxing on endpapers and other edges. Shadow from sticker removal on front free endpaper. Spine a bit cocked. Minor edgewear. Jacket clipped, dampstained. Still, a good, solid copy of an..... More
Samuel French, Inc., January 1992. Reprint. Paper Back. 12mo. [115 pages+six page list of Samuel French titles]. More