The Shorter Plays of Bernard Shaw.
Dodd, Mead (Apollo Eds.), January 1960. Trade Paperback. More
Drama
Major Barbara
Dover Publications, May 2002. Trade Paperback. Fabian socialist and ardent proselytizer, George Bernard Shaw viewed his role as a playwright as far more than that of an entertainer. His audiences heard fully articulated sermons on moral and economic issues, a potentially dry theatrical experience enlivened by Shaw's genius for creating..... More
British Theatre in the 1950s
UNKNO. Trade Paperback. More
British Theatre Since the War
Yale University Press, September 2000. Trade Paperback. Vibrant, varied, and controversial, British theatre of the past fifty years has encompassed invigorating indigenous drama, political didactics, the formation of such institutions as the National Theatre, worldwide exportation of West End musicals, and much more. This entertaining and authoritative book-the first comprehensive..... More
Motel Chronicles
Consortium Book Sales & Dist, May 1983. Trade Paperback. Motel Chronicles reveals the fast-moving and sometimes surprising world of the man behind the plays that have made Sam Shepard a living legend in the theater. Shepard chronicles his own life birth in Illinois, childhood memories of Guam, Pasadena and rural..... More
Four Two-Act Plays: La Turista; The Tooth of Crime; Geography of a Horse Dreamer; Operation Sidewinder
Urizen, 1980. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Octavo. Top edge dust stains/foxing. Previous owner's name inked top edge half title page. More
The School for Scandal and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)
Penguin Classics, February 1989. Paper Back. The three plays collected in this volume demonstrate Sheridan's unerring ability to create unrivalled comedy out of ingenious plots, witty repartee, farcical situations and flamboyant characters. And while he never overtly moralizes, Sheridan uses brilliant comedy to deflate hypocrisy and satirize the manners of..... More
There Shall Be No Night
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941. Cloth. Octavo. Jacket is missing. Red cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine and front panel. Well worn. Darkened spine. Damp stains & discoloration to boards. Likewise damp stains to fore-edge. Top edge heavy dust stains. Tanning end pages. [178 pages]. More
Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part
Walker Books Ltd, January 2003. Trade Paperback. The casting director for "Chicago, Pippin, Becket, Gypsy, The Graduate, the Sound of Music" and "Jesus Christ Superstar" tells you how you can find your dream! Absolutely everything an actor needs to know to get the part is here: What to do that..... More
The Old Arcadia
Oxford University Press, April 1985. Paper Back. Sidney was in his early twenties when he wrote his 'Old' Arcadia for the amusement of his younger sister, the Countess of Pembroke. A romantic story in the manner of Shakespeare's early comedies, the 'Old' Arcadia also includes over 70 poems in a...... More
Rewrites: A Memoir
Simon & Schuster, September 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. The autobiography of a successful American playwright who has won virtually all major awards including the Pulitzer and the Tony, which reveals the struggles that went into becoming the success he is today. Octavo in dustjacket. Front flap not clipped. Quarter bound..... More
One Way Pendulum: A Farce in a New Dimension (E-325)
Grove / Evergreen Original, 1961. First Thus. Trade Paperback. First U.S. paperback edition. Edgewear. Foxing, especially heavily to cover verso front and rear and likewise heavy foxing to first & last pages of textblock. [94 pp.]. More
Shakespeare's Globe Playhouse
Charles Scribner's Sons. Oversize Softcover. Book edges, inside cover, and endpages foxed. Otherwise, textblock clean. More
Company: A Musical Comedy
Random House, January 1970. Book Club. Hardcover. Octavo. In edgeworn jacket. Black textured paper covered boards with gold lettering on spine and blind stamped RH colophon front board. Book Club edition. [118 pages]. More
The Dramas of Sophocles
Everyman's Library, 1947. Hardcover. Everyman's Library; 1947; Hardcover; Good book in Good jacket; Mild age wear present; Solid binding with clean, sturdy boards; Previous owner book-plate present at front free end-page; Mild chipping present at jacket edges; Jacket housed in protective mylar for further preservation. More
Sophocles, the Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
Mariner Books, November 2002. Trade Paperback. English versions of Sophocles' three great tragedies based on the myth of Oedipus, translated for a modern audience by two gifted poets. Index. As is. Minor notes and underlining. More
Antigone
Oxford University Press, USA, September 2007. Paper Back. Oedipus, the former ruler of Thebes, has died. Now, when his young daughter Antigone defies her uncle, Kreon, the new ruler, because he has prohibited the burial of her dead brother, she and he enact a primal conflict between young and old..... More
Oedipus Tyrannus; A New Translation. Passages from Ancient Authors. Religion and Psychology : Some Studies. Criticism
W W Norton & Co Inc, July 1970. First Thus. Paper Back. This new translation is for the contemporary reader. Specifically commissioned for stage production, it rings easily on the modern ear and yet retains fidelity to Sophocles' original, avoiding the archaisms of other translations. Octavo. Complete number line. Sunned..... More
The Three Theban Plays
Penguin Classics, 1984. Mass Market PaperBack. The heroic Greek dramas that have moved theatergoers and readers since the fifth century B.C. Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, the three plays that tell the story of the fated Theban royal family--Antigone, Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus--are among the..... More
The Three Theban Plays
Penguin Classics, 1984. Mass Market PaperBack. The heroic Greek dramas that have moved theatergoers and readers since the fifth century B.C. Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, the three plays that tell the story of the fated Theban royal family--Antigone, Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus--are among the..... More
The Three Theban Plays
Penguin Classics, 1984. Mass Market PaperBack. The heroic Greek dramas that have moved theatergoers and readers since the fifth century B.C. Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, the three plays that tell the story of the fated Theban royal family--Antigone, Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus--are among the..... More
The Three Theban Plays
Penguin Classics, 1984. Mass Market PaperBack. The heroic Greek dramas that have moved theatergoers and readers since the fifth century B.C. Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, the three plays that tell the story of the fated Theban royal family--Antigone, Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus--are among the..... More
The Complete Greek Tragedies (series): Sophocles I --Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone
University Of Chicago Press, 1963. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Octavo with moderate shelf wear. Darkened, mildly leaning spine. Inked notes all over half title page. Inked underlining and notes scattered here and there through text. [206 pages]. More
SOPHOCLES: Three Tragedies: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra
Oxford University Press, December 1964. Paper Back. Faithful as translations and vigorous and straightforward both to read and to act, these versions were written, like their originals, for immediate staage-production. Kitto has deliberately used a fairly strict meter, allowing himself no greater number of verses than Sophocles used, and where..... More
