A Walk in the Woods
Plume / New American Library, September 1988. First Thus. Paper Back. Octavo. First Plume/NAL printing, with this number line: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9'. Marginal darkening. [63 pages]. More
Drama
Sophocles' Antigone
Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Company, January 1998. Soft Cover. This is an English translation of Sophocles' tragedy of Antigone and her fate when she decides to bury her dead brother Polyneices. Focus Classical Library provides close translations with notes and essays to provide access to understanding Greek culture. English translation of..... More
Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human
Riverhead Books, October 1998. Hardcover. Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human is the culmination of Harold Bloom's life's work in reading, writing about, and teaching Shakespeare. It is his passionate and convincing analysis of the way in which Shakespeare not merely represented human nature as we know it today, but..... More
An Introduction to Stuart Drama
Oxford University Press, January 1948. Hardcover. Solid binding; Clean, sturdy navy blue boards w/ gilt lettering at spine; Tex free of markings; Previous owner book-plate present at front paste-down, initials present at front free end-page; A great copy for reading/research. More
Shakespeare
Laurel, November 1991. Oversize Softcover. More
Goethe: The Poet and the Age: Volume I: The Poetry of Desire (1749-1790)
Clarendon Press /Oxford University Press, April 1991. Cloth. In 1880 Nietzche observed that Goethe had been "not just a good and great man, but an entire culture." The author of Faust, of exquisite lyric poetry, and of a bewildering variety of other plays, novels, and poetry as well as treatises..... More
Beyond Minimalism: Beckett's Late Style in the Theater
Oxford University Press, USA, September 1990. First Thus. Paper Back. Beyond Minimalism explores Beckett's drama of the '70s and '80s, examining the ways in which play text and performance merge through the playwright's poetic idiom. Beginning with Not I and continuing through Catastrophe and What Where, Brater examines the plays..... More
Around the Absurd: Essays on Modern and Postmodern Drama (Theater: Theory/Text/Performance)
University of Michigan Press, September 1992. Reprint. Paper Back. Original essays honoring Martin Esslin, author of a seminal book on the theater of the absurd. Octavo. Spine cocked. Soiling & pencilled underlining & side notes scattered & splashed through text. Stains likewise along fore-edge. [316 pages]. More
The Modern Theatre: Five Plays, Vol 2: Mother Courage / Fantasio / The Diary of a Scoundrel / La Ronde / Purgatroy (Anchor, A 48B)
Doubleday Anchor Book, 1955. Mass Market PaperBack. Darkened/bowed spine with fading lettering. Tape 'repairs' with scotch tape. Marginal tanning to covers. Previous owner's name inked verso of front cover and half title page. Front cover bottom right corner creased. [348 pages]. More
Brecht on Theatre : The Development of an Aesthetic
Farrar Straus & Giroux, September 1994. Trade Paperback. This volume offers a major selection of Bertolt Brecht's groundbreaking critical writing. Here, arranged in chronological order, are essays from 1918 to 1956, in which Brecht explores his definition of the Epic Theatre and his theory of alienation-effects in directing, acting, and..... More
Mother Courage
Grove Press, Inc., 1963. First Thus. Paper Back. First printing stated; Binding perfectly intact w/ mild wear at front hinge; Covers mildly edge-worn, spine crisp and un-creased; Text free of markings; An Excellent copy. More
The Visions of Simone Machard (An Evergreen Black Cat Book)
Grove Press, January 1965. First Thus. Paper Back. First printing stated; Binding intact; Clean covers with minimal spine wear; Spine top corner bumped; Front cover mildly creased at outer bottom corner; Previous owner name present inside front cover; Pages free of markings; An excellent copy. More
The Caucasian Chalk Circle, with commentary & notes. (Methuen Student Edition)
Methuen Drama, 1997. Paper Back. This Student Edition of Brecht's classic dramatisation of the conflict over possession of a child features an extensive introduction and commentary that includes a plot summary, discussion of the context, themes, characters, style and language as well as questions for further study and notes on..... More
Evoking Shakespeare (Dramatic Contexts)
Theatre Communications Group, May 1999. Trade Paperback. Evoking Shakespeare is the text of a talk given by Peter Brook in Berlin dealing with the essence of performing Shakespeare today. Based on the author's lifelong interest in interpreting Shakespeare's works for contemporary audiences, Brook's analysis is a typically illuminating and provocative..... More
Shoptalk: Conversations about Theater and Film with Twelve Writers, One Producer and Tennesee Williams' Mother
Newmarket Press, May 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fourteen influential figures--Edward Albee, Horton Foote, Frank Gilroy, William Goldman, William Inge, Alan Jay Lerner, Mary Mercier, David Merrick, Mason Miller, John Patrick, Richard Wilbur, Edwina Dakin Williams, Tennessee Williams, Lanford Wilson--discuss their successes and failures. 14 b/w photos. Octavo. In dustjacket. Flap..... More
Amazing monument;: A short history of the Shakespeare industry,
Kennikat Press, January 1970. Hardcover. Gilt-titled maroon cloth. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. More
Modern British Dramatists, New Perspectives (Twentieth Century Views)
Prentice Hall, 1984. Paper Back. Octavo. Previous reader's name written in ink first inside page. [186 pages]. More
Shakespeare's Plays in Performance
Applause Books, April 2000. Trade Paperback. John Russell Brown demonstrates just how much is in Shakespeare's texts; how the language is awakened, colored, emphasized, sensualized and extended in performance. Shakespeare's intended readers were his collaborators, not his commentators. Brown invites all Shakespeare lovers to seek their insights in Shakespeare's natural..... More
Hamlet - A Reading and Playing Guide (Shakespeare Institute Studies)
Shakespeare Institute Studies/ Schoken Books, January 1966. Paper Back. Octavo. Soiling. Darkened spine. Pencil underlining and marginal markings scattered about. [212 pages]. More
The Guinness Dictionary of Theatrical Quotations
Guinness World Records Ltd, April 1993. Trade Paperback. More
Golden Fire the Anniversary Book of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Oregon Shakespearean, June 1985. Hardcover. Square quarto in edgeworn dustjacket. Black textured paper covered spine with gold lettering. Soiling to board edges. Marbled grey paper covered boards with gold emblem. Black end pages. Dust stained textblock top edge. [142 pages]. More
Junior's Moustache, A Comedy of Youth in One Act
Samuel French, Inc., January 1937. Stapled Soft Cover. More
Letters to a Young Actor: A Universal Guide to Performance
Basic Books (AZ), November 2005. Hardcover. The founder and director of the Yale Repertory Theater, as well as Harvard's American Repertory Theater, and the drama critic for The New Republic for going on thirty years, Robert Brustein is a living legend in theatrical circles. In Letters to a Young Actor..... More
The Theatre of Revolt: Studies in modern drama from Ibsen to Genet
Ivan R. Dee, February 1991. Trade Paperback. In a new edition of this now-classic work, Robert Brustein argues that the roots of the modern theatre may be found in the soil of rebellion cultivated by eight outstanding playwrights: Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Shaw, Brecht, Pirandello, O'Neill, and Genet. Focusing on each..... More
The Guys and Dolls Book
Methuen Publishing Ltd, February 1983. Oversize Softcover. As is. Foxing on the edges of the print block. More
