DRAMA & THE PERFORMING ARTS from Barbara Bilson Books
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![AMERICAN LANDSCAPE: A PLAY IN THREE ACTS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/878/613/303613878.0.m.jpg)
AMERICAN LANDSCAPE: A PLAY IN THREE ACTS
by Rice, Elmer
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- 1st Edition
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- 1939
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- Hardcover
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Santa Monica, California, USA
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€60.26
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New York: Coward-McCann, 1939. Very good+ book (slightly browned page edges, darkened area on first free endpaper and front pastedown where something--probably a newspaper clipping--was laid in, very light edgewear, clean throughout) in very good + dust jacket (light edgewear and a couple of small scratches on front pictorial cover). First edition with cast of original (1938) Cort Theatre production… Read more about this item Item Price
€60.26
![IN THE SHADOW OF THE GLEN](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/897/583/256583897.0.m.jpg)
IN THE SHADOW OF THE GLEN
by Synge, J. M
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- 1911
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Santa Monica, California, USA
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€3.30
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Boston: John W. Luce & Company, 1911. Synge's one-act play, nicely printed but in edgeworn covers with sunned and chipped spine, good condition overall. . Hard Cover. Item Price
€3.30
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CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN DRAMA
by Reeve, Franklin D., editor and translator
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- 1st Edition
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- 1968
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- Paperback
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€4.71
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New York: Pegasus, 1968. Very good (edgeworn covers). Full texts--translated into English by Reeve--of five successful plays staged in the Soviet Union 1958 to 1968. 303 pages including brief bibliography.. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Item Price
€4.71
![BRAND (EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY #716)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/801/591/177591801.0.m.jpg)
BRAND (EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY #716)
by Ibsen, Henrik
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- 1951
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- Hardcover
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€8.00
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London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1951. Very good (faded and soiled spine, otherwise near fine, interior very clean). No dust jacket. Translated by F. E. Garrett. Introduction by P. H. Wicksteed.. Hard Cover. Item Price
€8.00
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JUDGEMENT
by Collins, Barry
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- 1st Edition
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- 1974
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- Paperback
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- 9780571106493
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Santa Monica, California, USA
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€15.06
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London: Faber & Faber, 1974. Very good- (edgeworn, fold across front cover that affects the first few pages as well) in soft covers. Paperback script for a drama, a monologue by a Russian Army captain on trial for a crime against his own army. A dramatization and reimagining of an actual incident during WWII involving cannabalism. Peter O'Toole acted in… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE AVANT-GARDE IN RUSSIA, 1910-1930: SYMPOSIUM; VICTORY OVER THE SUN; SOVIET SILENT FILM AND THE AVANT-GARDE
by D'Andrea, Jeanne, et al, editors
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- 1st Edition
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- 1980
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€23.54
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Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1980. Near fine (tiny bit of edgewear). Paperback exhibition catalog issued in conjunction with a LACMA and UCLA joint exhibition, featuring a re-creation of "Victory Over the Sun" (a 1913 "futurist opera," here with excerpts from the text and a synopsis by Anne Ayres), a symposium on "Soviet Silent Film and the… Read more about this item Item Price
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CONVERSATION PIECE: A ROMANTIC COMEDY
by Coward, Noel
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- 1st Edition
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- 1934
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- Hardcover
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Santa Monica, California, USA
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€11.30
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1934. Very good (lightly browned page edges and endpapers, a bit of edgewear on top and bottom of spine; very clean, bright interior) in good only dust jacket (fully intact but fragile with lots of edgewear and browning and two closed tears, now in an archival plastic cover to prevent further deterioration and improve appearance).… Read more about this item Item Price
€11.30
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DEATH AND THE MAIDEN
by Dorfman, Ariel
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- Advance Uncorrected Proofs
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- 1992
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- Paperback
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- 9780140482386
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€47.08
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Penguin, 1992. The unrevised and unpublished proofs. Near fine (extremely faint back cover mark which may be in the paper itself. In blue wraps with black lettering. Basis for 1994 Roman Polanski film with Sigourney Weaver and Ben Kingsley. With an afterword by the author.. Advance Uncorrected Proofs. Soft Cover. Item Price
€47.08
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JOHN GIELGUD'S PRODUCTION OF HAMLET
by Gielgud, John
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- 1964
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€6.59
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New York: Dunetz & Lovett, 1964. Very good (white covers show some soil and edgewear). This was originally an insert to a Columbia Records recording of John Gielgud's production of "Hamlet." 34 pages in soft-cover. Many photographs of actors associated with this production and previous Hamlets, such as John Barrymore, Alec Guinness, Laurence Olivier, Peter O'Toole, Michael Redgrave, Paul Scofield,… Read more about this item Item Price
€6.59
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WRITING FOR VAUDEVILLE: WITH NINE COMPLETE EXAMPLES OF VARIOUS VAUDEVILLE FORMS
by Page, Brett
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- 1915
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- Hardcover
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Santa Monica, California, USA
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€80.03
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Springfield, Massachusetts: The Home Correspondence School, 1915. Good + (worn covers, bumped corners, a few age spots on side page edges; top edge gilt intact and fairly bright). Fascinating instructional book.. Hard Cover. Item Price
€80.03
![SIBLINGS AND THE CHILDREN'S STORY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/455/214/90214455.0.m.jpg)
SIBLINGS AND THE CHILDREN'S STORY
by Mann, Klaus
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- 1st Edition
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- 1992
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- Hardcover
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- 9780714529394
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€6.59
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London: Marion Boyars, 1992. Translated from the German and with an introduction by Tania Alexander and Peter Eyre. Fine in near fine dust jacket (a couple of barely visible scratches on back panel). "The Children's Story" was written by Mann at 19, his first important work. "Siblings" is from 1930. The two works, the first a short novel, the second… Read more about this item Item Price
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![ELEMENTS OF DRAMA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/461/120/82120461.0.m.jpg)
ELEMENTS OF DRAMA
by Scholes, Robert and Carl H. Klaus
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- 1971
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- Paperback
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- 9780195012729
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Santa Monica, California, USA
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€2.35
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New York: Oxford University Press, 1971. Part of Scholes "elements" series. 78-page paperback, pocket size 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Clearly organized--typical of Scholes' textbooks--with an especially fine treatment of the different shapes of theaters through the history of drama and the influence that those shapes have had on the drama written for them. Very good paperback copy with… Read more about this item Item Price
€2.35
![SOVIET SCENE: SIX PLAYS OF RUSSIAN LIFE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/393/215/51215393.0.m.jpg)
SOVIET SCENE: SIX PLAYS OF RUSSIAN LIFE
by Bakshy, Alexander, translator
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- 1st Edition
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- 1946
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- Hardcover
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€8.47
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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1946. Very good (browned pages from wartime paper quality, but NOT brittle; two downturned page corners; very clean and firm) in considerably edgeworn dust jacket especially around spine with small chip missing from middle of spine (now protected by clear cover to improve appearance and prevent further deterioration). Six plays chosen and translated by Alexander… Read more about this item Item Price
€8.47
![FOUR SAINTS IN THREE ACTS: an opera](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/682/433/50433682.0.m.jpg)
FOUR SAINTS IN THREE ACTS: an opera
by Stein, Gertrude and Virgil Thomson
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Santa Monica, California, USA
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€42.37
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New York: G. Schirmer Very good+ (soft light edgewear and sunning to edges of the soft covers and some insect damage to cover edges, text is clean and solid). Copyright date 1948 but edition and printing date not stated. Contains 8 pages of pictures from the original production, scenario by Maurice Grosser, and complete vocal score with piano accompaniment. 144… Read more about this item Item Price
€42.37
![TURCARET](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/325/859/47859325.0.m.jpg)
TURCARET
by Lesage, Alain Rene
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- 1905
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- Hardcover
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Santa Monica, California, USA
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€6.59
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Boston: D. C. Heath, 1905. Very good (slightly edgeworn and soiled blue covers; interior clean; previous owner's name on first free endpaper). Introduction and notes (in English) by W. A. R. Kerr. Play in the original French (Raynouard edition of 1821). 105 pages plus short introduction. Small format--about 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches--suitable for a pocket.. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item Item Price
€6.59
![THE DOGS, OR THE PARIS COMEDY AND TWO OTHER PLAYS: CHRIS SICK, OR HAPPY NEW YEAR ANYWAY; MAKING MONEY, AND NINETEEN OTHER VERY SHORT PLAYS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/049/419/45419049.0.m.jpg)
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THE DOGS, OR THE PARIS COMEDY AND TWO OTHER PLAYS: CHRIS SICK, OR HAPPY NEW YEAR ANYWAY; MAKING MONEY, AND NINETEEN OTHER VERY SHORT PLAYS
by Saroyan, William
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- 1st Edition
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- 1969
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- Hardcover
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Santa Monica, California, USA
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€6.59
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New York: Phaedra , 1969. Near fine (slightly wrinkled top and bottom of spine, small faint stain on bottom page edges) in good+ dust jacket (rubbed--see scan, edgeworn, price-clipped). 238 pages. Nice picture of Saroyan on back of dust jacket, no longer the dapper man about town.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Item Price
€6.59
![AND PEOPLE ALL AROUND](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/856/418/45418856.0.m.jpg)
AND PEOPLE ALL AROUND
by Sklar, George
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- 1st Edition
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- 1967
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- Hardcover
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Santa Monica, California, USA
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€16.48
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New York: Random House, 1967. Very good+ (bright silver printing on the spine, but some sunning of the cover edges and slight discoloration of the page top edges) in very good dust jacket (rubbed, price-clipped, edgeworn, now protected in Brodart archival plastic). Play about "murder of three believers in Civil Rights," as the dust jacket subtitle indicates. Sklar includes a… Read more about this item Item Price
€16.48
![BERNARD SHAW AS ARTIST-PHILOSOPHER: AN EXPOSITION OF SHAVIANISM](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/416/418/45418416.0.m.jpg)
BERNARD SHAW AS ARTIST-PHILOSOPHER: AN EXPOSITION OF SHAVIANISM
by Deacon, Renee M
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- 1910
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€23.54
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London: A.C. Fifield , 1910. Softcover. Very good- (soiled worn wraps, with 2 missing chips--1/3" and 3/4" long-- on back cover; 2 pages torn through sloppy cutting). In wraps as issued. Edition not stated.. Item Price
€23.54
![SERENADING LOUIE: A PLAY BY LANFORD WILSON](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/374/418/45418374.0.m.jpg)
SERENADING LOUIE: A PLAY BY LANFORD WILSON
by Wilson, Lanford
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- 1st Edition
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- 1985
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- Hardcover
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Santa Monica, California, USA
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€14.12
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New York: Hill and Wang/Mermaid , 1985. Very fine in very good+ dust jacket (rubbed, 1 closed tear at back panel, now protected--and disguised--by an archival protective cover). This is the first printing of Wilson's 1985 revision. Wilson won the Pulitzer Prize in 1980 for "Talley's Folly." 63 pages.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Item Price
€14.12
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THE OBSTINATE LADY
by Cokayne, Aston
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- 1986
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- Hardcover
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€35.78
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New York: Garland Publishing, 1986. Edited by Catherine Shaw. Cokayne was a 17th century English aristocrat, Royalist soldier, poet and dramatist. This is probably his earliest play. Number 17 in the Garland series, "The Renaissance Imagination." Review copy. Fine without dust jacket as issued. . Hard Cover. Item Price
€35.78