Theatre
CONFRONTATION AND COMMITMENT.
A study of Contemporary American Drama, 1959-1966. Pp. xx+188(last blank), bibliography, index; top edges grey; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; MacGibbon & Kee, London, 1967. First edition. *Examines the thematic concern of writers like Gelber, Brown, Bellow and Miller, and the rise of a new, socially committed theatre as represented..... More
POEMS & SONGS FROM THE PLAYS.
Edited and mainly translated by John Willett. Pp. xviii+268, chronological list, index; demy 8vo; grey cloth, lettered in silver, spine blocked in red; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; top edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Methuen, London, 1990. First U.K. edition. More
BRECHT & COMPANY: Sex, Politics, and the Making of the Modern Drama.
Pp. xx+732, frontispiece, plus 32 plates, notes, index; thick med. 8vo; qr. tan cloth, spine lettered in gilt, cream papered boards; fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, edges of leaves slightly foxed; Grove Press, New York, 1994. First edition..... More
BRECHT: a biography.
8 plates, chronology, performances, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in gilt, fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, backstrip slightly browned; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, a little foxing, mainly to outer leaves; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1983. First..... More
LEWIS & SYBIL: A memoir.
Pp. 352, frontispiece plus 22 plates, indices; price-clipped dust wrapper;Collins, London, 1972. First edition. *Memoirs of the lifelong partnership of Lewis Casson & Sybil Thorndike. More
THE ALMOST LATE GORDON CHATER.
Pp. x+342(last blank), 16 plates, chronology, index; med. 8vo; boards slightly marked, the bottom fore-corners bumped; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; Bantam Books, Sydney, 1996. First edition. *Autobiography. More
ALEC CLUNES: An illustrated study of his work, with a list of his appearances on stage and screen.
Pp. 134, frontispiece portrait plus 30 plates, price-clipped dust wrapper, backstrip faded, lightly soiled and worn, tear into front panel from bottom edges; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, edges of leaves lightly foxed;R ockliff, London, 1958. Theatre World Monograph No. 12. More
HIGH HOPES: my autobiography.
Pp. [vi]+282, 32 plates, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; text block slightly browned, corners of a few leaves lightly creased; Ebury Press, London, 2000. First edition. More
RUTH CRACKNELL: a biased memoir.
Pp. xii +308, 32 plates, index; med. 8vo; pale grey boards, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased; Viking Press, Melbourne, 1997. First edition. More
BOOKS AND THEATRES.
Pp. viii+164, frontispiece, plus 31 plates, 3 text figures; small med. 8vo; qr. cream cloth, spine lettered and decorated in black, green papered boards, slightly canted, the edges faded to brown; dust wrapper, browned and slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, with a couple of tiny chips; book label..... More
SIX THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS.
Forty years a critic. Pp. 256, index; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly worn and split, the back panel slightly soiled; free endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing;Harrap, London, 1960. First edition. More
THEATRICAL MR HOLMES.
The World's greatest consulting Detective, considered against the background of the contemporary Theatre. Pp. 20+[2](blank), title page vignette, pictorial tailpiece; small cr. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, slightly creased; pages lightly creased; Covent Garden Press, London, 1974. Edition limited to 750 copies. De Waal, The International Sherlock Holmes, 1389..... More
NOAH.
Composer, Frank R. Denke; Orchestrations by Eral O. Zindars; Director, James Robert Minser. Pp. [xii]+42+[10], frontispiece, decorated title page printed in red, pale ochre & black, headings printed in red; med. 8vo; brown textured papered boards, the upper board decorated in darker brown; uncut; top edges of leaves a trifle..... More
THERE GOES WHATSISNAME.
The memoirs of Noel Ferrier. Pp. viii+ 144, 16 plates, index; dark green papered boards, spine lettered in white, edges lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; text block browned, a little foxing; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1985. First edition. More
THE AGES OF GIELGUD: an actor at eighty.
Pp. [x]+182, frontispiece portrait from a drawing by David Hockney, 24 plates, text illustrations, chronology, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1984. First edition. *Contributors include Emlyn Williams, Alec Guinness, John Mortimer, Peggy Ashcroft, Alan Bennett, Irene Worth, a.o. More
EVIE HAYES: 'And I Loves Ya Back!'.
Pp. x+278, text illustrations, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, small split to bottom corner of upper flap fold; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1992. First edition. More
THE SET-UP.
An anatomy of the English theatre today. Pp. 322, bibliography, index; dust wrapper, a trifle rubbed; outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Eyre Methuen, London, 1973. First edition. More
THEATRE COMES TO AUSTRALIA.
Pp. xii+260, 12 plates, appendix, bibliography, index; boards a trifle scuffed, edges lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; edges of leaves slightly foxed; University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1971. First edition. *The story of Australia's first permanent theatre, Sydney's Theatre Royal. The appendix lists..... More
FANNY KELLY OF DRURY LANE.
Pp. xvi+208(last blank), coloured frontispiece portrait plus 24 black & white plates, printed endpapers, list of appearances, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised, the lower joint slightly marked; top edges red; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly worn, edges chipped and split..... More
THE ARDENT YEARS.
Pp. 374; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly worn, back panel marked; Gollancz, London, 1960. First edition. *A novel based on the life of the actress Fanny Kemble. More
IT DON'T SEEM A DAY TOO MUCH.
Pp. [xvi]+208, l6 plates, pictorial endpapers, index; demy 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top fore-corner of upper board faintly bruised; dust wrapper, the back panel slightly scuffed; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, top edges of leaves lightly foxed; Rigby, Adelaide, 1971. First edition. *Autobiography. 'Featuring the..... More
SUE LAWLEY'S DESERT ISLAND DISCUSSIONS.
Photographs by Nicholas Read. Pp. x+208, text illustrations and decorations, appendix; roy. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1990. First edition. *Selection of 20 guests interviewed by Lawley when she presented the radio programme Desert Island Discs, including Stephen Fry, The Duchess of..... More
FREDDY LONSDALE.
Pp. xlvi+258(last blank), frontispiece plus 16 plates, index; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed, the back panel soiled; upper pastedown slightly soiled, a little light foxing, the frontispiece loosening slightly; Heinemann, London, 1957. First edition. *Biography of the playwright who had twenty-four plays or musical plays produced in London or..... More
WORLDS AWAY.
Foreword by Dame Sybil Thorndike. Pp. 196, frontispiece plus 6 plates, pictorial endpapers; edges of boards a trifle flecked and rubbed; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges rubbed and split; edges of leaves faintly foxed; John Baker, London, 1964. First edition. *The author's father, Cyril Maude, was a famous..... More