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
BERTOLT BRECHT.
A Literary Life. Pp. x+690(last blank), 16 plates, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Bloomsbury, London, 2014. First edition. 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..... More
COPPIN THE GREAT.
Father of the Australian theatre. Foreword by Leonard Mann. Pp. xiv+356, frontispiece portrait plus l2 plates, references, double page family tree, index; roy. 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, fore-corners of boards faintly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed; the free endpapers faintly offset..... 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
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
TEATRO OLIVIA.
Unopened toy theatre in a sturdy card box still sealed in the original shrink wrap. When opened, the box cover folds out to form a stage above a drawer containing scenery for three different sets (Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, and Turandot), 6 Olivia paper dolls in different costumes, and..... 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
NOT WITHOUT DUST & HEAT.
My life in theatre. Pp. 200, illustrations, list of productions; med. 8vo; dark green papered boards, spine lettered in silver, tiny bump to bottom edge of lower board; dust wrapper, a trifle scuffed, slightly foxed on reverse; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Harper & Row, Sydney, 1981. First edition. *Autobiography..... More
THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER.
Autobiography. Pp. 160, double-sided frontispiece; green cloth, spine lettered in black, edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and foxed, edges slightly rubbed and creased; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, endpapers offset, some foxing; Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd., Ilfracombe, Devon, 1968. First edition. *Actor, producer..... More
THE EYES HAVE IT.
By Franquin. Foreword by Sir Frank Tait. Pp. x+206; demy 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in silver, dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, with a couple of tiny chips; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, outer leaves slightly offset, a little light foxing; Angus & Robertson..... 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
THE ART OF COARSE ACTING,
or How to Wreck an Amateur Dramatic Society. Pp. 144(last blank), 8 plates, index; demy 8vo; black papered boards, spine lettered in red; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed, the back panel slightly soiled and faded; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Hutchinson of..... More
IN PLEASANT PLACES.
Pp. 304, frontispiece portrait, title page vignette, text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, index; med. 8vo; tiny bruise to bottom edge of lower board; dust wrapper; Macmillan, 1979. First edition. *Second volume of autobiography. 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
REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO THE LAWS AFFECTING DRAMATIC LITERATURE.
Stage and Theatre 1. Introduction and Index by Marilyn L. Norstedt. Pp. viii+2502(last blank)+12(index), 1 folding plate (theatre plans), appendices, index; f'cap. folio; qr. green leather, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, dark green cloth boards, slightly scuffed; t.e.g.; Shannon, Ireland, 1968. IUP Library of Fundamental Source Books series. *The..... 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
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; bottom edge of boards slightly shelf worn; dust wrapper, slightly marked, edges lightly split; edges of leaves a trifle foxed;Rigby, Adelaide, 1971. First edition. *Story of the author's life inside and outside the Australian theatre; includes much about the J. C. Williamson Company..... More