Drama americano
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Some Freaks
de Mamet, David
New York: Viking, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 180 pages. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, with mild toning to the jacket (mostly visible on the flaps). Review copy with press release laid in.
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EUR 37.78
Tennessee Williams: A Casebook
de Gross, Robert F. (editor)
New York: Routledge, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Twelve essays on Tennessee Williams's career, with a look at not only his most famous plays but also his lesser-known works. Octavo, 214 pages, hard cover, issued without a dust jacket. A surprisingly scarce volume.
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EUR 94.46
Lakeboat
de Mamet, David
New York: Grove Press, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo, 112 pages. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Some page edges slightly folded, as if they had once been paperclipped. Light toning to the jacket. "Lakeboat takes place aboard a merchant marine ship and focuses on the conversations among its eight crew members, who work the Great Lakes. Their lives center around their seemingly purposeless tasks on the boat, and around sex, gambling, booze, and fights, or at least talking...
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EUR 56.68
Tennessee Williams
de Bloom, Harold (ed.)
New York: Chelsea House, 2007. Later printing. Octavo, 211 pages. A compilation of essays on Tennessee Williams's work. From the Bloom's Modern Critical Views series on famous writers, this one being an "updated edition" of the book on Williams. Hardcover, issued without a dust jacket. Near Fine, with some minor bumps to the spine.
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EUR 33.06
The Play Goes On. A Memoir
de Simon, Neil
New York: Simon and Schuster. 1999. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Fine copy in Fine dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic cover. As new condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 348 pages.. The autobiography of the late, great American playwright and screenwriter. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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EUR 15.51
THE OXFORD COMPANION TO AMERICAN THEATRE
de Bordman, Gerald
New York: Oxford University Press. 1984. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Double column format. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 734 pages. . 1st US Edition. Hardback.
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EUR 15.51
![[SIGNED] The Chinaman: Poems](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/604/221/810221604.0.b.jpg)
[SIGNED] The Chinaman: Poems
de Mamet, David
Mamet, David. The Chinaman: Poems. Woodstock and New York: The Overlook Press, 1999. First Edition, First Printing.Octavo (8 1/4 x5 1/2 inches; 210 x 140 mm), 72 pages, in brown quarter cloth over black boards, titles to spine, in a printed, unclipped dust jacket (hard cover).
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page. A slim volume of poetry by David Mamet, who is more often known as a playwright.
CONDITION: Fine in a Fine dust jacket.
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page. A slim volume of poetry by David Mamet, who is more often known as a playwright.
CONDITION: Fine in a Fine dust jacket.
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EUR 94.46
Tennessee Williams' s The Glass Menagerie
de Bloom, Harold (editor)
New York: Chelsea House, 2007. Octavo, 178 pages. A compilation of essays on Tennessee Williams and The Glass Menagerie, Williams's first popular success. From the Bloom's Modern Critical Views series on famous writers and their works, this one being an "updated edition" of the book on The Glass Menagerie. Hardcover, issued without a dust jacket. Fine.
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EUR 28.34
![[SIGNED] True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/790/221/810221790.0.b.jpg)
[SIGNED] True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor
de Mamet, David
Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches; 215 x 145 mm), 127, [1] pages, black quarter-cloth over black boards, titles in silver to spine, in an unclipped, illustrated dust jacket (hard cover).
SIGNED by David Mamet on the half title. Mamet offers important advice to actors: the right way to undertake auditions and rehearsals; how to deal with agents and individual gigs, and much more. Some valuable lessons here for aspiring actors.
CONDITION: Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Signed copies of this book are uncommon,... Leer más sobre este artículo
SIGNED by David Mamet on the half title. Mamet offers important advice to actors: the right way to undertake auditions and rehearsals; how to deal with agents and individual gigs, and much more. Some valuable lessons here for aspiring actors.
CONDITION: Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Signed copies of this book are uncommon,... Leer más sobre este artículo
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EUR 94.46
![[SIGNED] The Hero Pony](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/781/221/810221781.0.b.jpg)
[SIGNED] The Hero Pony
de Mamet, David
Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches; 215 x 145 mm), viii, 55, [1] pages, in red quarter-cloth over black boards, titles in silver to spine, in an illustrated, unclipped dust jacket.
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page. Mamet is best known as a playwright. But this book demonstrates his virtuosity as a writer; it's his debut collection of poems.
CONDITION: Very Good or better in a Fine, unclipped dust jacket. Pages moderately toned, which is often the case with this title, but clean and unmarked.
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page. Mamet is best known as a playwright. But this book demonstrates his virtuosity as a writer; it's his debut collection of poems.
CONDITION: Very Good or better in a Fine, unclipped dust jacket. Pages moderately toned, which is often the case with this title, but clean and unmarked.
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EUR 85.01
The Selected Letters of Tennessee Williams, Vol. II, 1945-1957
de Devlin, Albert J. and Tischler, Nancy M. (editors)
New York: New Directions, 2004. These letters are from Tennessee Williams's greatest period, which included such plays as A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Octavo, 662 pages, paperback. Near Fine with a five-inch crease to last 10 pages or so.
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EUR 18.89
![[SIGNED] Wilson: A Consideration of the Sources](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/633/221/810221633.0.b.jpg)
[SIGNED] Wilson: A Consideration of the Sources
de Mamet, David
Mamet, David. Wilson: A Consideration of the Sources. Woodstock and New York, NY: The Overlook Press, 2001.
First American Edition, 1st Printing.
Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 210 x 140 mm), xv, [1], 336 pages, in fabulous illustrated boards and dust jacket by Mick Brownfield (hard cover).
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page. Mamet's wild and crazy novel with an even wilder premise: The Internet crashes and scholars reassemble the past from the unreliable memories of Ginger, wife of ex-President... Leer más sobre este artículo
First American Edition, 1st Printing.
Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 210 x 140 mm), xv, [1], 336 pages, in fabulous illustrated boards and dust jacket by Mick Brownfield (hard cover).
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page. Mamet's wild and crazy novel with an even wilder premise: The Internet crashes and scholars reassemble the past from the unreliable memories of Ginger, wife of ex-President... Leer más sobre este artículo
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EUR 94.46
The Selected Letters of Tennessee Williams, Vol. II, 1945-1957
de Devlin, Albert J. and Tischler, Nancy M. (editors)
New York: New Directions, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. These letters are from Tennessee Williams's greatest period, which included such plays as A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Octavo, 662 pages, hardcover. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy.
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EUR 28.34
Hotel Universe
de Philip Barry
Very Good Copy. Some slight marks and bends to outside cover, otherwise pristine pages. Barry thought enough of the play to have lines from it carved on his tombstone: "All things are turned to a roundness. Wherever there is an end, from it springs a beginning." Many critics regard "Hotel Universe" as Barry's best play. The two-hour piece is unusual in that Barry wrote it to be performed without an intermission. Written in 1929 while Barry was in Cannes, the play is set in a small seaside...
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EUR 5.67
Dark Ride & Other Plays
de Len Jenkin
Good Copy. Pages are clean and unmarked. Numerous production photos throughout.Some shelf wear apparent. (Slight damage to outside, upper spine -see photos- book still tight) "The trip itself, like a spooky show in a carnival tunnel, is full of bright, surprising images, scary and funny. --The Village VoiceFunny, rich, erudite, playful, assured. --Soho NewsFew playwrights have Jenkin's skill at theatrical sleight-of-hand … it supplies an ingenuity which cannot fail to stimulate both the theatre...
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EUR 13.70
The Life of Kenneth Tynan
de Tynan, Kathleen
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1987. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 460 pages. A moving and sometimes shocking biography of the controversial British theatre critic and writer. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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EUR 18.61
On To Victory: Propaganda Plays of the Woman Suffrage Movement
de Friedl, Bettina (editor)
Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1987. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked in full cloth binding. 378pp. Lightly rubbed jacket now in a new mylar cover.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.
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EUR 26.92
Force of Nature
de Steven Dietz
"Based on Goethe's Elective Affinities"Very Good. VG++, Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2000 Production Official Script. Comb binding, pages very clean, Like New - no markings. Steven Dietz is an American playwright and theatre director. Called "the most ubiquitous American playwright whose name you may never have heard", Dietz has long been one of America's most prolific and widely produced playwrights. In 2019, Dietz was again named one of the 20 most-produced playwrights in America.
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EUR 9.45
Moose Mating
de David Grae
Like new. Unread/pristine clean pages. Very slight shelf wear apparent to cover."THE STORY: The play follows the romance of Betsy and Michael, a pair of twenties/early thirties, bright, ambitious downtowners who meet at a play and experience instant, overwhelming chemistry-the magic and misery of the wound that can only be healed by the sword that inflicted it. We not only watch the romantic heroes interact, but their thoughts are revealed as well - their insecurities, fears, and dreams about...
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EUR 5.67
The Third Theatre
de Brustein, Robert
London: Jonathan Cape. 1970. Octavo Size. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in a purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Previous Owner's name/details to Preliminary Pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 294 pages. Major essays and articles about American theatre written between 1957 and 1968 and contains a selection of the author's reviews. . 1st thus. Hardback.
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EUR 11.17
![[SIGNED] The Cryptogram](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/747/221/810221747.0.b.jpg)
[SIGNED] The Cryptogram
de Mamet, David
Octavo (8 x 5 1/4 inches; 203 x 132 mm), 101 pages in illustrated wrappers (soft cover).
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page. Mamet's play about the breakup of a marriage from the viewpoint of a child. "The Cryptogram is a journey back into childhood and the moment of its vanishing--the moment when the sheltering world is suddenly revealed as a place full of dangers." (From the back cover).
This is the scarce soft-cover edition. There was also a hard-cover version published as a book-club edition.... Leer más sobre este artículo
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page. Mamet's play about the breakup of a marriage from the viewpoint of a child. "The Cryptogram is a journey back into childhood and the moment of its vanishing--the moment when the sheltering world is suddenly revealed as a place full of dangers." (From the back cover).
This is the scarce soft-cover edition. There was also a hard-cover version published as a book-club edition.... Leer más sobre este artículo
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EUR 141.69
Curtains GoingUp: Theatre Americana: Albert McCleery & Carl Glick
de Albert McCleery & Carl Glick
Fine text, cover and binding. Yellowing has begun. Price of $20.00 on inside page.
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EUR 43.97
![[SIGNED] The Water Engine and Mr. Happiness](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/783/221/810221783.0.b.jpg)
[SIGNED] The Water Engine and Mr. Happiness
de Mamet, David
Mamet, David. The Water Engine and Mr. Happiness. New York: Grove Press, 1978. First Edition, First Printing.
Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 210 x 137 mm), 87, [1] pages, in cream-colored cloth, titles in blue to spine, in an illustrated, unclipped dust jacket (hard cover).
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page. Two of his early plays, both of them in the form of radio programs.
CONDITION: Slight fading to spine titles. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket that has very light toning to the flaps.
Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 210 x 137 mm), 87, [1] pages, in cream-colored cloth, titles in blue to spine, in an illustrated, unclipped dust jacket (hard cover).
SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page. Two of his early plays, both of them in the form of radio programs.
CONDITION: Slight fading to spine titles. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket that has very light toning to the flaps.
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EUR 94.46
The Bicyclers and Three Other Farces
de Bangs, John Kendrick
New York: Harper & Brothers. 1896. Octavo Size. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Navy cloth boards with decoration to face & gilt title to face & spine. Light rubbing to edges. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 176 pages. Contents include The Bicyclers, A Dramatic Evening, The Fatal Message, and A Proposal Under Difficulties. John Kendrick Bangs [1862-1922] was an American writer, editor and satirist. . 1st Edition....
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EUR 21.71
