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The Capricious Lady: A comedy, (Altered from Beaumont and Fletcher) as it is now performing at the New Theatre-Royal, in Covent Garden
by (Cooke, William)
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- Used - Good
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- 1783
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- Pamphlet
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$63.11
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London: Printed for C. Dilly, 1783. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet, lacking any wrappers, and presumably disbound from a larger work. 56 pp. Includes and epilogue by G. Colman. A rewrite or reinterpretation of the play, the Scornful Lady, written by William Cooke. GOOD condition. Front and rear page somewhat tenuously attached. Spine a bit rough. Minor toning, scattered foxing… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Author; A Comedy, of Two Acts. As perform'd at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane
by Foote, Samuel
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- Used - Fair
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- 1757
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- Pamphlet
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$71.42
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London: Printed for R. Francklin, 1757. Pamphlet. Fair. Pamphlet, perhaps disbound from a larger work, and lacking any wrappers or covers issued. 43 pp., plus a prologue, with a brief ad at the foot of page 43. A satire of the concept of starving writers and their patrons, with the patron in the play a satirical version of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Belle's Stratagem, A Comedy, thus acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent Garden
by Cowley, Hannah
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- Used - Good
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- 1782
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- Pamphlet
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$53.15
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London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1782. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet, lacking any wrappers or covers. Presumably disbound from a larger work, given the remains of leather along the spine. 84 pp. A printing of Hannah Cowley's most popular play. Written as a comedy of manners, the play broke ground by featuring strong female characters who were smart and somewhat… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Adopted Child, A Musical Drama, in Two Acts. As it is performed at the Theatre Royal, Crow-Street
by Birch, Samuel
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- Used - Good
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- 1799
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- Pamphlet
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$179.38
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Dublin: Printed for George Folingsby, 1799. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet, presumably disbound from a larger work. Lacking any wrappers or binding issued. 4, 31 pp. A play by Samuel Birch, a sometimes dramatist who served as the Lord Mayor of London from 1814 to 1815. GOOD condition. Remains of binding along the spine. Minor toning and foxing to the… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Careless Husband. A Comedy
by Cibber, Colley
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- Used - Good
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- 1735
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- Pamphlet
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$53.15
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London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1735. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet, disbound, lacking any wrappers or cover issued. Leather remains along the spine. 108 pp., plus an illustrated frontispiece. A 1735 printing of Colley Cibber's play, The Careless Husband. This work, exploring infidelity in marriage (cheating husband) with humor and maudlin emotions, was considered Cibber's best work, and perhaps most… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$53.15
The Brothers. A Tragedy. Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane
by Young, Edward
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- Used - Good
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- 1753
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- Pamphlet
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$44.84
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London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1753. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet, disbound from a larger work, with remains of leather along the spine. No original wrappers present, if issued. 86 pp. An English take on the ancient Greek tragedy. Originally written in 1728, it wasn't performed until 1753. Written by Edward Young, perhaps best known for his long work of… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$44.84
The Brig By Kenneth H. Brown. Show Flier for a Living Theatre Staging
by Clay, Iris (artist)
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- Used - Good
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- Unbound
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$224.22
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New York: Living Theatre, presumed Publisher. Unbound. Good. no date, circa 1963. Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. A flier advertising the play, "The Brig," by Kenneth Brown and first staged at the Living Theatre in 1963. The play, an antiauthoritarian work based on Brown's experiences incarcerated while in the Marines, won an Obie Award. The Living… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$224.22
Tallulah Bankhead in Noel Coward's "Private Lives." Beginning July 22, 1946. Colonial Theatre, Boston Playbill
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- Wraps
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$44.84
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No Place: No Publisher. Wraps. Good. No publisher, place or date. Presumed Boston, 1946. Photo illustrated wraps with Tallulah Bankhead on the front cover. Unpaginated. Ads throughout. Playbill for this revival staging of the play Private Lives by Noel Coward. The play originally premiered in the UK in 1930, and starred Noel Coward. It also had a brief… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$44.84
Elektra
by Pound, Ezra; Fleming, Rudd. Reid, Richard (editor)
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1987
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- Cloth
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$29.90
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Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1987. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Charcoal cloth in unclipped jacket. 103 pp. A previously unpublished play by Ezra Pound, being a modern rendition of Sophocles' work. VERY GOOD condition. Minor fading and rubbing to the jacket and book. Item Price
NZ$29.90
One Act Play Magazine. July, 1937
by Hughes, Langston et al.
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- Used - Good
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- 1937
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$81.38
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New York: Contemporary Play PublicationsNew York, 1937. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps. Pagination runs 194-288. Single issue of this publication devoted to shorter drama, with this containing the play, "Soul Gone Home," by Langston Hughes. With plays by N.K. Smith, Felix Fair and others. GOOD+ condition. Minor soiling, staining and uneven fading to the covers. Item Price
NZ$81.38
Les Oeuvres de Monsieur de Moliere. Nouvelle Edition. Tome (Volume) II Only
by Moliere
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1741
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- Vellum
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$97.99
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Basle (Basel), Switzerland: E and J.R. Thourneisen, Publisher, 1741. Vellum. Very Good. Bound in vellum. 504 pp. With 8 full page engravings. All text in French. Volume two only of a collection of plays by Moliere, this containing comedies. Included are eight plays, "La Princesse D'Elide;" "Le Mariage Force;" "L'Amour Medecin;" "Le Misanthrope;" "Le Medecin Malgre Lui;" "Le… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$97.99
Comedies de Terence. Nouvellement Traduites Avec Le Latin A Coste
by Terence (Publius Terentius Afer)
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- Used - Good
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- 1686
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- Full Leather
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$142.84
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Paris: Chez le Veuve de Claude Thiboust, 1686. Full Leather. Good. Full leather. 6 by 3 ¾ inches. (6), 315, (2) pp. Text in French and Latin. A collection of comedic plays by African-Roman playwright Terentius, or as more commonly known, Terence. He was originally enslaved and brought to Rome, being freed after impressing his enslaver with his… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$142.84
Love's Labour's Lost
by Shakespeare, William
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- Used - Good
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- 1904
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- Leather
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$71.42
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Glasgow: David Bryce and Son, 1904. Leather. Good. Navy blue leather with a guilt illustration on the front cover. Miniature book, measuring 2 by 1 3/8 inches. 368 pages. Miniature version of this play by William Shakespeare. GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy scuffing to the head and tail of the spine, with small splits to the leather along… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$71.42
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by Shakespeare, William; Rackham, Arthur (artist)
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- Used - Good
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- 1908
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- Cloth
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$493.29
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New York/London: Doubleday, Page and Co./William Heinemann, 1908. Cloth. Good. Illustrated paper covered boards with a green cloth spine. 134 pp. 40 color plates as well as a few black and white illustrations. An illustrated edition of the Shakespeare play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, featuring the art of Arthur Rackham. GOOD condition. Moderate uneven browning to the covers… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$493.29
The Duplex. A Black Love Fable in Four Movements
by Bullins, Ed
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
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- First Edition
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- 1971
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- Cloth
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$134.53
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New York: William Morrow and Company, 1971. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. First edition, with no statement of later printings. Beige cloth in unclipped dust jacket. 166 pp. A play by Ed Bullins, a key figure in the Black Arts Movement and Minister of Culture in the Black Panther Party. GOOD jacket on a VERY GOOD book. Some… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$134.53
Wolf Pack. Part of the Children's Theater Series
by Yaltsev, P.
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- Used - Fair
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- 1925
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- Wraps
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$53.15
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Moscow: No Publisher, 1925. Wraps. Fair. No publisher. Moscow: 1925. Wraps. 52 pp. All text in Russian (Cyrillic). A play for children, roughly translated as Wolf Pack. Written by P. Yaltsev, a Russian playwright who apparently wrote several one act plays. FAIR/GOOD condition. Ex-library, with several stamps from a Mutual Aid Society on the covers and interior. Moderate… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$53.15
From Graces to Gargoyles: A Social Essay on the Theater in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1762-1850
by Suffern, Richard Winslow
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- Used - Good
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- 1972
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$36.54
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Portsmouth, NH: Seacoast Arts Council, 1972. Wraps. Good. Wraps. 55 pages. With a chronology laid in at the rear. Illustrated. A short but detailed account of the Portsmouth Stage Company and theater in general in the town of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, including the ninety years following the political fight over the theatre that first began in 1762. Drawn… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$36.54
The Art of Rehearsal
by Shaw, Bernard
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1928
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- Wraps
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$53.15
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New York: Samuel French, 1928. Wraps. Very Good. Blue printed wraps. Small booklet. 14 pp., plus one page of ads. A separate printing of this work that first appeared in Collier's Weekly, musing on rehearsals for theater performances. VERY GOOD condition. Minor wrinkling and edgewear to the covers. Item Price
NZ$53.15
After the Ball. Vaudeville Sketch in One Act
by Shelland, Henry E.
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- Used - Good
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- 1906
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- Wraps
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$36.54
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New York: Dick and Fitzgerald, 1906. Wraps. Good. Pale yellow wraps. 6 pp., plus ads. A play or long skit written for Vaudeville performances, featuring a young man and woman and a variety of short gags/jokes. GOOD condition. Minor to moderate soiling, minor spotting and staining to the wrappers. Uneven toning. Faint diagonal crease to the text block.… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$36.54
This War, a Satire for the Times
by No author given. (Brown, John Sullivan)
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- Used - Poor
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- 1863
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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NZ$89.69
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New York: S.W. Wood and Co, 1863. Wraps. Poor. Printed wraps. 80 pp. A book length poem on the Civil War, pro-Union and anti-Confederacy, calling politicians of the South traitors, as well as rejecting slavery and its apologists. POOR/FAIR condition. Large bitten/nibbled area affecting most of the upper rear edge and upper rear margin. From the rear cover… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$89.69
