New York: Boni and Liveright, 1921. First edition, later (1921) printing, binding B. Inscribed to a Boulton, O‘Neil’s... Read More about The Moon of the Caribbees and Six Other Plays of the Sea
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London: J. Watts, 1750. Third edition. The revised and expanded third edition of Fielding's third play, a comic ballad opera first staged in 1730. A note on the title-page reads: "This piece was originally acted at the Hay-Market, and revived some years after at Drury-Lane, when it was revised, and..... Read More about The Author's Farce; with a Puppet-Show, Call'd the Pleasures of the Town. As Acted at the Theatre...
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London: J. Watts, 1741. Second London edition. The second authorized London edition, a close reprint of the 1737 Roberts edition. By the time this edition was published, Fielding had ended his dramatic career, effectively silenced by the Theatrical Licensing Act of 1737, which censored the stage and limited theatrical performances..... Read More about The Historical Register for the Year 1736. As it is Acted at the New Theatre in the Hay-Market....
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London: Printed and Issued by Charles Whittingham & Co. at the Chiswick Press, 1892. Chiswick Press Editions. One of 475 copies on Handmade paper. Marked "Presentation Copy---April 30 '92." Read More about The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon. Introduction by Austin Dobson
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London: John Watts, 1728. First edition. Fielding's First Play. First edition of the 20-year-old Fielding's first play and his second surviving publication. "Fielding's career as dramatist began auspiciously enough when, as an unknown author in his twentieth year, his first play, the comedy Love in Several Masques, was staged by..... Read More about Love in Several Masques. A Comedy, as it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal …
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London: J. Watts, 1733. First edition. First edition of Fielding's adaptation of Molière's L'Avare, the most successful of his "regular" comedies. With an epilogue by Colley Cibber. Read More about The Miser. A Comedy. Taken from Plautus and Moliere. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in...
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London: J. Watts, 1730. First edition, ordinary paper issue. Fielding's Second Play. First edition of Fielding's second play, written upon his return to London following nearly two years on the Continent. The Temple Beau was turned down by Drury Lane — where two years earlier Fielding, with the help of..... Read More about The Temple Beau. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre in Goodman's-Fields
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Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company, 1811. First Edition of the Collected Works. Read More about The Dramatic Works of John Ford. With an introduction and explanatory notes by Henry Weber
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London: Privately Printed for subscribers by the Early English Drama Society, 1906. Large paper copy, limited to 60 copies. Large Paper. Part of the “Early English Dramatists” Series issued in 12 volumes. Read More about The Dramatic Writings of Ulpian Fulwell comprising “Like Will to Like”–Note-Book and Word...
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N. P: circa 1940's. Here Carroll A. Wilson writes about the presence of the actor as a kind of second author, quoting Professor Jenkins on the idea that there is no one Hamlet, and recalling to the reader "how much the actor is called upon to do for the author."..... Read More about Manuscript for an article on David Garrick entitled "England's Greatest Actor and His...
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London: Printed for Thomas Astley, at the Rose in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1743. First edition, with half-title. Read More about The Distress'd Wife. A Comedy
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New York: May 13, 1955. Variant of the print published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Gazzara as the Original 'Brick'. The original production of Tennessee Williams' CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, directed by Elia Kazan, opened on March 28, 1955. His..... Read More about Portrait photograph of Ben Gazzara as "Brick" in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, seated in robe...
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Philadelphia: Printed by Henry Miller, in Second-Street, 1765. First edition. The first play produced by an American. First edition of The Prince of Parthia which was "the first drama written by a native American to be produced upon the professional stage" (DAB). The play debuted on 24 April 1767 at..... Read More about Juvenile Poems of Various Subjects. With the Prince of Parthia: A Tragedy by the late Mr. Thomas...
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[Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire]: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1926. Number 124 of 325 copies. Printed by Robert Gibbings. Read More about The Metamorphosis of Pigmalion's Image
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London: Printed for W. Griffin, 1768. First edition, second impression, mixed state of L1-2 (no catchword p. 74, 3-1/2 line footnote on one page Epilogue). Dr. Johnson supplied the Prologue. Read More about The Good Natur'd Man: A Comedy, as Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden
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London: Printed for T. Carnan and F. Newbery, jun. at Number 65, 1773. Fifth edition. The Advertisement is signed "Oliver Goldsmith." Read More about The Vicar of Wakefield: a Tale
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London: Printed for John Bayley at the Judge's Head in Chancery-Lane, near Fleetstreet, 1708. First edition, with half-title. This tragedy is based on the story in Richard Knolles’ 1603 Generall Historie of the Turkes that also inspired Samuel Johnson's play also entitled Irene. Read More about Irene; or, the Fair Greek, a Tragedy: As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane by Her...
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London: Printed by T. Maiden ... for Ann Lemoine, n.d. [1802]. Nice miscellany of popular song of the turn of the nineteenth century, with distingushed provenance. Read More about The Heart of Oak; Consisting of a Choice Selection of New Songs for the Year 1802. To which are...
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London: Printed for the Author, and sold by William Cadman, et al, 1684. First English edition. The Classical Treatise of the 17th-Century French Drama. First English translation of this key treatise which codified the rules of 17th-century French dramatic classicism. It was first published in French as La pratique du..... Read More about The Whole Art of the Stage. Containing Not Only the Rules of the Drammatick Art, but Many Curious...
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London: Privately printed for Subscribers by the Early English Drama Society, 1905-6. Large paper copies, one of 60 copies. Large Paper. Part of the “Early English Dramatists” series published in 12 volumes. Read More about The Dramatic Writings...[With] The Proverbs, Epigrams and Miscellanies of John Heywood. Edited by...
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London: Privately printed for Subscribers by the Early English Drama Society, 1908. Large Paper. Large Paper. Part of the “Early English Dramatists” series published in 12 volumes. Read More about The Spider and the Fly, Together with an Attributed Interlude, Entitled Gentleness and Nobility....
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London: Various publishers, 1840. First editions. Read More about A Legend of Florence a Play in Five Acts. WITH: Haynes, James Mary Stuart, An Historical Tragedy....
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London: William Heinemann, 1891. First edition in English, no. 66 of 100 copies of the Large Paper Edition. The large paper edition of the first English edition of Hedda Habler, limited to 100 copies. First published in London in an edition of 12 copies to secure copyright followed by the..... Read More about Hedda Gabler. A Drama in Four Acts … Translated from the Norwegian by Edmund Gosse
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New York: Published by E. Murden, Circulating Library and Dramatic Repository, Dec. 1821. First American edition. A low comedy adaptation of Irving's Tale, quickly thrown together by English palywright Moncrieff to capirtalize on the current interest in Irving's Sketch Book. His most lasting production was a dramatization of Pierce Egan's Life..... Read More about The Spectre Bridegroom or, A Ghost in Spite of Himself. A Farce, in Two Acts. Founded on a story...
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Boston: FA Searle Printing, 1869. Read More about Broadside: Boston Theatre. Double Performance! Third Night of the favorite actress, engaged for...
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Boston: n.d., ca. mid to late 19th century. Read More about Autograph Letter, signed (“J Jefferson”), to Miss Bennett
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