Item 317481The Kembles. An Account of the Kemble Family.
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London: Tinsley Brothers, nd )ca. 1871). Read More Item Details for The Kembles. An Account of the Kemble Family Add to Wish List
Item #317481
Price: $150
London: Tinsley Brothers, nd )ca. 1871). Read More Item Details for The Kembles. An Account of the Kemble Family Add to Wish List
Item #317481
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London: A. Reader, Orange Street, Holborn, 1888. Read More Item Details for The Life of Mrs. Catherine Clive with an account of Her adventures on and off the Stage a round of her characters together with her correspondence Add to Wish List
Item #260453
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New York: Grove Press, 1989. First edition. SIGNED. Read More Item Details for Cousins and the Death of Papa: Two Plays from the Orphans' Home Cycle Add to Wish List
Item #338595
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New York: Dramatists Play Service, 1983. Second edition [originally published in 1955; copyright "renewed" 1983]. SIGNED. Signed by Horton Foote on the title page. Read More Item Details for A Young Lady of Property: Six Short Plays Add to Wish List
Item #338636
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New York: 1 March 1921. Mary Garden Remembers James Huneker. Soprano Mary Garden (1874-1967), writes to literary patron John Quinn, after the death of James Huneker, “Oh! if only you had told me of the need Mrs Huneker was in right after the death of my dear Mr. Huneker …..... Read More Item Details for Autograph Letter, signed (“Mary Garden”), to John Quinn, lamenting the death of James Huneker Add to Wish List
Item #323123
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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. Ben Gazarra (August 28, 1930 – February 3, 2012). In his career-launching role as 'Brick' in the original production of Tennessee Williams' CAT ON A HOT TIN..... Read More Item Details for Portrait photograph of Ben Gazzara as "Brick" in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Add to Wish List
Item #219071
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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. In his career-launching role as 'Brick' in the original production of Tennessee Williams' CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, directed by Elia Kazan, which opened on March..... Read More Item Details for Portrait photograph of Ben Gazzara as "Brick" in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Add to Wish List
Item #219072
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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 Item Details for Portrait photograph of Ben Gazzara as "Brick" in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, seated in robe clutching a drink, crutches in background Add to Wish List
Item #218862
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Munich: ca. 1810s. Voltz, Johann Michael. One of Volt's most iconic prints from the collection of German stage actor Erwin Faber. Johann Michael Voltz (b. 1784 - d.1858) was an engraver in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany whose political cartoons were syndicated and thoroughly reproduced, especially this particular image of Napoleon. This..... Read More Item Details for Johann Michael Voltz portrait of Napoleon [plate], formerly owned by Erwin Faber Add to Wish List
Item #346189
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New York: 3 December, 1936. Variant of the portrait from the same session as published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten, (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. At the time, Gielgud's was making his American stage debut as "Hamlet" -- the role which made his fame. Read More Item Details for Portrait photograph of John Gielgud Add to Wish List
Item #219144
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New York: April 12, 1937. Rare Van Vchten Portrait: Gish as Ophelia. Despite the pencilled note (added later), during the time of this session, the great star of the silent screen was playing Ophelia opposite John Gielgud's Hamlet on Broadway, with Judith Anderson as Gertrude, Harry Matthews as Horatio, et..... Read More Item Details for Portrait photograph of Lillian Gish as Ophelia Add to Wish List
Item #219119
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New York: 28 Oct., 1947. Variant of the portrait published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten, (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Read More Item Details for Portrait photograph of Lillian Gish in her role in "The Marquise", by Noel Coward Add to Wish List
Item #219102
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[Waltham Saint Lawrence, Twyford, Berkshire]: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. Gill, Eric. Number 113 of 450 copies. The dramatist's ingenuously frank autobiography and description of the Restoration and early 18th theatre. Cibber (1671-1757) was an actor, and the author of the comedies The Careless Husband, and Love's Last Shift; he..... Read More Item Details for An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Comedian and late Patentee of the Theatre-Royal Written by Himself Add to Wish List
Item #236514
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New York: George H. Doran Company, [1925]. First edition. Heyward's novel Porgy was adapted as a play and then an opera — Porgy and Bess — with music by George Gershwin. Inscribed on ffep, “To Helen and Gene Muller/ with affectionate Greetings / from/ Du Bose Heyward / Thanksgiving Day..... Read More Item Details for Porgy Add to Wish List
Item #254663
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New York: Oct 11, 1960. Hunter is best remembered for creating the role of Stella in the original production of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. Read More Item Details for Portrait photograph of Kim Hunter Add to Wish List
Item #219089
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[New York: Broadway Theatre, 1852]. A drama taking place in Porto Rico and based on a scene from Washington Irving's pseudo-fictional biography "A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Colubmus" (1828). Read More Item Details for Broadside advertising "The Peri, or, The Enchanted Fountain. Broadway Theatre...2nd Performance of Maeder's New Grand Romantic Opera and Splendid Fairy Spectacle, in which the distinguished Cantatrice Miss C. Richings will appear with Miss E. Reed, MR. T. Bishop, Mr. Richings & Mr. Rohr. The piece produced in the most Costly Style and at an expense of Several Thousand Dollars. Tuesday evening, December 14, 1852 will be performed for the 2nd time on any stage, (the subject taken from a story in Washington Irving's History of Columbus)...To conclude with the farce of the 2 Bonny Castles." Add to Wish List
Item #256942
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New York: May 10, 1955. Variant of the portrait reproduced in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten, (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Read More Item Details for Portrait photograph of Burl Ives Add to Wish List
Item #219347
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New York: May 10, 1955. Variant of the portrait reproduced in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten, (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Read More Item Details for Portrait photograph of Burl Ives Add to Wish List
Item #219348
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New York: May 10, 1955. Read More Item Details for Portrait photograph of Burl Ives Add to Wish List
Item #231255
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New York: May 10, 1955. Variant of the portrait reproduced in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten, (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Read More Item Details for Portrait photograph of Burl Ives as 'Big Daddy' in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Add to Wish List
Item #219346
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New York: May 29, 1961. Jones made an impression in 1961 in the off-Broadway production of Genet's play The Blacks. Read More Item Details for Portrait Photograph of James Earl Jones Add to Wish List
Item #220903
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Cork: W. Scraggs, Printer, [1836?]. Kean in Richard III in Cork. Read More Item Details for Mr. Seymour most respectfully announces to the Noblility, Gentry, Officers of the Garrison and the public in general of Cork and its Vicinity that his BENEFIT is fixed for Monday Evening June 26 when the celebrated Mr. Kean...King Richard III Add to Wish List
Item #302473
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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Paternoster Row, 1825. First edition. John Philip Kemble (1757-1823) was born into a celebrated theatrical family, which included Fanny Kemble, Charles Kemble, and Sarah Siddons; he seemed destined to be an actor, and did so, becoming one of the best and most..... Read More Item Details for Memoirs of the Life of John Philip Kemble, including a History of the Stage from the Time of Garrick to the present period Add to Wish List
Item #242371
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London: Hutchinson, [1925]. First edition. Inscribed to Mathilde Peat, ‘My constant & best friend’. Inscribed on front flyleaf: "To Mathilde [Peat] My constant & best friend / from the author / Monte Carlo May 14th 1925." Mathilde Peat (1888-1965), née Guillou, was a close friend and companion to Lillie Langtry..... Read More Item Details for The Days I Knew. With a foreword by Richard Le Gallienne Add to Wish List
Item #346737
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New York: 7 April, 1941. Canada Lee as Bigger Thomas, 1941. Lee was acclaimed for his portrayal of Bigger Thomas in Orson Welles' 1941 stage adaptation of the Richard Wright' s NATIVE SON. Brooks Atkinson in the New York Times called his performance "the most vital piece of acting on..... Read More Item Details for Portrait Photograph of Canada Lee as Bigger Thomas, in the 1941 Orson Welles' stage adaptation of NATIVE SON Add to Wish List
Item #220931