Paris: La Table Ronde, 1959. Mass-market paperback INSCRIBED on the half title to Holly Howarth, who has translated and written about Jean Anouilh's works. This is one of Anouilh's best-known plays, which explores the relationship between King Henry II of England and the archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas à..... More

Paris: La Table Ronde, 1965. Later printing. A collection of plays INSCRIBED on the half title by Jean Anouilh: "Pour le Docteur Paul Robert, Jean Anouilh, Nov. '69." The plays are: L'Invitation au Chateau; Colombe; La Répetition ou l'amour puni; and Cécile ou l'école des pères. Text entirely..... More

Paris: La Table Ronde, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. A collection of plays INSCRIBED by Jean Anouilh on the half title: "Pour ce gamin de Claude Sainval souvenir de la representation d'adieux de son ainè. Affectuesement, Jean Anouilh, 10 Janvier 62." ("For this kid of Claude Sainval, a memory of..... More

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1961. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Jean Anouilh's comedy about the artificial manners and wasted lives of a French count and his fellow aristocrats who amuse themselves by rehearsing a play in the count's castle. This is an English translation of La Répétition..... More

Paris: La Table Ronde, 1966. Later printing. Collection of plays INSCRIBED on the half title by Jean Anouilh: "Pour le Docteur Paul Robert, Jean Anouilh, Nov. 69." The plays are: Humulus le Muet; Le Bal des Voleurs; Le Rendez-Vous de Senlis; and Léocadia. Text entirely in French... More

New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. Short guide to an exhibition on Japanese kabuki theatre that took place from September 12 to October 29, 1978, at the Yale University Art Gallery. The guide features an essay about kabuki, along with some black-and-white illustrations..... More

New York: Program Publications, Inc., 1946. First Edition. Profusely illustrated souvenir program featuring dancers and set designs of the Ballets Russes for the 1947-47 season. Laid in are four loose plates on magazine stock featuring large photographs and biographical sketches of Alicia Markova, Anton Dolin, André Eglevsky, and Lubov Tchernicheva..... More

Moscow: Bolshoi Theatre, 1943. First Edition, First Printing. Single printed sheet folded to create [4] pages, measuring 6 1/2 x 4 1/8 inches (163 x 106 mm) when folded. Rare playbill for the opera Ivan Susanin, performed at the Bolshoi Theatre, on September 26, 1943. This was a...... More

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1929. First Edition, First Printing. The story of Actors Equity Association, the theatre union formed in 1913 to fight for fair contracts and better working conditions. In the striking and scarce dust jacket. The author, Alfred Harding, was the editor of Equity..... More

New York: The New Theatre League and New Dance League, 1936. First Edition, First Printing. An issue of this influential left-wing magazine devoted to the performing arts. Articles include the full text of Irwin Shaw's antiwar play, "Bury the Dead," its first published appearance. There's also a profile..... More

New York: Program Publishing Co., 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Guide issued to accompany performances in New York and Los Angeles by a troupe of Japanese kabuki actors, dancers, and musicians. The performances were in celebration of the 100th anniversary of a trade agreement between the U.S. and..... More

New York: The New Theatre League and New Dance League, 1936. First Edition. The July, 1936 issue of this influential left-wing magazine devoted to the performing arts during the Depression. New Theatre was close to the Communist Party USA. This issue features "A Call for a National Theatre"..... More

New York: The New Theatre League and New Dance League, 1935. First Edition. An issue of this influential left-wing magazine devoted to the performing arts during the Depression. New Theatre was close to the Communist Party USA. This issue features the complete text of Albert Maltz's one-act play..... More