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Theatre8344. : "The Stage" Year Book incorporating "The Stage Guide" 1950. London: The Stage 1950. xxxii+268+lxxix pp. illustrated, red card covers, top and bottom of spine worn, rubbed, otherwise in good condition. Review of the year, productions with cast lists, obituaries, detailed gazateer of towns with details of theatres, halls etc. A fascinating overview of the theatrical year. £8.5012143. : Grand Opera House Belfast Souvenir 1895-1945. Belfast: W. & G. Baird 1945 no pagination. ( 18 ) illustrated, pictorial covers with yellow ribbon to spine. A scarce item. Fascinating photographs. £55.004071. : The Play Pictorial An Illustrated Monthly. London. Vol 5 No 32 March 1905. 29.5 by 22 cms. Theatre Magazine. This issue is devoted to the London production of the musical play, The Talk of the Town, at the Lyric Theatre, pp. 105 - 132 + advertising. Illustrations of the production, the cast and sets. 2 musical numbers printed. Paper covers. In very good condition. The coloured cover photograph is of Miss Agnes Fraser. Music by Herbert E Haines with additional numbers by Hamish McCunn and Evelyn Baker. £20.004072. : The Play Pictorial An Illustrated Monthly. London. Vol 6 No 35 June 1905. 29.5 by 22 cms. Theatre Magazine. This issue is devoted to the London production of the operetta, The Little Michus, Les P'tites Michus, by Andre Messager, at Dalys Theatre, pp. 29-56 + advertising. Illustrations of the production, the cast and sets. 2 musical numbers printed. Includes the separate supplement page. Paper covers. In good condition except that page 49 is missing and thus page 35 is detatched. The coloured cover photograph is of Miss Mabel Green and Miss Adrienne Augarde. Music by A. Messager. £20.004111. : The Playgoer and Society Illustrated. London Vol. VII no 38 Nov.-Dec. 1912. A Theatre magazine, 25 by 21 cms. pp. 29-56 + advertising pages. Illustrated with photographs of the Play by Graham Moffat, A Scrape of the Pen at the Comedy Theatre Sept. 4th 1912.Includes a coloured insert page of Mr and Mrs Graham Moffat in a scene from the play. One page has 2 photos of a special charity matinee with a guest appearance by Mr Harry Lauder. In very good condition. £20.004109. : The Play An Illustrated Monthly. London. Vol 1 No 1 May 1904. 29.5 by 22 cms. Theatre Magazine.This issue is devoted to the London production of the musical play, The Cingalee, at The New Daly Theatre. Opening night was Mar. 5th 1904. pp. 1-24 + advertising. Illustrations of the production, the cast and sets. Two musical numbers printed.Paper covers. In poor condition with a stain and tear on cover, small loss, and pp 7-10 have been cut for photos and are lagely lost. Music by Lionel Monckton. We would normally not list a magazine which is thus incomplete but this is the very first issue and thus scarce even in this condition. There were 6 issues between May and October 1904 before it was absorbed into The Play Pictorial £20.004108. : The Play Pictorial An Illustrated Monthly. London. Vol 22 No 130 May 1913. 29.5 by 22 cms. Theatre Magazine.This issue is devoted to the London production of the play, Oh Oh Delphine, at The Shaftesbury Theatre. pp. 1-20 + advertising. Illustrations of the production, the cast and sets. Paper covers. In good condition. The large coloured cover photograph is of Miss Iris Hoey £20.004107. : The Play Pictorial An Illustrated Monthly. London. Vol 21 No 125 December 1913. 29.5 by 22 cms. Theatre Magazine.This issue is devoted to the London production of the musical play, The Dancing Mistress, at The Adelphi Theatre. pp. 25-48 + advertising. Illustrations of the production, the cast and sets. Paper covers. In good condition. The large coloured cover photograph is of Miss Gertie Millar. Music by Lionel Monckton. £20.004106. : The Play Pictorial An Illustrated Monthly. London. Vol 19 No 113 December 1912. 29.5 by 22 cms. Theatre Magazine.This issue is devoted to the London production of the musical play, The Mousme, at The Shaftesbury Theatre. pp. 25-48 + advertising. Illustrations of the production, the cast and sets. Paper covers. In good condition except that the front cover is detatched. The large coloured cover photograph is of Miss Florence Smithson. Music by Lionel Monckton and Howard Talbot. £20.004105. : The Play Pictorial An Illustrated Monthly. London. Vol 19 No 114 January 1912. 29.5 by 22 cms. Theatre Magazine.This issue is devoted to the London production of the play, Fanny's First Play at The Kingsway Theatre. pp. 50-68 + advertising. Illustrations of the production, the cast and sets. Paper covers. In good condition. The large coloured cover photograph is of Miss Lillah McCarthy £20.004100. : The Play Pictorial An Illustrated Monthly. London. Vol 15 No 92 March 1910. 29.5 by 22 cms. Theatre Magazine.This issue is devoted to the London production of the play , Dame Nature at The Garrick Theatre. pp. 97-120 + advertising. Illustrations of the production, the cast and sets. Paper covers. In good condition. The large coloured cover photograph is of Miss Ethel Irving. The play was adapted by Frederick Penn from Henry Bataille's La Femme Nue. £20.004097. : The Play Pictorial An Illustrated Monthly. London. Vol 13 No 80 March 1909. 29.5 by 22 cms. Theatre Magazine. This issue is devoted to the London production of the musical play, Our Miss Gibbs at The Gaeity Theatre. pp. 101-128 + advertising. Illustrations of the production, the cast and sets. Music by Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monckton with 2 musical numbers printed. Paper covers. In good condition. The large coloured cover photograph is of Miss Gertie Millar. 6 pages devoted to Playgoers and Cars, the ideal theatre and town car. The Lanchester Landaulette was a must have. £20.004073. : The Play Pictorial An Illustrated Monthly. London. Vol 7 No 45 April 1906. 29.5 by 22 cms. Theatre Magazine. This issue is devoted to the London production of the musical play, The Beauty of Bath, at The Aldwych, pp. 29-56 + advertising. Illustrations of the production, the cast and sets. 2 musical numbers printed. Paper covers. In good condition. The coloured cover photograph is of Miss Ellaline Terriss. There is an insert page listing the first 6 editions of The Play Pictorial and The Play, and then editions 7 to 57of the combined magazine. £20.004101. : The Play Pictorial An Illustrated Monthly. London. Vol 18 No 108. July 1911. 29.5 by 22 cms. Theatre Magazine.This issue is devoted to the London production of the Lehar's operetta , The Count of Luxembourg at Daly's Theatre. pp. 50-72 + advertising. Illustrations of the production, the cast and sets. Paper covers. In good condition except for an old sellotape repair to detatching spine The large coloured cover photograph is of Miss Lily Elsie and Mr. Bertram Wallis. £20.004070. : The Play Pictorial An Illustrated Monthly. London. Vol 5 No 31 February 1905. 29.5 by 22 cms. Theatre Magazine. This issue is devoted to the London production of the musical play, Lady Madcap, at the Prince of Wales Theatre, pp. 78 -104 + advertising. Illustrations of the production, the cast and sets. 2 musical numbers printed. Paper covers. In very good condition. The coloured cover photograph is of Miss Adrienne Augarde. Music by Paul A. Rubens. £20.004067. : The Play Pictorial An Illustrated Monthly. London. Vol 3 No 14 September 1903. 29.5 by 22 cms. Theatre Magazine. This issue is devoted to the London production of the musical play, The Medal and the Maid, at the Lyric Theatre,Aug 15th 1903. pp. 27-54 + advertising. Illustrations of the production, the cast and sets. 4 musical numbers printed including Katie had a Kodak. In very good condition. The cover photograph is of Miss Ada Reeve. Music by Sidney Jones. £20.004066. : The Play Pictorial An Illustrated Monthly. London. Vol 3 No 12 July 1903. 29.5 by 22 cms. Theatre Magazine. This issue is devoted to the London production of the play, The Clandestine Marriage, at the Haymarket Theatre, Mar to June 1903. pp. 441-476 + advertising. Illustrations of the production, the cast and sets. In very good condition. The striking orange cover photograph is of Miss Beatrice Ferrar. £20.004065. : The Play Pictorial An Illustrated Monthly. London. Vol 2 No 10 May 1903. 29.5 by 22 cms. Theatre Magazine. This issue is devoted to the London production of the musical play, A Princess of Kensington, at the Savoy Theatre, Jan 22nd 1903. pp. 361-400 + advertising. Illustrations of the production, the cast and sets.In very good condition. The cover photograph is of Miss Agnes Fraser. The music is by Edward German. £20.004064. : The Play Pictorial An Illustrated Monthly. London. Vol 1 No 8 March 1903. 29.5 by 22 cms. Theatre Magazine. This issue is devoted to the London production of the musical play, A Country Girl, at Dalys Theatre, Jan 18th 1902. pp. 285-319 + advertising. Illustrations of the production, the cast and sets. Cover with a tear, no loss. The cover photograph is of Mr Huntly Wright and Miss Olive Morrel. The music is by the once renowned Lionel Monckton. £20.004063. : The Play Pictorial An Illustrated Monthly. London. Vol 1 No 6 March 1903. Second edition. 29.5 by 22 cms. Theatre Magazine. This issue is devoted to the London production of the play Monseiur Beaucaire, at the Comedy Theatre, Oct. 25th 1902. pp. 201-240 + advertising. Illustrations of the production, the cast and sets. Cover with some wear. The cover photograph is of Mr Lewis Waller.There were several editions of many of these magazines which complivcates publication dates. £20.004075. : The Play Pictorial An Illustrated Monthly. London. Vol 10 No 63 October 1907. 29.5 by 22 cms. Theatre Magazine. This issue is devoted to the London production of the play, The Gay Gordons at The Aldwych Theatre. pp. 137-162 + advertising. Illustrations of the production, the cast and sets. Paper covers. In good condition. The large coloured cover photograph is of Miss Ellaline Terris and Mr Seymour Hicks. £20.004098. : The Play Pictorial An Illustrated Monthly. London. Vol 14 No 82 May 1909. 29.5 by 22 cms. Theatre Magazine. Special Shaftesbury Theatre edition.This issue is devoted to the London production of the fantastic musical play,The Arcadians at The Shaftesbury Theatre. pp. 153-180 + advertising. Illustrations of the production, the cast and sets. Music by Howard Talbot and Lionel Monckton with 1 musical number printed-The Pipes of Pan. Paper covers. In good condition but for 2 small tears on cover, no loss. The large coloured cover photograph is of Miss Florence Smithson and Miss Phyllis Dare. The opening night was the 28th April 1909. "It bids fair to be one of the most successful musical plays of the year". £20.004110. : The Stage Souvenir. London, No. 3 Sept. 1903 A stage magazine29.5 by 22 cms. pp.55-74+ advertising pages. illustrated with photographs of the musical play, My Lady Molly at Terry's Theatre. Music by Sydney Jones. With a cover photograph of Miss Decima Moore. Frontispiece of a mounted real photograph, tissue guarded, of the same lady. There were only 4 issues before the magazine was absorbed by The Play Pictorial. £20.005012. Baily, Leslie: Leslie Baily's BBC Scrapbooks Volume 1: 1896-1914. London, George Allen and Unwin, 1966. 224 pp, 25 x 19 cms. Illustrated, very good in a worn d.w. Contemporary newspaper review sellotaped after index. £8.004795. Baily, Leslie and Brewer, Charles: The B.B.C. Scrapbooks. London: Hutchinson 1st edition, 1937. xi+324pp, illustrated with photographs. With a preface by Sir Phillip Gibbs. Good in a chipped d.w. with some loss to top of d.w. spine. Early radio programmesreproducing the events of a year past. 1902,1905, 1908, to 1924. The Edwardian midsummer, votes for women, the war the BBC begins. £12.003242. Bamford, T.W: Practical Make-up for the Stage. London: Pitmans second ed. 1955 x+144pp. illustrated in a dustwrapper. v.g. Foreword by Ernest Thesiger. A very comprehensive study. £10.0011454. Barker, Ronnie: It's Goodnight from Him: The Best of the Two Ronnies. London: Hodder and Stoughton 1976. 28 by 22 cms. 95 pp. illustrated by John Painter, laminated pictorial boards. Autographed by Ronnie Barker on the title page with a black felt tip pen. In very good condition. £20.001966. Barry, Mr: Farewell Address spoken by Mr Barry of The Queens Royal Theatre Dublin on Wednesday 15th December 1858. Dublin: S.G. Downes, 53 Bishop Street,1858. 8pp. Mr Barry, who was "liberally responded to by his Brethren of the Independent Order of Oddfellows of the Dublin District, .... in consequence of declining health, is compelled to resign his professional duties". A nice, if fragile, piece of early Dublin theatre ephemera. Worn, and professionally repaired at some time, but in reasonable condition. £15.006607. Bax, Clifford editor: Florence Farr, Bernard Shaw W.B.Yeats Letters. London: Home & Van Thal 1946. x+67 pp. The editor was left these letters by Miss Farr, an actress, before her death. There is an explanatory word from G.B.S. and from George Yeats. A few minor spots to rear cover and ffep missing otherwise good. £10.006379. Blair, S. Alexander: The Golden Years The Story of Ballymoney Drama Festival. Ballymoney. published by the Committee of Ballymoney Drama Festival to celebrate its Golden Jubilee 1989. 21 by 15 cms. 65 pp. illustrated, paper covers, in very good condition. A splendid history of this very important and ever popular drama festival. £15.007867. Brown, Eluned editor: The London Theatre 1811-1866 Selections from the Diary of Henry Crabb Robinson. London: The Society for Theatre Research 1966. 227 pp. paperback, apart from a few dusty marks to covers in very good clean condition. Robinson kept a diary from 1811-1867. He knew most critics and many writers and met many actors socially. His comments are an important source in our understanding of play going in this period. £6.003652. Christopher, Milbourne: Houdini The Untold Story. London: Cassell. 281pp. illustrated, d.w. In very good condition. The dramatic life of the world's most famous magician, escape artist, and investigator of psychical phenomena. £12.003833. Cochran, Charles B: Showman Looks On London: JM Dent & Sons Ltd, 1946 viii + 323 pp, 22 x 14.5 cm, good in frayed dw. 35 illustrations. Theatre, circuses, boxing, wrestling, ballet... £15.008925. Gallagher, Lyn: The Grand Opera House Belfast. Belfast: The Blackstaff Press 1995. 174 pp. illustrated, very good in a v.g. dustwrapper. This lovely theatre was designed in oriental style by Frank Matcham. It just escaped being torn down for a car park, to be restored by the Arts Council in 1980. It survived adjacent bombs and has recently been extended with new front of house and backstage facilities. Its a lovely magical place. This book celebrates its centenary. £15.005531. Grand Opera House: Grand Opera House Belfast Programmes Belfast: 1942, 1943, 1946. 25.5 by 11.5 cms. folded light paper production. A collection of nine wartime programmes, cast list, advertising, illustration of Opera House in roundel on covers. Most for The Savoy Players. Includes, Charley's Aunt, Springtime for Henry, Dear Brutus, Maria Marten, Easy Virtue, Marry at Leisure,etc. Condition ranges from good to worn. The surprise is that they survived at all. All but one are from 1942/43. £10.008419. Hare, Arnold: George Frederick Cooke The Actor and the Man. London: Society of Theatre Research 1980. viii+255 pp. illustrated, paperback, in very good condition. Cooke was a product of the Georgian provincial theatre. He spent 12 years as a London, and American star. Between 1794-1800 there were two visits to Ireland. The book is therefore useful to students of the Georgian theatre in Ireland as well as elsewhere. £8.001857. Haskell, Arnold: Diaghileff, His Artistic and Private Life. London: Victor Gollanz 1935. 382pp. illustrated, no d.w. written in collaboration with Walter Nouvel. v.g. £10.008828. Honri, Peter: Working The Halls The Honris in One Hundred years of British Music Hall. Farnborough: Saxon House 1973. Overture by Spike Milligan, Decor by Helen Grant Ferguson. 25.5 by 19 cms. Hardback Edition. 215 pp. illustrated, the gift record in the rear pocket is present and unsealed. Very good in a rubbed but otherwise good dustwrapper. Honri was the fourth generation in an unbroken line of performers since 1870. Splendid photographs £8.007094. Linnell, Rosemary: The Curtain Playhouse. London: A Curtain Theatre Publication 1977. 21 by 15 cms. 64 pp. illustrated, card covers, very good. The Inner London Education Authority's Theatre Centre. Built as part of the East London Settlement in 1938 it is used to teach practical theatre skills etc. It is near the site of the Elizabethan Curtain Theatre. £8.002303. Macqueen-Pope, W: Gaiety : Theatre of Enchantment London, W.H. Allen 1949. 498pp. illustrated, boards worn, marked, small tear to bottom of spine, a little spotting to feps. A history of this famous London Variety Theatre. good. £10.009558. Macqueen-Pope, W: Theatre Royal Drury Lane Late Night Theatre. London: 9th July 1951. A history and programme of a performance at the theatre for the Newspapers Propieters Association. 23 by 13 cms. 28 pp. illustrated, lovely coloured decorative covers.The author was official historian of the Theatre. The programme is bound in with similar decorative covers. It had, an overture, Prologue spoken by Sybil Thorndyke, Excerpts from the Gondoliers by the D'oyly Carte Opera Co., Excerpt from School for Scandal introduced by Laurence Olivier, Pat Kirkwood, Excerpt from The Admirable Crichton, introduced by Ralph Richardson, the Palladium Girls, Tommy Trinder, Excerpts from Novello's Kings Rhapsody, Excerpts from Man and Superman, Twelth Night, Happy and Glorious, the Kensington Girls, Beatrice Lillie, and Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin in the grand pas de deux from the ballet Don Quixote, the toast from Cavalcade by Noel Coward. Must have been a great evening. £15.007813. McKinney, Andrew: Our Jimmy A Celebration of James Young. Belfast: The Brehon Press. 2003. 134 pp. illustrated, foreword by Brian Kennedy, signed by the author on the title page, paperback, in very good condition, almost as new. James Young, who died in 1974, was Ulster's best loved entertainer and comic. Starting as a serious actor in repertory, he developed comic stardom from the BBC series The McCooeys, to farces in the Group Theatre. Poking fun at prejudice and intolerance paradoxically endeared him to all sections. £15.005507. Muirhead, D. and Harrison, G. editors: The RADA Magazine No 1 May, 1939. London: RADA 1939. 25 by 19 cms. 24 pp. card covers, some spotting otherwise good. Articles include, The Theatre 1939 by Rona Laurie, "If" at the RADA by Jean Knight, the Italian Theatre by Gary Garrick, Ballet in England by Margaret Fulcher and a one page comic feature, Rehearsal, by John Hewitt. Rehearsal. This was the first issue and since 1939 was a particularly bad time to start a College magazine in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art we have not established that there was another issue before the start of War in September 1939. £20.003839. Nicoll, Allardyce: British Drama. London: George G Harrap and Co Ltd, 1961 Fourth edition, revised. vii + 533 pp, 20 x 13 cm. 16 illustrations. Small piece cut from top right corner of ffep. £8.002306. Pickersquill, M. Gertrude: Practical Miming. London: Pitman 1947. ix+ 117 pp. illustrated, good in a worn d.w. £5.003830. Priestley, JB: The Wonderful World of the Theatre London: Macdonald, 1969 96pp, 27 x 19 cm, good in torn dw. £8.003837. Purdom, CB: Producing Plays - A Handbook for Producers and Players London: JM Dent & Sons Ltd, 1951 Third, enlarged, edition. xiii + 239 pp, 22 x 14 cm, in torn dw. 32 illustrations and 11 diagrams. £10.00357. Raymond, G: The Life and Enterprises of Robert William Ellison, Comedian. London: 1857. 416 pp. Three engravings by G. Cruikshank and Two engravings by Phiz v.g. original binding. £55.003243. Redgrove, H.Stanley, and Foan, Gilbert A: Paint, Powder and Patches, A Handbook of Make-up for Stage and Carnival. London: Heinemann 1930. xi+ 170 pp. with sixteen plates and illustrations in the text. internally good and clean but boards a little stained( obviously used for the purpose intended) £10.003836. Ruggles, Eleanor: Prince of Players - Edwin Booth New York: WW Norton & Company Inc, 1953 xii + 401 pp, 22 x 14.5 cm. Name tipexed from ffep, occasional damp-staining. 15 illustrations. Foreward by Dame Sybil Thorndike. £8.003590. Saxon, A.H: P.T. Barnum The Legend and the Man. New York: Columbia University Press 1989. xii+ 437pp. illustrated d.w. There is a withdrawn sold sign on the ffep so it has been in a library but is in fact very clean and fresh, with no evidence of use. £18.003838. Short, Ernest: Theatrical Cavalcade. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1942 224 pp, 22 x 14 cm. 20 illustrations. Sunned spine and boards. £6.004666. Speaight, George: Collecting Theatre Memorabilia. England: MPC 1988. 25 by 19.5 cms. 160pp, illustrated, very good in dustwrapper. Covers all objects associated with the theatre which might be collected. £15.003834. Stewart, Hal D: Stagecraft - From the Stage Director's Point of View London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd, 1949 Theatre and Stage Series. xvii + 237 pp, 22 x 14 cm, good in sunned boards. 120 illustrations by W Stanley Moore. Foreward by Norman Marshall. £18.003840. Stokes, Swell: Without Veils - The Intimate Biography of Gladys Cooper London: Peter Davies, 1953 xii + 243 pp, 20 x 13 cm. 17 illustrations. £6.004216. Strenkovsky, Serge: The Art of Make-Up. New York, E.P. Dutton 1937. xviii+350 pp. illustrated, protected d.w. For stage, screen and every-day life, this is a comprehensive study. £16.503831. Weightman, Gavin: Bright Lights, Big City - London Entertained 1830-1950 London: Collins & Brown, 1988 160pp, 22.5 x 25.5 cm, mint in dw. £20.0010289. Wilde, Oscar: The Importance of Being Earnest A Trivial Comedy for Serious People. London: Samuel French n.d. French's Acting Edition. 83 pp. soft covers in very good condition, no annotation. £5.0011132. Williams, Michael: Ivor Novello Screen Idol. London: British Film Institute 2003. vi+193 pp. illustrated, hardback, in very good condition. Novello was a major figure in early 20th century stage and screen. " Through an exploration of the screen idol's associations with romance, glamour and sentimentalism, this first major study provides a fascinating insight into the British cinema's "Valentino" and one of it's first iconic figures. £25.003835. Williamson, Audrey: Old Vic Drama - A Twelve Years' Study of Plays and Players London: Rockliff, 1953 xvii + 228 pp, 21.5 x 14 cm, good in torn dw. 53 illustrations. Foreword by Dame Sybil Thorndike. £12.008378. Winslow, Mervyn W.: The Enniskillen Dramatic Society 1928-1993. Enniskillen: 1993. 29.5 by 20.5 cms. 108 pp. illustrated, laminated card covers, in very good condition. A lovingly produced history of this Fermanagh Dramatic Society, with details of all their productions, cast lists, photos etc, great local memorabilia. £12.004774. Wischhusen, Stephen, editor: The Hour of One, Six Gothic Melodramas. London: Gordon Fraser 1975. 15.5 by 21.5 cms, 173pp, illustrated. Containing, The Castle Spectre, by Monk Lewis, A Tale of Mystery, by Holcroft, The Vampire, by Planche, Frankenstein, by Milner, The Devil's Elixer, and The Flying Dutchman, by Fitz-Ball. Contemporary illustrations. Owners inscription on ffep. This is a beautifully produced book. £15.004568. Worsley, Francis: ITMA 1939 - 1948. London: Vox Mundi 2nd. imp. 1949. 102pp, illustrated by Maurice Bartlett, Introduction by Tommy Handley and Ted Kavanagh. Paper covers, very good. 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