Plays
SISTERLY FEELINGS & TAKING STEPS
London: Chatto & Windus, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Sir Alan Ayckbourn on the front flyleaf. A pair of comedies by the prolific British playwright and director. Sisterly Feelings is the first of Ayckbourn's..... More
A STUDY OF SHAKESPEARE'S VERSIFICATION, with an Inquiry into the Trustworthiness of the Early Texts, an Examination of the 1616 Folio of Ben Jonson's Works, and Appendices Including a Revised Text of Antony and Cleopatra
New York: AMS Press, 1969. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1920 first edition. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. Issued without a dust jacket. The top corners are lightly bumped; otherwise very good. More
EH JOE AND OTHER WRITINGS
London: Faber and Faber, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Includes the texts of Eh Joe, which was produced by BBC Television in July 1966, Act Without Words II, and Film, Beckett's first screenplay, which was produced..... More
LOOLIE AND OTHER SHORT PLAYS
New York and Los Angeles: Samuel French, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed and dated by E.P. Conkle to screenwriter Robert Reeves on the title page. A collection of six short plays by the Nebraska author..... More
THE GREEN PASTURES: A Fable
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1930, this play portrays episodes from the Old Testament as seen through the eyes of a young African..... More
HOME CHAT, SIROCCO, "THIS WAS A MAN": Three Plays with a Preface
London: Martin Secker, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. A trio of Coward's inter-war successes: Home Chat (1927) is a comedy about a married woman's fidelity; the play Sirocco (1927) concerns free love among the wealthy; while..... More
WINGED VICTORY: The Army Air Forces Play
Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1944. Hardcover. First edition thus, a photoplay edition issued in conjunction with the 20th Century-Fox film adaptation of the play. Inscribed by actors Don Taylor and Edmond..... More
ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST: A Play in Three Acts
New York: The Viking Press, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. A prequel to Hellman's 1939 drama The Little Foxes, this play focuses on the wealthy, ruthless, and innately evil Hubbard family and their rise to prominence..... More
THE MOON IS BLUE, With an Introduction by Ben Hecht
New York: Random House, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. A comedy in three acts, The Moon is Blue had a run of 924 performances on Broadway, and was adapted for the screen by Otto Preminger, who..... More
THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO APHRA BEHN
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Original glossy boards; issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy. More
THE ROYAL FAMILY: A Comedy in Three Acts
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. A bittersweet bouquet to the glory of the Great White Way, portraying the off-stage melodrama of the Cavendish clan, a dynasty of acting..... More
A CLEARING IN THE WOODS
New York: Random House, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. The entire life of a young woman is shown during the course of the play, which was first presented by Roger L. Stevens and Oliver Smith at..... More
HOME OF THE BRAVE
New York: Random House, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. The author's first stage play, which explores the effects of the hell of jungle combat against the Japanese in World War II on a diverse group of..... More
STATE OF THE UNION
New York: Random House, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a fictional Republican presidential candidate. Includes a foreword by Thomas L. Stokes and photographs from the original production. This copy is inscribed by..... More
THE WISTERIA TREES
New York: Random House, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. A reimagining of Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, set on a plantation in the American South. Illustrated with photographic illustrations from the first stage production, which premiered..... More
CITIZEN-SAINTS: Shakespeare and Political Theology
Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Lupton on the half-title. "Turning to the potent idea of political theology to recover the strange mix of political and religious..... More
THE CABIN: Reminiscence and Diversions
New York: Turtle Bay Books, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. This pleasurable amalgam of travelogue and reminiscence explores Mamet's early years in Chicago and New York and his current life as a successful playwright. Signed by..... More
THE HERO PONY: Poems
New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. The acclaimed dramatist's first collection of verse. Signed by David Mamet on the half-title. Octavo. The contents are lightly toned, as usual. A fine copy in a...... More
THE WATER ENGINE AND MR. HAPPINESS
New York: Grove Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author to character actor and filmmaker Paul Bartel on the front flyleaf. Best known for his black comedy Eating Raoul (1982), Bartel was also..... More
"BROTHER RAT" with an Introduction by George Abbott
New York: Random House, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by John Monks, Jr. and signed by Fred Finklehoffe on the front flyleaf. The successful Broadway production of this comedic play about cadets at the Virginia..... More
ALL THE WAY HOME
New York: Ivan Obolensky, Inc., 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed and dated by Tad Mosel on the front flyleaf. Adapted from the James Agee novel A Death in the Family (1957), this play received the..... More
I KNOCK AT THE DOOR; PICTURES IN THE HALLWAY; DRUMS UNDER THE WINDOW; IRISHFALLEN, FARE THEE WELL; ROSE AND CROWN; SUNSET AND EVENING STAR
New York: Macmillan, 1949-1956. Hardcover. The first four volumes are later printings; the fifth and sixth volumes are each first American edition, first printings. The complete memoirs of Irish dramatist Sean O'Casey (1880-1964). The books..... More
THE EMPEROR JONES
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928. Hardcover. "This special edition of The Emperor Jones, with eight illustrations by Alexander King, is limited to 775 numbered copies, of which 750 are for sale. Each copy is..... More