Drama, Theatre, Acting, Plays, Stage Arts from JWMah

Honolulu: Watermark Publishing, 2005. (USA) Presumed 1st edition. No markings,Fine in Fine (-) dust jacket with shallow scuff mark to rear panel and another smaller one to the front panel. Hardcover, 234pp, index, colour and B&W photos. In 50 years as a promoter in paradise, Tom Moffatt has staged the biggest acts in the business — from Elvis Presley to… Read more about this item

Roma: Franco Spinosi Editore, 1966. (ITL) Presumed 1st softcover edition. No markings, Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket with a couple of minor edge faults. Grey wraps with dust jacket, [88]pp, plates in colour of the characters of the Commedia dell'Arte. This was an early form of prefessional theatre characterized by masked types. 19 of the characters are presented… Read more about this item

1960. (USA) No publisher nor date, most likely arund 1960. 3.25 x 5.25" card with B&W photos of Ty Hardin holding a pistol. There is a fine crease to the upper left hand corner and a small darkish stain just to the extreme lower edge of the card, thus Good only. Bronco was a Western television series… Read more about this item

Vancouver: The University of British Columbia, 1916. (CAD) No markings, soft fold down length of programme, otherwise Very Good. Paper covers, side-stapled, [8]pp counting both covers.There was a one-act play "Cinders" by Lily Tinsley but the main event was "Fanny and the Servant Problem" or "The New Lady Bantock" by Jerome K. Jerome. There ara a number of local… Read more about this item

London: Intimate Theatre, 1957. (UK) No markings, Very Good condition to both programmes. Paper covers, side-stapled, [8] pages each counting both covers. The Great Ornamentby Elizabeth Addyman, produced by Frederick Tripp with Joan Lidsay, Kenneth Baker, Peter Whitbread, Edna Wynn, Aibrey Woods, Eleanor Nicholls, and Margaret Gibson in the cast. The Greater Sin by Claire Carroll produced by John Maxwell,… Read more about this item

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1968. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition No markings, about Fine in price-clipped about Very Good dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to dust jacket edges and light rubbing to black back panel; there is a faint small discoloration to the white portion of the front panel possibly fromremoval of a price tag(?). Red cloth,… Read more about this item

Taipei: OISTAT / Nick Hern Books, 2014. (TAI) Presumed 1st eidtion. No maarkings, a touch of rubbing to spine extremities, no spine crease, Very Good used copy. Wraps, 432pp, index, hundreds of colour photos augmented with B&W illus document designs for 409 productions from 55 countries representing the best of set, costume and lighting design on the international theatre scene.… Read more about this item

Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 2007. (CAD) Stated 1st edition. INSCRIBED BY Danny Schur; no othe rmarkings, about Fine with CD unopened to poach to back cover. Wraps, 81pp, a couple of B&W photos. This compellin gpiece of musical theatree, tells the story of the Winnipeg General Strike, through the lives of immigrants Mike Sikolowski and his godson Stefan. … Read more about this item

London: Criterion Theatre, 1961. (UK) One theatre program, no markings, Very Good. 18.5 x 12.5 cm, paper covers, side-stapled, [12]pp, B&W photos of Emlyn Williams, Alison Leggatt, Wendy Craig, Richard Briers, and the three playwrights. Lunch HOur by Mortimer; A Slight Ache by Pinter; The Form bt Simpson. Local ads. (0.9 JM ITF2 docket 21. Staple Bound. Very Good. 12mo… Read more about this item

New Westminister: Douglas College, 2002. (CAD) Some abrasion to the corners of the poster where it had been taped up, the poster has been folded in half and in half again, thus Good used copy. One poster advertising the play, 40 x 25 cm, printed one side only, in balck and dark magenta. Kindertransport (1993) is a play by Diane… Read more about this item

Rome: Teatro Dell'opera, Terme Di Caracalla, 1956. (ITL) There are a couple of notations in ink beneath the portratis of the singers, one indicating that Rina Gigli, one of the cast, is the daughter of Beniamino Gigli, a hint of rust to the staple, otherwise Very Good. 8.25 x 6", card cover with colour illus of face in mosaic,… Read more about this item

NY: Dodd Mead and Company, 1963. (USA) Book club edition (1963) with the square blind stamp to the lower back covers. No markings, almost no wear to cover edges, volume VI has faint discoloration to the frotn cover cloth (not obstrusive), faint odor of tobacco smoke to the books, there is a small tringular chip to the… Read more about this item

Toronto: Vorosvary Publishing, 1981. (CAD) Preseumed 1st eidtion. No markings, bookplate to inside front cover, belonging to Andre Molnar, a real estate pioneer, dubbed the "condo king" of Vancouver in the 1980s, Very Good in about Very Good dust jacket with dime-size chip to upper corner of rear panel at head of spine. Orange cloth, 788pp, then [10]pp of… Read more about this item

Burnaby: Arch-way Publishers, 1973. (CAD) There are several small "x" marks to the centre programme, no other markings, Very Good. Paper covers with B&W illus from a painting by Picasso, side-stapled, 14pp with iv page programme. B&W illus and photos; local ads. Features the soprano, Renata Tebaldi. 1.3 JM HOX 1/1. Staple Bound. Very Good. 4to - over… Read more about this item

Burnaby: Arch-way Publishers, 1973. (CAD) No markings, Very Good. Paper covers with colour painting by Tou;ouse Lautrec, side-stapled, 10pp with xii page programme for Rudolf Nureyev and the National Ballet of Canada. B&W illus and photos; local ads. Features Les Sylphide,The Sleeping Beauty, The Moor's Pavane. . (1.3 JM HOX 1/1. Staple Bound. Very Good. 4to - over… Read more about this item

Burnaby: Arch-way Publishers, 1975. (CAD) No markings, Very Good. Paper covers with colour painting by Art Lucs, side-stapled, 10pp with iv page programme for Artur Rubinstein. B&W illus and photos; local ads. Features Huguette Tourangeau, Arts Club Theatre, (1.3 JM HOX 1/1. Staple Bound. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Periodical.

Burnaby: Arch-way Publishers, 1974. (CAD) No markings, Very Good. Paper covers with colour painting (uncredited), side-stapled, 14pp with iv page programme for Margot Fonteyn and the New London Ballet.. B&W illus and photos; local ads. Features excerpts from The Sleeping Beauty, Le Corsaire, Romeo and Juliet, Vespri. . (1.3 JM HOX 1/1. Staple Bound. Very Good. 4to… Read more about this item

Burnaby: Arch-way Publishers, 1977. (CAD) No markings, Very Good. Cover painting by Carol Martyn, , 14pp. with xvi page programme of the concert with Alicia de Larroche. B&W illus and photos; local ads. (1.3 JM HOX 1/3. Staple Bound. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Periodical.

Vancouver: The Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance, 1983. (CAD) No markings, Very Good, Paper covers, side-stapled, [8]pp counting both covers, B&W photo of Richardson. This is an award night programme. Jessie Richardson was an extraordinary individual whose supportive involvement in Vancouver theatre spanned over four decades. She began in the 1930s, in the Vancouver Little Theatre Association, where she acted,… Read more about this item

Paris: Theatre Fontaine, 1954. FR) Faint spots to back cover which has an abstract design in red and black, touch of rust to staple, Very Good. 6 x 4.5", card cover with red background, stapled, [20]pp. Photos of Andre Puglia, Jean-Pierre Grenier (with cigarette in mouth0, Olivier Hussenot, Peter Ustinov, Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon, Jean-Deinis Malcles, Denise Giret, Julia Dancourt., George… Read more about this item