Skelton, Robin.
J. M. Synge and his World:
(Thames and Hudson, 1971).
With 130 illustrations. Hardback. Spine ends slightly bumped, sotherwise very good in chipped and slightly worn dustwrapper. 144pp. Order No. NSBK-A11857
Keywords: 0500130310, J. M. Synge, theatres, stage, plays, drama, literature, literary, actors, actresses, playwrights, writers, dramatic, theatrical, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Irish, Eire, Ireland, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history, twentieth, 20th, century
Price £7.00.
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De Hempsey, Sidney.
Practical Punch and Judy:
(Arcady Press [John Alexander], Reprint, 2004).
This useful guide to starting Punch and Judy first appeared in 1953 as a series of articles published in the monthly magic magazine "The Wizard", which is now, sadly, defunct. Reprinted 2004. Booklet. Fine. 28pp. Order No. NSBK-F12597
Keywords: Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Punch and Judy, puppets, puppet, puppetry, theatre, marionette, marionettes, puppeteer, puppetteer, puppet master, professor, professors, hand puppet, hand puppets, scripts, script, show, seaside, sea side, humour, humor, street theatre, street theatres, street entertainment, social history, social historian, traveller, travellers, magic, illusions, conjuring, history, showmen, showman, shows, show, Sidney De Hempsey, Sidney de Hempsey's, booklet
Price £16.95.
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Warre, Michael.
Designing and Making Stage Scenery:
(Studio Vista, 1966).
Foreword by Peter Brook. A Studio Handbook. Hardback. Very good+ in edgeworn, slightly worn dustwrapper. 104pp. Order No. NSBK-A10201
Keywords: 0289368855, design, art, artists, stages, theatre, scenery, theatres, drama, playwrights, scenic design, LAMDA theatre, painting, plays, actors, designers, directors, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Open Stage, Proscenium, actors, acting
Price £8.99.
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Brereton, Geoffrey.
French Comic Drama from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century:
(Methuen, 1977).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, lacks fly leaf, otherwise good in slightly faded dustwrapper. x + 290pp. Order No. NSBK-A7244
Keywords: 0416782205, French, France, Europe, European, literature, comedy, comic, drama, entertainment, Renaissance, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth century, dramatists, playwrights, stages, theatres, history, farce, romantic, burlesque, bourgeois
Price £12.00.
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Robins, Elizabeth.
Where are you Going to?:
(William Heinemann, 2nd impress., 1913).
Scarce, collectable. Hardback. Some white moulding to board edges and light marking to board faces, otherwise a good, firm copy. vi + 312pp. Order No. NSBK-C9864
Keywords: B000KT6EJM, Elizabeth Robins, women's suffrage, woman suffrage, women writers, Where Are You Going To, fiction, suffragettes, acting, actresses, novels, novelists, theatre, collectible, antiquarian, twentieth century, Britain, British, England, English, Social and Political Union, actresses, actresss, theatre, drama, plays, novelists, feminists, actors, literature, original suffragette ephemera
Price £70.00.
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Seager, Donald.
Glove Puppetry:
(Macmillan, 1950).
Paperback. Covers darkened, otherwise good. 72pp. Order No. NSBK-G5221
Keywords: B0000CHS7U, puppets, puppet, glove puppets, making puppets, making glove puppets, toys, toy, craft, crafts, hobbies, papier mache, puppet theatres, puppet plays, Punch and Judy, children's puppets
Price £5.00.
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Harris, Frank.
Joan la Romee: a Drama
(Imprimerie Nicoise, Nice, 1926).
Paperback. Ex library with minimal library stamps. Some foxing and soiling to paper covers, and chipping to spine ends, otherwise good. 91pp. Order No. NSBK-A14442
Keywords: B00085LP7O, Joan of Arc, Jeanne d'Arc, history, social history, religion, France, French, martyrs, dramas, dramatic, play, plays, theatre
Price £14.00.
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Wilson, Ian.
Shakespeare The Evidence: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Man and his Work
(Headline, 1993).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, lacks fly leaf, title page & final index page partly detached, otherwise good in chipped dw. xiii + 498pp. Order No. NSBK-A7000
Keywords: 0747205825, literature, literary, Shakespeare, Britain, British, playwrights, writers, dramas, theatres, Globe, London, Stratford-on-Avon, biography, biographies, life histories, life history, lives, sixteenth century, seventeenth century, stages, actors
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Fisher, David.
The War Magician: How Jasper Maskelyne and his Magic Gang Altered the Course of World War II
(Coward McCann, New York, 1983).
Britain's most bizarre secret weapon of WWII - he made the Suez canal disappear. Became an assassination target of Hitler's regime during WWII. A very scarce title. Hardback. Slight bumping to corners, otherwise very good in chipped, slightly discoloured, slightly worn dustwrapper. First Edition in 315pp. Order No. NSBK-A4731
Keywords: 0698111400, magic, conjuring, maskelyne, illusions, music hall, theatre, David Devant, jasper, Neville, war, Hitler, illusion, conjurer, warfare, war, magic gang, magician, magicians, magical, illusionist, jasper maskelyne, illusionists, Second World War, great britain, great british, england, english, war magician, history, david fisher, egyptian hall, illusions, deceptions, deception, deceptionist, deceptionists, decept, deceptive, deceptor, world war, wartime, war magician, magic gang, history, magic history, conjurers, conjured, J.N Maskelyne, white magic, World War II, World War Two, Inter-war, Interwar, Inter war
Price £38.00.
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Hiatt, Charles.
Ellen Terry and her Impersonations: an Appreciation
(George Bell and Sons, 1898).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library markings. Original cloth browned with some soiling. Page edges soiled, endpapers also soiled. A good, tight working copy. x + 274pp. Order No. NSBK-A14453
Keywords: B001OP2VMU, Ellen Terry, theatre, acting, actresses, history, Victorian, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, 19th century, nineteenth century
Price £14.00.
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