Razzell, Peter.
William Shakespeare: The Anatomy of an Enigma
(Caliban, 1990).
Hardback. Some annotation to back endpaper, otherwise very good in dustwrapper. 188pp. Order No. NSBK-A9160
Keywords: 1850660107, Shakespeare, literary, literature, Britain, British, England, English, history, playwrights, drama, theatre, plays, stage, William Shakespeare, sixteenth, seventeenth, 16th, 17th, John Shakespeare, Charlecote, poaching, deer
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Firth, Gary.
Victorian Yorkshire at Play: A Pictorial History of Yorkshire Sport and Pastimes
(Hendon Publishing, 1989).
Paperback. Good. pp. Order No. NSBK-A10610
Keywords: 0860671259, Yorkshire, Victorian, nineteenth century, Britain, British, England, English, history, amusements, sport, leisure, pastimes, holidays, theatres, playhouses, sports
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Tomalin, Claire.
Mrs Jordan's Profession: The Story of a Great Actress and a Future King
(Penguin, rpt., 1995).
Paperback. Spine creased, otherwise very good. xx + 422pp. Order No. NSBK-C10026
Keywords: 0140159231, actresses, actress, actors, drama, theatres, theatrical, Mrs Jordan, women's history, plays, stage, William IV, Dora Jordan, eighteenth, nineteenth, century, courts, royalty, monarchs, monarchy, kings, Britain, British, England, English, biography, biographies, woman, biographical, lives, life history, life histories
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John, Angela V.
Elizabeth Robins: Staging a Life, 1862 - 1952
(Routledge, 1995).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. xiv + 283pp. Order No. NSBK-A14587
Keywords: 9780415061124, Elizabeth Robins, acting, theatre, stage, women' s suffrage, suffragettes, Edwardian, women's emancipation, actresses, actress, Ibsen, novelists, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, USA, America, American, entertainment
Price £13.50.
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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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Gardner, Viv, editor.
Sketches from the Actresses' Franchise League:
(Nottingham Drama Texts, Nottingham University, 1985).
Paperback. Ex library. Covers soiled, usual library stamps and markings, minor scorings to text, otherwise good. 96pp. Order No. NSBK-C13914
Keywords: 0906129095, suffrage, suffragettes, suffragists, politics, political, rights, women's rights, women's movement, Votes for Women, woman, women's history, women's studies, women's suffrage, woman's suffrage, theatre, plays, theatrical, suffragette writers, playwrights, Edwardian, Pankhursts, actresses, acting, Actresses' Franchise League, Beatrice Harraden, Cicely Hamilton, Gertrude Jennings, Bessie Hatton, Inez Bensusan
Price £40.00.
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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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Bentley, Eric.
Bernard Shaw:
(Methuen, 2nd British edition, 1967).
Hardback. Lacks fly leaf; ex-library with usual library stamps & stickers, a good working copy in slightly yellowed, creased dustwrapper. xviii + 204pp. Order No. NSBK-A7591
Keywords: B0000CNJNK, George Bernard Shaw, biography, biographies, history, literature, literary, politics, religion, drama, theatre, plays, Shavian, stage
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Hardwick, J. M. D.
Emigrant in Motley: The Journey of Charles and Ellen Kean in Quest of a Theatrical Fortune in Australia and America, as Told in Their Hitherto Unpublished Letters
(Rockcliff, 1954).
Hardback. Cloth faded and marked (slightly grubby), internally good. 260pp. Order No. NSBK-A3912
Keywords: B0000CJ0TP, Charles Kean, Ellen Kean, letters, stage, theatre, drama, theatrical, actress, actor, America, United States, Australia, emigration, emigrant, Victorian, nineteenth century, history
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Guinness, Alec.
My Name Escapes Me: The Diary of a Retiring Actor
(Hamish Hamilton, 1996).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good in slightly creased dustwrapper. x + 214pp. Order No. NSBK-A9009
Keywords: 0241136679, actors, acor, Alec Guiness, autobiography, life, life history, lives, life histories, theatre, stage, twentieth century, Britain, British, history, England, English
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