Browse by Subject Category—Drama

1917, the first UK edition, containing four of Lord Dunsany's plays

T Fisher Unwin, London, 1917

1924, a Great War play set in the Allied offensive of 1918

George Allen & Unwin, London, 1924

A Great War drama, Cecil Lewis's 1928 translation of Paul Raynal's anti-war play

Methuen, London, 1928

1920, in an attractive quarter leather binding

Libraire Charpentier et Fasquelle, Paris, 1920

1912, quite a rare first edition on danciing, ballet, dancers, morris dancing...

Grant Richards, London, 1912

1901, a rare first edition of Charles Aubert's book on mime

E Meuriot, Paris, 1901

1812, in a Simier R. du Roi binding, and plates by Clement Marillier

P Didot L'Aine, Paris, 1812

1925, with beautiful illustrations printed in gold, blue and black by John Austen

Chapman & Hall, London, 1925

1974 edition of Morley's account of theatre trips 1851–1866

Leicester University Press, Leicester, 1974

In a decorative painted calf binding, 6 vols including the Tragedies, Comedies, Biography and Doubtful Plays

Charles Knight, London, 1842

Two vols, 1924 & 1921, containing seven plays

Constable, London, 1924

1938, the first printing of the play edition

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1938

An unpublished stage adaptation by David Castillejo, limited to only 20 copies (this is No 1)

Not Published, 1968

Signed by Edward Charles, a fragment from an unfinished pageant

Joiner and Steele Ltd, London, 1931

A 1914 edition of Claudel's French play, The Tidings Brought to Mary

Nouvelle Revue Francaise, Paris, 1914