Theatre Program (27 results)
Published by Popular Programs
- Softcover
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. None. Cover folded in center horizontally.
Published by New York Theatre Program Corp., NY 1931
- Softcover
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback. B&W illustrations, ads. Program for all-black theatre production; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 24 pages.
Published by The National Theatre
- Softcover
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. None. Spencer Tracy photo cover.
Published by Studebaker Theatre 1941
- Softcover
- Manuscript
Seller: My Book Heaven, Alameda, CA, U.S.A.My Book Heaven
Contact seller5-star sellerwraps. starring Gene Barry, music and lyrics by Harold J. Rome. Near Fine condition.
More imagesPublished by New York Theatre Program Corp., New York 1934
Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.biblioboy
Contact seller5-star sellerPamphlet. New York: New York Theatre Program Corp. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1934. Pamphlet. This vintage theater program is in very good condition with light edge wear, a small tear to heel of spine, light dust soiling to covers. 7 by 9 1/2 Inches. 40 pages. See Photos; This Souvenir program is for Monday Februar…y 19, 1934 Third Play of the Sixteenth Subscription Season. Mary of Scotland Starring Helen Hayes, Philip Merivale and Helen Menken. Contents include: The Season, What the Woman Will Wear, What the Man Will Wear, After the Theatre, The Players, The Author and more. Advertising for Arrow Shirts, La Salle, Pontiac, Mercier Champagne, Maiden Form, Studebaker, Casino in Central Park, and many many others. ; Photographs . Very Good with No dust jacket as issued.
Published by February 14, 1905
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.Second Life Books, Inc.
Contact seller4-star sellerSingle quarto sheet folded into 4 pages, edges, little nicked, good copy.
More imagesPublished by The Theatre Guild, 1938 (?). 1938
- Softcover
Seller: Joe Maynard, Nashville, TN, U.S.A.Joe Maynard
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Quarto, 24pp including pictorial wrappers, illustrated internally, tissue outer wrappers (moderate wear to edges, very good, outer tissue with numerous chips with small losses, overall very good in scarce outer tissue wrappers). Starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fon…tanne.
Published by London, UK, 1959. 1959
- Softcover
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12 pp, quarto, b&w photographic illustrations, very good copy in pictorial, limp wrappers. . Programme features Jacqui Chan & Kevin Miles.
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents
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Condition: VG. Athens. 1967 first edition. Philopappou Hill. 4to. wraps. 16p. Fully bw photo illustrated. VG no ownership marks. Greek Folk Dancing.
Published by George, Rice & Sons, Australia, 1988. 1988
- Softcover
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44 pp, quarto, coloured and b&w photographic plates and illustrations, fine copy in pictorial, limp wrappers. Programme for the tour of Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli and Sammy Davis Jr. Includes 2 ticket stubs. ($112 each !).
- Softcover
- Signed
Seller: William Matthews/The Haunted Bookshop, Sidney, BC, CanadaWilliam Matthews/The Haunted Bookshop
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NY: Globe Theatre, 1924. Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. 48pp. A nice clean copy. Cover art is signed "Wilhelm 1909". The back cover has a very nice color butterfly ad for Murad Cigarettes. The main show this week: Fred Stone in STEPPING STONES. Music by Jerome Kern. The Globe Theatre was at Broadway & 46th St., NY.
- Softcover
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NY: 46th Street Theatre, 1926. Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. 32pp. Staples rusting, a bit of wear to corners, a clean very good copy. Front cover art is unsigned, several women on a stairway with diaphanous scarves. The back cover is an ad for Melachrino Cigarettes; the inner back cover ad is for Kelly-Springfield tires, a…nice graphic. The show this week: Florence Reed in THE SHANGHAI GESTURE. The 46th Street Theatre was in NY, on 46th West of Broadway.
- Softcover
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NY: New Amsterdam Theatre, 1925. Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. 40pp. Staples rusting, a nice clean copy. Cover art is unsigned, an art nouveau arrangement featuring a pastoral scene of a shepherd. The back cover is a terrific color ad for Murad, The Turkish Cigarette. The show was the Latest 1925 Edition of ZIEGFELD FOLLIES…, with Dialogue by J.P. McEvoy, Will Rogers and W.C. Fields. The New Amsterdam was in NY, on 42nd St. West of Broadway.
- Softcover
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NY: Sam H. Harris Theatre, 1925. Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. 32pp. Staples rusting, a nice clean copy. Cover art is unsigned, looks very much like an imitation of Maxfield Parrish. The back cover is a great color ad for Murad Cigarettes. The show this week: The Duncan Sisters in TOPSY AND EVA, based on "Uncle Tom's Cabin"…. The Sam H. Harris Theatre was in NY, on 42nd St. near Broadway.
Published by Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham, England 1951
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: West Portal Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.West Portal Books
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Stapled Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. First Thus. This 12 page program has been boldly signed by the playwright Christopher Fry and Birmingham Repertory Theatre founder and then Governing Director Sir Barry Jackson presumably in the year of the plays' production, 1951. Cover has color image on heavier weight paper than…the guts, which are black and white. 4 pages of advertisements and 5 pages devoted to the play and theatre's history and credits. A very uncommon item especially signed by such notables from the world of British Drama. Cover has a very slight smudge, but is otherwise in very sharp condition. Signed by Playwright and Theat.
Published by London: Offices of "Black and White", 1892. 1892
- Hardcover
- Periodical
Seller: Joe Maynard, Nashville, TN, U.S.A.Joe Maynard
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Oblong octavo, 16pp, plain endpapers, publisher's cloth-backed pictorial papered boards (moderate wear, mostly to corners, minor soiling, a few internal spots, very good). [Laid-in]: 4 page (one sheet folded) program printed in brown for the 64th Performance, Jan 23 - 28, 1893, including full cas…t listing and synopsis, also for Tennyson's Becket (worn, toned, creased at edge).
Unmasking Theatre Design: A Designer s Guide to Finding Inspiration and Cultivating Creativity
Lynne Porter (Resident Designer and Director, Theatre Program at Fairfield University)
- Softcover
Seller: moluna, Greven, , Germanymoluna
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Condition: New. Lynne Porter is Resident Designer and Director of the Theatre Program at Fairfield University, where she has been teaching, administrating, and making theatre since 1995.She is also the Academic Director of Creative Life Residential College, a sophomore .
Pickwick. A Dickensian comedy in three acts by. . . freely based upon The Pickwick papers by Chalres Dickens. Produced by Frank C. Reilly at the Empire Theatre.
[DICKENS -- THEATRE PROGRAM]. HAMILTON, Cosmo & REILLY, Frank C.
Published by Frank C. Reilly,, New York: 1927
- First Edition
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.Zephyr Used & Rare Books
Contact seller5-star seller4to. 27, [1] pp. Numerous photo illustrations, large double-page colour centerfold from painting by M.B. Robinson. Mauve softcovers, black lettering on front cover, yapp edges, minor dustoiling, edgewear, still VG copy. First edition of this beautifully illustrated Souvenir De Luxe program for the play which opened in 1927. Fran…k Reilly would also produce A Play Without a Name in 1929. This production featured John Cumberland as Pickwick, Charles McNaughton as Sam Weller, Hugh Miller as Alfred Jingle, and others.
Porter, L: Unmasking Theatre Design: A Designer\ s Guide to F
Lynne Porter (Resident Designer and Director, Theatre Program at Fairfield University)
- Hardcover
Seller: moluna, Greven, , Germanymoluna
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Gebunden. Condition: New. Lynne Porter is Resident Designer and Director of the Theatre Program at Fairfield University, where she has been teaching, administrating, and making theatre since 1995.She is also the Academic Director of Creative Life Residential College, a sophomore .
More imagesThe CRICKET On The HEARTH. A Fairy Tale of Home, adapted from the Celebrated Story by Charles Dickens, in a Warble and Three Chirps. Garrick Theatre
[Theatre Program]. Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870] - Inspiration. Boucicault, Dion - Adaptation. Bourchier, Arthur - Theatre Manager & Actor
Published by Haycock & Sons, Printers, Dean St (n. d.), London
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.Tavistock Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerUnpaginated, though 10 pages, including wrappers. Adverts begin, and conclude, the pamphlet, with the production program as the center bifolium. 12mo. 7-1/8" x 4-7/8" Bolton notes this adaptation first performed in early December 1903, a prior owner on this program has noted in pencil on the front cover, "Tuesday, Jan. 12. 1904"…. Of note, Bolton questions Dion Boucicault as the plarywright, however, on page 6 of the program is found the following: "Mr. Bourchier is indebted to Mr. J. L. Toole for kindly placing the late Dion Boucicault's dramatic version of this story at his disposal." Modest age-toning & soiling to covers, with rusted staples. A VG copy. White paper covers printed in black, stapled. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve Early, if not 1st, printing (Bolton CH119), ca 1904.
More imagesWHEN CRUMMLES PLAYED-- The Lyric Theatre. Hammersmith, W.6
[Theatre Program]. Playfair, Nigel [reputedly the pseudonym of Harvey, F. J.]
Published by Wightman Mountain & Andrews Ltd Printers 31 & 33, Victoria Street, S.W. (n. d.), London
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.Tavistock Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerUnpaginated, though 6 pages. Front cover with 2 images, one from NN, one from George Barnwell's Contrition. 12mo. 8-1/2" x 5-3/8" A short-lived performance of this adaptation, with Bolton noting this as the only London run, with the initial performance of 2 June 1927 [a date in this program of 14 June]. In this performance, Wilf…red Shine was Vincent Crummules, and Robert Haslam was Nickleby. Age-toning & soiling to covers, with rusted staples. Dampstain along lower edge. An Abt VG survivor. Glossy white paper covers printed in black & white, stapled. "Six Pence" sticker to covers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve Early, if not 1st, printing (Bolton NN197), ca 1927.
- Hardcover
Seller: Centralantikvariatet, Stockholm, , SwedenCentralantikvariatet
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Condition: Very Good. (Paris, 1950). 4to. (36) pp. Richly photo illustrated, partly in colour. Sewn as issued, with green and gilt original wrapper. 3d edition. Mycket naket med Yvonne Ménard, Frédéric Rey, Pierrette Kyre m.fl. samt tidstypisk reklam. Softcover / Paperback.
Published by Detroit, Michigan: Fisher Theatre. 1966
- Softcover
- Manuscript
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Condition: Good. Theatre Program. 8vo. Stapled Wraps. 28 pp. Very Good. Scarce.
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents
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Condition: VG. Dicembr 1837. "La Moglie Buona ed Il Marito Avoaro." 2 paragraphs of text in Italian. List of personaggi and attori. Folded in quarters. Edges frayed o/w VG.
Published by New York. Cort Theatre. 1912 1912
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Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, CanadaJ. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC)
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Hardcover. 4to. 29cm, 8 pages (graduated sizes), cover illustrations is a photogravure portrait (Marie Antoinette from the painting by Le Brun in Versailles), illustration of interior of Court Theatre, program for current production (with portraits of cast), soft white leather (calf) backed (gilt stamped "Tiffany Co.") with stri…ng tie, light foxing to cover, some rubbing to several leaves, very good condition, rare (Ho3.3) ~ The initial performance featured Lurette Taylor in "Peg of My Heart" that ran for 603 performances. The souvenir program gives a substantial description of the design and construction of the Cort Theatre with the facade modeled after the Petit Trianon in Versailles. (Hence the portrait of Marie Antoinette on the title-page). The Cort Theatre is still functioning as a Broadway theatre in Manhattan 107 years later.
More imagesSeller: Blind-Horse-Books (ABAA), DeLand, FL, U.S.A.Blind-Horse-Books (ABAA)
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Condition: Very Good. Classic Palace Theatre Vaudeville Program with Archie Gunn Cover A period program from B.F. Keith's Palace Theatre, the premier vaudeville house in America, documenting the height of New York's live entertainment culture between the wars. Programs from the Palace capture the transition moment between vaudev…ille dominance and the rise of Broadway and film. Illustrated throughout with performer portraits, theatrical advertisements, and contemporary fashion promotions, the program offers a vivid cross-section of stage entertainment and commercial culture. Featured performers include Leonora Hughes and Mary Haynes, alongside theatrical promotions for productions such as The Firebrand and The Guardsman with Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. Advertisements from Bonwit Teller, Milgrim, and other luxury retailers reinforce the close connection between theatre, fashion, and urban sophistication. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION +++ Stapled pictorial wraps. +++ Format: Theatre program. +++ Size: 5.5 by 7.75 inches. +++ Pagination: 32 pages. +++ Illustrations: Photographic plates and period advertising throughout. Cover: Illustrated by Archie Gunn. +++ Imprint:New York: B.F. Keith's Palace Theatre, [circa late 1920s-early 1930s]. CONDITION: Bindings are secure. Text is clean; light, even age-toning. Moderate handling wear; light soiling to wraps. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE - This program reflects the final flourishing of vaudeville at the Palace Theatre before its decline in the 1930s. It captures a moment when live performance, fashion, and consumer culture intersected in New York's entertainment capital. The Palace Theatre stood at the center of American vaudeville, and its programs functioned as both souvenir and cultural document. This example reflects the layered experience of the era: performance, fashion, advertising, and social aspiration all contained within a compact format. The inclusion of national advertisers and Broadway promotions underscores how the Palace served as a bridge between touring acts and New York's theatrical establishment. Archie Gunn (1863-1930) was a prominent American illustrator associated with Life magazine and known for his elegant depictions of fashionable women. His work helped define the visual language of early 20th-century American illustration. Cover with his 'signiture'. SUBJECTS: Vaudeville programs, Palace Theatre New York, Broadway history, Archie Gunn illustration, theatrical advertising, 1920s entertainment culture, fashion advertising ephemera, Theatre Ephemera, Performing Arts, Illustrated Ephemera.
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents
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Condition: VG. Samedi 13 Jullet 1844. "Une Chaine, Comedie en cinqu actes, et en prose, de M. E. Scribe." Lists personnage and acteurs. 8x10 inches, small decorative vignette, printed on one side only. 1.5 inch tear in margin (not affecting text), frayed around edges. Near VG. Original printing.
