William Shakespeare Playwright (7 results)

Hardcover. viii, 279 pp. Noble's Comparative Classics. Good condition; very light color rubbing on covers; previous owner's name on inside front cover; on inside covers and on adjoining pages: very light yellowing and traces of browning; on initial pages: light foxing, some color rubbing, and a few small puncture marks; on edges of papers: light yellowing and touches of light foxing; stray mark on inside rear cover.…

Stipple engraving, from Biographical Magazine, fine delicate portrait with biographical information in letterpress below. slight spotting on surround.

Stipple, some spotting.

1p., 12mo. Lithograph engraved facsimile of Garrick's autograph manuscript on unwatermarked wove paper. In fair condition, lightly aged. The origin of the engraving is unclear. Headed: 'Some additional shift to ye Comic part of ye Midsummer Night's dream. | Song for Epilogue | By Quince, Bottom Snug, Flute Starvling, Snout.' The first nine lines of the poem follow, beginning: 'Most noble Duke to us be kind, | Be you and all your Courtiers blind, | []'. The poem as published in Colman's edition of 1763 does not feature the penultimate line: 'That will not do at Court:'. The facsimile of Garrick's signature is at bottom right: 'D. Garrick.' Only copy traced is at Harvard.…

Draft script for the 1985 film. With manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Text, titles, and annotations in Japanese. Based on Shakespeare's play "King Lear." An elderly warlord in medieval Japan divides his vast empire among his three sons. The power corrupts them and turns them on each other, as well as their father. Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Director for Kurosawa, winning one. Set in medieval Japan, shot on location in Kumamoto, Shizuoka, Himeji, Oita, Aichi, Yamagata and Tokyo, Japan. Bright blue titled wrappers. Title page present. 96 leaves, with last page of text numbered 176. Xerographic duplication, printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, with a lightly faded spine, perfectly bound. …

Vintage script for the 1964 production of Shakespeare's classic tragedy, staged at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Broadway from April 9 through August 8, 1964. Copy belonging to actor Christopher Culkin, who appeared in the play as "Player King," with his manuscript name on the title page, and his manuscript annotations on over 20 pages, marking stage blocking and dialogue. With sparse set design and a total absence of period costuming, director John Gielgud's ultra-minimal staging of "Hamlet" proved entirely new for New York audiences, and was ultimately wildly successful, achieving the longest run for the play in Broadway history at 137 performances. Actor Richard Burton received a Tony nomination for his performance as the tragic prince, and actor Hume Cronyn won a Tony for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play. A filmed version of the play was created by recording three live performances on the then-new technology of Electronovision and editing them into a single film. Although considered lost for many years, the film was rediscovered and restored in 1995 by producer and director Paul Brownstein. Actor Christopher "Kit" Culkin appeared in several Broadway productions throughout the early and mid-1960s, but is perhaps best known today for his more famous offspring, Kieran, Rory, and Macaulay. Brown titled wrappers. Title page present, dated 10-1-63. 124 leaves, with last page of text numbered 3-37. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrappers Very Good, separated along the hinge and now archivally reinforced, bound with two gold screw brads.…

Original borderless photograph of director Jean Renoir, and actors Henri Vidal and Jean-Pierre Aumont on the set of the 1954 theatre production. With manuscript annotations and an agency stamp on the verso. Staged for a single showing in the Roman Arena in Arles on the occasion of the 2000th anniversary of the foundation of the city by Julius Caesar. 11 x 8 inches Near Fine.…