Search Results: Drama from Royal Books, Inc.

Los Angeles: N.p., 1998. A small archive of materials relating to LGBTQ theatre in Los Angeles, 1988-1998. Included in the archive are eight flyers (1992-1998), a bi-fold announcement for "Jew Meat" (1992), a four-page bi-fold program for "The Gays of Our Lives" (1992), and a three-page February 1988 "Gay and Lesbian Theatre Alliance / Galta News" newsletter. Performances represented in the archive include: "Meat My Beat" by Albert Antonio Araiza at the Celebration Theatre, 1990; "The Gays of Our Lives" by Claudia Allen at the Celebration Theatre, 1992; "Jew Meat" by John Ellis, Doug Sadownick, and Matt Silverstein at Highways Performance Space, 1992; "Roommates" by Gabe Gelbart and Chris Doggett at Highways Performance Space, 1992; "Wheelchair / Wig (Push Me - Don't Push Me)" by Elia Arce, Marcus Kuiland-Nazario, and Mario Gardner at Highways Performance Space, 1992; "AIDS! The Musical" by Wendell Jones, David Stanley, and Robert Berg at the Skylight Theatre, 1993; "Two Lives: One Pair of Pants"… Read More

N.p.: N.p., 1995. Collection of vintage theatre materials relating to F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, 1926-1995. The archive includes: Two programs for Owen Davis' 1926 stage adaptation of Fitzgerald's 1925 novel "The Great Gatsby," One from the premiere run at the Ambassador Theatre in New York for the week beginning Monday, April 19, 1926, and one from the traveling production at Chicago's Studebaker Theatre, for the second week of performances beginning August 8, 1926. Playbill for "The Young and Beautiful," playwright Sally Benson's 1955 adaptation of several Fitzgerald short stories. Production staged at the ANTA Theatre for the week beginning November 7, 1955 (the premiere at the ANTA Theatre, after moving from the Longacre Theatre) starring Lois Smith and Douglas Watson. Program, flyer, and postcard for a 1984 production of one-character play by Marty Martin, "I Don't Want to be Zelda Anymore," at the Actors Reperatory Theatre in New York starring Margie Bolding. Program and flyer for a… Read More

New York: Random House, 1955. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Slight lean. Jacket with faint toning overall and two tiny closed tears, one at the heel and one on the top right of the front panel.

New York: Random House, 1939. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 1941 film noir "Out of the Fog," directed by Anatole Litvak and starring John Garfield and Ida Lupino. Near Fine lacking the dust jacket.

Washington D.C.: Howard University, 1947. Vintage program for the 1947 production of the 1944 play, held from December 9-12, 1947, at Howard University's Spaulding Hall, under the direction of James W. Butcher, Jr. The production marked the first time the play had been performed by an all-Black cast. Produced less than two years after the 1945 Broadway premiere of Tennessee Williams' breakthrough play, director Butcher remained faithful to Williams' text for Howard University's Black acting troupe, The Howard Players, and the performances' predominately Black audience, and was widely lauded by local critics, with the Washington Afro-American declaring the production "a must on the local theatregoers' calendar," and the Washington Evening Star acknowledging Butcher's "bravery" in producing an entirely Black production of Williams' play. Among The Howard Players acting in the production were very early performances by noted actor Graham Brown (later of the Negro Ensemble Company in New York), here… Read More

Dorchester, MA: The Strand Theatre, 1988. Vintage flyer for a performance by the Plutonium Players at The Strand Theatre in Dorchester, circa 1988, with proceeds to benefit Boston's "Gay Community News," a weekly newspaper. Originally formed in Berkeley in 1980 by Gail Ann Williams, The Plutonium Players were a feminist guerilla theatre troupe dedicated to satirizing Reagan-era conservatism and antifeminist politics. "Ladies Against Women" was the troupe's most popular incarnation. 8.5 x 11. Near Fine.

Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2001. First Edition. First Edition, INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper, "For Gregory, This includes some scenes from the novel that would have made as film unwieldy / Best Wishes, Bud Schulberg / At Hofstra Univ. with your father: Steinbeck 100 / 3/21/02." Fine and unread, with no dust jacket as issued.

Los Angeles: The Fountain Theatre, 1995. Vintage program for the 1995 play. Simon Levy's adaptation of Fitzgerald's 1934 novel, which premiered at The Fountain Theatre in Los Angeles on March 2, 1995, directed by Heidi Helen Davis, and starring Larry Poindexter and Tracy Middendorf. Previously made as the 1962 film, directed by Henry King, starring Jason Robards and Jennifer Jones and the 1985 television mini-series, produced by 20th Century Fox Television, directed by Robert Knights, and starring Peter Strauss, Mary Steenburgen, and Sean Young. Tri-fold, 5.75 x 11 inches. Near Fine.