Search Results: Theatre from Royal Books, Inc.

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for the 1970 play. Laid in are two pages, one a letter addressed to Tom Drake and the other a fake newspaper to be used as a prop. A fictionalized play based on the actual paper founded by screenwriter Doral Chenoweth, "The Little Weekly" from a small town in Ohio. Set in Ohio. Red titled wrappers. Title page present, dated 1970. 91 leaves, with last page of text numbered 84. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound with three silver brads.

Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1945. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the first blank. About Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket lightly rubbed, with short closed tears on the heel and flap folds, repaired with cello tape on the verso.

New York: Samuel French, 1936. First Edition. First Edition. Association Copy, INSCRIBED in the year of publication on the front endpaper by the author to playwright George Middleton and his wife, activist and actress Fola La Follette: "To / George and Fola / with my love / Martin / 7/28 '36." Middleton's nephew David's ownership stamp on the front pastedown. New Jersey-born playwright, director, and producer George Middleton served as president of the Dramatists Guild of America from 1927 to 1929. He is perhaps best remembered today for his instrumental role in creating the Minimum Basic Agreement, a collective bargaining agreement that covers benefits, rights, and protections for Writers Guild of America members. Middleton was also known for his collaborations with Guy Bolton, including the successful 1917 stage comedy "Polly With a Past," basis for the 1920 film adaptation. The daughter of Senator Robert M. "Fighting Bob" La Follette and women's suffrage leader Belle Case, Flora Dodge "Fola"… Read More

N.p.: N.p., 1985. Revised Draft script for the 1985 play. Copy belonging to Peter Mark Richman, who played the character of Lewis in this production, with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper and annotations throughout in manuscript ink. The story of a screenwriter living in Los Angeles who can not seem to finish any screenplays, and thus is haunted by his unfinished characters including Adolf Eichmann, a gorilla and a blue-collar worker named "The Raincoat." Steve Shagan was a critically acclaimed novelist, playwright and screenwriter, who came to prominence working on the television series "Tarzan." Throughout his long career, he was nominated for both Academy Awards and Emmy Awards. Set in Los Angeles. Tan untitled wrappers. Title page present, noted as Revised Draft, with credits for playwright Steve Shagan. 101 leaves, with last page of text numbered 98. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads.

N.p.: N.p., 1965. Vintage borderless photograph of director Franco Zeffirelli on the set of the 1965 Italian production of Arthur Miller's 1964 play. With two printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso, along with an agency stamp. From the archive of the PIX Agency, a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well as those still living in Europe) and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. Miller's play premiered on Broadway at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre on January 23, 1964 and ran for a successful 208 performances, although not without facing a fair amount of criticism for its thinly veiled, cynical portrayal of Marilyn Monroe, from whom Miller had recently been divorced. The play toured Europe in 1965, and was staged at the Teatro Eliseo in Rome in December 1965, under Zeffirelli's direction. Set in WHERE, shot on location in WHERE. 8 x 10 inches. CONDITION.

London: Secker and Warburg, 1965. First UK Edition. A semi-autobiographical play about Arthur Miller's (then-recent) divorce from Marilyn Monroe. Near Fine in an about Near Fine, lightly edgeworn dust jacket.

London: Secker and Warburg, 1964. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First UK Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Very Good plus in wrappers. Wrappers with toning at the extremities and spine, and a small chip at the fore-edge of the front wrapper.

New York: Viking Press, 1964. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper, "For Matthew Bienstock / With my best regards / Arthur Miller." Very Good plus in a Near Fine dust jacket. Slight spine lean with faint toning to the extremities. Jacket with light toning to the extremities and spine.

New York: Delia Productions, 1970. Mimeograph play reproduction of William Alfred's 1954 play "Agamemnon" for an unproduced film based on the play. A verse play retelling of the Greek myth, in which King Agamemnon is murdered by his wife upon his return to Mycenae after the Trojan War. Navy wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Alfred. 102 leaves, mechanical duplication. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with three silver brads.

N.p.: Paramount Theatre Productions, 1982. Vintage borderless promotional photograph of actresses Geraldine Page, Lee Remick and Amanda Plummer for the 1982 pre-Broadway run of the stage play. During the Broadway run, Lee Remick was replaced by actress Elizabeth Ashley. With mimeo snipe affixed to the verso promoting the opening of the show on February 26, 1982 at the Wilbur Theater in Boston and its opening in New York City at the Court Theater on Sunday, March 21, 1982. Mimeo snipe also has identification of photographer Ken Howard. A play consisting of only three characters, one of whom remains on stage for the entire production. A novice nun gives birth and claims virgin conception. A psychiatrist and the mother superior investigate. During the Broadway run, which began on March 30, 1982 at the Music Box Theater, actress Amanda Plummer won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play and Geraldine Page was nominated for Best Actress in a Play. 10 x 7.5 inches, Near Fine.

New York: Random House, 1933. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for three adaptations: the 1935 MGM film starring Walter Beery and Lionel Barrymore, with a young Mickey Rooney in a supporting role, the 1948 Rouben Mamoulian musical "Summer Holiday," with Mickey Rooney now as the lead, and the 1959 Broadway musical "Take Me Along," with a Tony award winning performance by Jackie Gleason in the drunken uncle role Beery originated. About Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Faint offsetting on the front endpapers. Jacket lightly toned on the spine panel and flap folds.

New York: Mark Hall Amitin, 1979. Vintage poster for Albee Directs Albee, a forty week international tour of eight Albee one act plays, directed by the playwright. It started in 1978 and was presented by Mark Hall Amitin, the founder of World of Culture. Plays included "The Zoo Story" (1958), "Fam and Yam" (1959), "The Sandbox" (1959), "The American Dream" (1960), "Box and Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse Tung" (1968), "Listening" (1975), and "Counting the Ways" (1976). Though primarily known for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1962), the winner of the Best Play Tony Award and source material for Mike Nichols' landmark film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Edward Albee has produced numerous varied works since his career began with "The Zoo Story" (1958), a play that opened alongside and drew comparisons to Samuel Beckett. The tour was produced and organized by Mark Hall Amitin, a prominent figure in the New York theatre world who worked closely with The Living Theatre and other… Read More

N.p.: N.p., 1987. Vintage script for the 1987 revival of the 1947 play, an intentionally photocopied script version of the published 1947 version of the play by Dramatists' Play Service. Working copy belonging to actress Rose Arrick, who served as standby for the part of Kate Keller, with her name in manuscript pencil on the title page, and her substantive annotations throughout. Laid in with the script is are three copies of an Actors' Equity Association contract, and a small slip with contact information for the stage manager and backstage pay phone. Arthur Miller's first play (after writing a novel and a nonfiction book), basis for the 1948 film noir starring Burt Lancaster and Edward G. Robinson. The 1987 revival was staged at the John Golden Theatre from April 22 to May 17, 1987, and was nominated for two Tony Awards. Gray generic card wrappers. Title page present, with credit for Arthur Miller. 67 leaves, with last page of text numbered 69. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Very… Read More

New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1947. First Edition. First Edition. The author's first play (after writing a novel and a nonfiction book), winner of two Tony Awards for Best Author and Best Director, and basis for the 1948 film noir starring Burt Lancaster and Edward G. Robinson. Very Good plus in pale green cloth covered boards (also issued in gray cloth, no priority), in a touched-up dust jacket that presents as Near Fine. Faint foxing along the board edges, with light offsetting on the front endpapers. Jacket has a two and a half inch closed tear at the bottom rear panel, with several cello tape repairs on the verso. Evidence of touch-up visible on the verso at the jacket corners.

New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1947. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Arthur Miller on the title page: "For Bryan Sheahy / Arthur Miller." The author's first play (after writing a novel and a nonfiction book), winner of two Tony Awards for Best Author and Best Director, and basis for the 1948 film noir starring Burt Lancaster and Edward G. Robinson. Very Good plus in a Very Good or better dust jacket. Boards lightly rubbed, with offsetting and faint soil on the endpapers. Jacket has small chips on the spine ends and corners, with a lightly toned rear panel.

New York: Atheneum, 1971. First Edition. First Edition. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.

New York: William Morris Agency, 1960. Vintage script for the 1960 play, which premiered on November 30, 1960, at the Belasco Theater, running for 333 performances before closing on September 15, 1961. Based on James Agee's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1957 novel "A Death in the Family," about two families in Tennessee whose lives are affected by the sudden death of the patriarch in an automobile accident. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and nominated for five Tony Awards, winning one for Best Actress for Colleen Dewhurst. Set in Knoxville in 1915. Maroon titled wrappers. Title page present, dated 10 October 1960, with credits for novelist James Agee and playwright Tad Mosel. 99 leaves, with last page of text numbered III-22. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with three silver brads.

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1970. Revised Estimating script for the 1973 film. A key title in New Hollywood cinema. Searching for some direction in his life, Vic Bealer (Voight) fights his way to Olympic glory as an amateur boxer, void of emotion and feeling, using women, and taking advantage of everyone to get what he wants. Shot in six "sequences," with title cards to indicate the exact "round" of life Vic is in, affecting a silent-era homage. Tan titled wrappers, noted as REV. ESTIMATING SCRIPT on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 114, dated March 18, 1970. Distribution page present, with receipt intact. Title page present, dated 3/18/70, with credits for screenwriter director Eastman. 137 leaves on yellow stock, mechanical duplication, with blue revision pages throughout, dated 3/25/70. Pages about Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads.

New York: Rodgers and Hammerstein, 1947. Vintage script for the 1947 Broadway play. Copy belonging to an unidentified cast member, with their annotations in manuscript pencil and ink throughout, noting stage directions and amending dialogue for several male characters. Many annotations partially (and unsuccessfully) erased, possibly in service of the script being used by several different cast or crew members. A small-town man hopes to follow in the footsteps of his father, a successful doctor, but is gradually disillusioned by his experiences at a big-city hospital. The play opened on October 10, 1947, at the Majestic Theatre, running for 315 performances. Rodgers and Hammerstein's third theatrical venture, following "Oklahoma!" (1943) and "Carousel" (1945). Maroon titled wrappers, with a Rodgers and Hammerstein label on the bottom right corner of the front wrapper. Title page present, undated, with credits for Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. 105 leaves, with last page of text numbered… Read More

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced play. With a single manuscript ink annotation to the title page. A rock musical comedy about a young dislikable man's move to New York City, where he manages to lose 48 jobs and 26 roommates-until he meets the groovy urbanite Elvira. Set in New York. Green titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present, with book and lyrics credits to Richard Chandler and music credits to Jack Holmes. 160 leaves, with last page of text numbered 3-37. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads.