

Performing Arts
AUDEN, W.H.
The Ballad of Barnaby
New York: G. Schirmer, 1970
4to, pp. 53. Original illustrated stiff paper wrappers, lettered in black to front and rear panels.
First edition.
In his... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
SYKES, Eric; MILLIGAN, Spike; BISHOP, Michael; PARK, Phil
Cinderella
London: N.p.[Moss Empires Ltd.], 1953
Mimeographed playscript, bound with brown ribbon in outsize red card covers.
First edition. ERIC SYKES' COPY, WITH HIS NAME TO TITLE PAGE.
This version of Cinderella was staged at the London Palladium at Christmas in 1953. It was the making of Julie Andrews, who on the strength of her work in this show was cast in the Broadway production of The Boy Friend, a huge hit which launched her international career. Also among the cast were Max Bygraves, Richard Hearne (Mr. Pastry), and the future Dr. Who Jon Pertwee, who played one of the Ugly Sisters. The reception for the show was generally good, although some critics questioned the its occasional forays into offbeat, off-colour humour. (Step forward, Milligan....).
A unique copy.
[HANCOCK, Tony] GALTON, Ray and SIMPSON, Alan
Hancock's Half Hour: Series 1, Episode 14, 'The Sheikh'
N.p. [London]: N.p. [BBC], 1955
36 mimeographed pp., secured with split pin to top left.
First edition.
Episode 14 of the first series of the peerless radio... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
MILLIGAN, Spike
The Goon Show: Series Six Number Twelve: The Terrible Revenge Of Fred Fu Manchu (announced as Fred Fu Manchu And His Bamboo Saxophone)
London: N.p. [BBC], 1955
23 mimeographed pp., secured with split pin to top left.
First edition. Series Six, Number Twelve, first broadcast on 6 December 1955.
BROMLEY, Nick
Theatre Lore
London: LNP Books, 2012
8vo, pp. 248. Original stiff paper wrappers.
First edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON HALF-TITLE. Foreword by Simon Callow.
The subtitle ... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
SHERRIN, NED
Scratch An Actor
London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1996
8vo, pp.323. Original black boards, lettered in silver to spine.
First edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR: 'Best Wishes, Ned... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
AUDEN, W.H.
Paul Bunyan
London: Faber, 1988
8vo, pp. 150. Original grey boards, lettered in red to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper.
A softbound edition of Auden's libretto for Benjamin... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
CLARK, Barrett H[arper].
The Blush Of Shame
New York: N.p. 1932
Small 8vo, pp. 16. Original stiff paper wrappers, string binding and tie.
First edition, first issue.
'This pamphlet owes its existence to the fact that it was rejected by nearly fifty... [more]
BLATTY, William Peter
Demons Five, Exorcists Nothing
New York: Donald I. Fine Books, 1996
8vo, pp. 181. Original black boards, lettered in gilt on spine.
First edition of this behind-the-scenes Hollywood novel by the ... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
McCOWEN, Alec
Double Bill
London: Elm Tree Books, 1980
8vo, pp. 198. Original black boards, lettered in silver to spine. Photographic dustwrapper, portraits of McCowen to front and rear... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
SPAETH, Sigmund
Fifty Years With Music
New York: Fleet Publishing Corporation, 1959
8vo, pp. 288. Original maroon boards, lettered in gilt on spine.
First edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR IN THE YEAR OF ... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
SHAFFER, Peter
The Royal Hunt Of The Sun
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1964
8vo, pp. 84. Original brown boards, lettered in silver to spine. Photographic dustwrapper.
First edition.
Shaffer's first... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
SINDEN, Donald
Laughter In The Second Act
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1985
8vo, pp. 228. Original black boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, with a photographic portrait of the author to front... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
[ed. BROTCHIE, Alastair and IRVIN, Magnus] [HANCOCK, Tony]
Encomia for Anthony Hancock
London: London Institute of Pataphysics, 2002
8vo, pp. 48. Original illustrated stiff paper wrappers.
First edition. No. 232 of 666 copies, INSCRIBED BY MAGNUS... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
TODD, Ann
The Eighth Veil
London: William Kimber, 1980
8vo, pp. 173. Original green boards, lettered in gilt to spine and with facsimile sinature in gilt to front panel. Photographic dustwrapper, with ... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
WALTERS, Thorley
ALS to Tony Parker
London: N.p., 1982
1p. ALS on printed stationery.
1pp. ALS FROM THE ACTOR THORLEY WALTERS TO TV DIRECTOR ANTHONY PARKER.
In 1982 Walters appeared in and ... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
POMERANCE, Bernard
The Elephant Man
New York: Grove Press, 1979
8vo, pp. 62. Original tan boards, lettered in red on spine.
First edition of the Tony award-winning play. (David Lynch's film, starring ... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
GREEN, Michael
The Art Of Coarse Acting
London: Hutchinson, 1964
8vo, pp. 143. Original black boards, lettered in red on spine.
First edition.
Hilarious dismantling of the acting profession which... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
