Eric 1916 Bentley (32 results)

Bentley, Eric, 1916-. The Brecht memoir. New York: PAJ Publications, 1985, stated First Edition, 105pp., PAPERBACK, good copy BUT with tear at bottom of spine reglued, small coffee stain splash inside front cover, previous owner's name, remainder star stamp on bottom foredge. Cover design by Steven Hoffman. A PAJ Publications title. 9780933826847 ISBN 0933826842.…

1972 Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 428 pages; Description: xiv, 428 p. 24 cm. Subjects: Drama--20th century--History and criticism. Theater--United States. United States--Civilization--1945-. 1 Kg. …

Bentley, Eric, 1916-. The theatre of commitment, and other essays on drama in our society. New York: Atheneum, 1967, stated First Edition, xi, 241pp., good dust-jacket with small tears and chips at bottom of spine, original price $5, very good green cloth, light wear. CONTENTS: Is the drama an extinct species? -- The American drama, 1944-1954 -- What is theatre? -- Taking Ibsen personally -- The pro and con of political theatre -- Letter to a would-be playwright -- The theatre of commitment. -- The publication in 1964 of Eric Bentley's magisterial The Life of the Drama established once and for all his position (if it had ever been in doubt) as our most distinguished critic of the theatre. It has become one of a series of stimulating, unconventional, deeply thoughtful and radical new looks at what makes up the theatre and the theatre experience which began with The Playwright as Thinker, continued through In Search of Theatre, and expressed itself in a series of memorable anthologies such as the volumes of The Modem Theatre and The Classic Theatre. As drama critic for The New Republic he established and maintained one of the few intellectually serious positions ever held in this dismal field in New York. The Theatre of Commitment, a long and brilliant essay, speaks for the problems of political engagement in the theatre, as exemplified in the work of Brecht, Peter Weiss and Rolf Hochhuth in particular. It is supported by a dazzling group of provocative pieces dealing with the most important general problems of the theatre, but always supported by the particular instances of which a life committed to the theatre (as is Eric Bentley's) has so many to offer.…

1972 Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 428 pages; Description: xiv, 428 p. 24 cm. Subjects: Drama--20th century--History and criticism. Theater--United States. United States--Civilization--1945-. 1 Kg. …

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. From the American Drama. Book.

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Softcover. xx, 314 p.; 18 cm. [Reset from 1946 edition] Good, sewn, in lt. edgeworn orig. green wrapper.

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Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. The Modern Theatre, Volume One; 1. Book.

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Hardcover. Octavo, 140 pages. In Good minus condition with a Poor dust jacket. Spine is tan with brown print. Dust jacket has illustrated front panel, brown print; toning to spine, peripheral toning, long tears to hinges, tears to spine, portion of bottom edge torn away. Price clipped. Boards in black cloth; wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has slight stain to fore edge, name in ink on front pastedown, penciled underlining. Illustrated: one b&w plate (portrait of author). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column V. 1402758. FP New Rockville Stock.…

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THE THREEPENNY OPERA by Bertold Brecht, in the english version by Desmond Vesey with the english lyrics and a new introduction by Eric Bentley, Illustrations and an Original Lithograph by Jack Levine. The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1. Auflage 1982, ERSTAUSGABE, 157 SS. gebunden (Hardcover, schwarzes Oln. mit Golddruck gr. 4°), im Original Leder-Pappschuber, gut erhalten - VORZUGSAUSGABE, signed and numbered first edition, signierte, nummerierte Ausgabe # 1733, in Tinte von Autor Jack Levine und Künstler Eric Bentley eigenhändig signiert. …

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