Molière Playwright (5 results)

L'Avare; A Comedy in Five Acts: Souvenir Theatre Programme Performed at King's College Cercle Française
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, Known by his stage name Molière; Baptised January 15, 1622 - February 17, 1673) was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature [Starring Maxwell Landers, Kenneth Thompson, Clare D'Imredy, Frank Gibbs, Jacqueline Guilbert, John Cocking, Henry Quick, Stanley Shearman in] Produced by Geoffrey French Smith
Published by Performance Programme circa . 1930., 1930
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. Original souvenir theatre programme 10'' x 8''. Contains 4 printed pages of text. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. THEATRE PROGRAMMES.

Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme [Would-Be Gentleman] (Original program for the 1958 film)
Jean Meyer (director, starring); Molière (playwright); Louis Seigner, Jacques Charon, Robert Manuel, Georges Chamarat (starring)
Published by Comedie-Francaise, Paris, 1958
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Contact seller5-star sellerVintage program for the 1958 film. A filmed version of the 1670 stage play by Molière. A bourgeois man tries to move into aristocratic society by learning music, dance, fencing, and philosophy. 9.5 x 12.25 inches. Very Good plus, with foxing to the front wrapper, and some curling at the right corners.

Oeuvres de J. B. Poquelin de Molière (8 Volumes in 4) Comprising: Tome (Volume) 1-2: L'étourdi, Le dépit amoureux, Les précieuses ridicules, Scanarelle, Don Garcie de navarre ou le prince jaloux, L'école de Maris, Les facheux, L'école des femmes; Tome (Volume) 3-4: La critque de l'Ecole des femmes, L'in-promptu de Versailles, La princesse d'Elide, Le mariage forcé, Don juan ou le festin de Pierre, L'amour médecin, Le misanthrope, Le medecin malgré lui, Mélicerte, Pastorale comique, Le sicilien ou l'amour peintre; Tome (Volume) 5-6: Le Tartuffe, Amphitryon, George Dandin, L'avare, Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, Les amants magnifiques; Tome (Volume) 7-8: Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Les fourberies de Scapin, Psyché, Les femme savante, La comtesse d'Escarbagnas, Le malade imaginaire, La gloire du Val de Grace, poëme. [8 Volumes in 4].
Molière, Jean Baptiste Poquelin [Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (15 January 1622 - February 17th 1673) known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature.
Published by Published by Hector Bossange, Paris . 1829., 1829
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Add to basketUniform matching Édition Stéréotype hard back binding in publisher's original dark green cloth covers, gilt author lettering and volume numbers to the spines. 12mo. 5½'' x 3¼''. Contains 274, 276; 287, 262; 274, 264; 302, 269pp. Frontispiece to volume I-2, light rubbing to the covers. Inside each front paste down is a small name… plate 'Miss Empy', the previous owner has made comments in two of the volumes about this uncommon surname and relatives. Member of the P.B.F.A. FRANCE [Literature & History).

The Plays of Molière in French (Volume II 1659-1661) Containing: The Affected Ladies; Sganarelle, or the Husband who Thought Himself Wronged; Don Garcie de Navarre, or the Jealous Prince; The School for Husbands; The Bores.
Molière, Jean Baptiste Poquelin [Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (15 January 1622 - February 17th 1673) known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature]. With an English Translation and Notes by Alfred Rayney Waller, M.A. (1867-1922).
Published by Published by John Grant, 31 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh . 1926., 1926
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Add to basketCondition: Fine. Hard back binding in stunning fine blue morocco leather covers, gilt radial sun burst designs to the front and rear covers, parallel gilt fillet lines across the spine connecting the sun bursts front and rear, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, top edge gilt with French flag colour silk head bands, la…rge returns of the leather to the paste downs with gilt fleur-de-lys to the eight corners each connected by twin parallel lines and dotted lines, marble paper end papers. 8vo. 8'' x 5¼''. Contains 16-(a), 396 printed pages of text with five tissue-guarded full-page monochrome illustrations. Such is the standard of workmanship we believe this to be privately commissioned or perhaps an exhibition or competition piece. Fine condition book in blue buckram covered drop spine box slip case with marble paper lining and gilt title to the spine. Certainly one of a kind and unlikely to be repeated. Member of the P.B.F.A. FRANCE [Literature & History).

The Would-Be Gentleman (Original photograph of Frank Lloyd Wright, Elsa Maxwell, and Mike Todd at the premiere of the 1946 Broadway revival)
Frank Lloyd Wright, Elsa Maxwell, Michael Todd (subjects); Dick Williams (photographer); Molière (playwright); John Kennedy (director)
Published by Michael Todd Production, N.p., 1946
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Contact seller5-star sellerVintage photograph of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, gossip columnist Elsa Maxwell, and producer Mike Todd at the premiere of Todd's 1946 Broadway play, held at the Booth Theatre in New York on January 9, 1946. Stamp of Michael Todd Production on the verso. Over the course of his short career in show business, Todd worked as a pr…oducer for theatre and film, most notably producing the 1956 Academy Award-winning film "Around the World in 80 Days." He is perhaps best remembered now as Elizabeth Taylor's third husband, the only one whom she did not divorce (Todd died in a plane accident a year after their marriage). 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with light wear and creasing.