Stage Manager (23 results)

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 120 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.28 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 110 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 110 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.25 inches. In Stock.

One page. On piece of paper roughly seven inches by three and a half wide. Bottom part of letter cut away. Reads 'Dr Sir | In compiance with your wish | I subscribe myself | truly yours | [signed] J. M. Weston | To/ | Jas. Reese Esq'. Docketed by Rees 'The above autograph is that of my friend J M Weston, Stage Manager of the St Charles Theatre - he is the Author of Several popular pieces, among which is the beautiful drama of Lucretia Borgia'. Dated in another hand on reverse. Not much appears to be known about Weston, whose translation of Victor Hugo's play was first published in 1850.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. ACTING MANAGER MR BRAM STOKER [ AUTHOR OF DRACULA ] - ORIGINAL VERY GOOD THEATRE PROGRAMME FROM 1883 : 4 sided beige printed sheet - W. S. Johnson (Printer); in clean condition, a few minor spots/surface folds { flattened }, some tone to top corners p.4. a Melodrama altered from the French by Charles Reade, is founded on a celebrated trial which took place in France under the Directory, the main feature of which was the resemblance of an innocent man (Lesurques) to a murderer and robber (Dubosc). THE FRIENDSHIP OF HENRY IRVING AND BRAM STOKER : Henry Irving and Bram Stoker enjoyed a relationship which patently worked. Irving provided the star power and the driving force, Bram a bottomless well of loyalty and the administrative capability to keep the show on the road. Their comradeship was without friction or rancour and they remained on good terms for twenty-seven years. In the Lyceum programmes Mr Henry Irving was always on the front page as Sole Lessee and Manager. Bram would be listed, on page three or four, well down the pecking order as Acting Manager, after the likes of H J Loveday (Stage Manager) and Meredith Ball (Musical Director). With no standing in the creative hierarchy Bram was perhaps lucky to be mentioned at all. Nevertheless he threw himself into his duties, writing some fifty to sixty letters a day. Here's the Chicago Daily News in 1888: Mr Irving's great success in this country has been due to a very considerable extent to the shrewd management of Bram Stoker. We know of no manager more vigilant, more indefatigable, more audacious than he. He knows how to make friends, how to keep them, and how to utilize them. At all times he has an eye to business, yet he is always to all a careless, cordial man of the world. In the manipulation of Mr Irving's intricate and enormous business he exhibits a coolness, a shrewdness, and an enthusiasm that are simply masterful, Irving is fortunate in having so able and so loyal an associate.'.

Hard back binding in publisher's original brick red cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7'' x 4½''. Contains [xii] 164 printed pages of text with monochrome frontispiece, ornate chapter capital letters. Tanning to the page edges. Very Good condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper. We currently hold in stock 10 other books by this author. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1850771855 STAGE & THEATRE.

5½'' x 3½''. Divided back. Used monochrome post card. Member of the P.B.F.A. STAGE & THEATRE.

Both items in good condition, on lightly aged and worn paper. ONE: ALS of 11 September [1891]. 3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. With stamped envelope addressed to 'Mrs. Wead | Buckingham | Old Shoreham | Sussex', with postmark supplying year. She thanks her for 'the kind invitation Cyril brought me to stay with you on our return from Switzerland', but cannot accept, 'as I may at any time be called for rehearsals after next week & the intervening few days I really must spend at home. I so rarely am able to have any time to see after everything at home that this is an opportunity I must not lose!' TWO: ALS of 9 September [no year]. 3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. She complains of 'this dreadful heat', adding 'I need not tell you it is as of course you have heard, but really the correct place in London is the Theatre where the Sun does not penetrate'. She continues with references to 'the atmosphere of our homes' and 'electric light'. She thanks her for 'the flowers (which I am sorry to say would not revive [.] altho' I plunged them into water immediately [.] The children said the palm (?) was for my dressing room, but it looks so nice in my changing room that I must keep it there!'.

5½'' x 3½''. Divided back. Colour post card addressed to Gladys Cooper herself 'Dear Gladys, Just a postcard to wish you many Happy Returns of the day, With love, Edie. Member of the P.B.F.A. STAGE & THEATRE.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New. Steven Louis Shelley has worked in theatre for over 40 years as a lighting designer, production manager, and stage manager in New York City, throughout the United States, and on four continents. His lighting designs are included in the repertories of man.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6ĵ''. Contains [x] 260 printed pages of text with archive monochrome photographs throughout. Slight yellowing to the page edges. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition price clipped dust wrapper with slight sun fading down the spine. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'With best wishes - Brian Rix'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0340412704 STAGE & THEATRE.

Condition: New. Steven Louis Shelley has worked in theatre for over 40 years as a lighting designer, production manager, and stage manager in New York City, throughout the United States, and on four continents. His lighting designs are included in the repertories of man.

Porträtfoto (Atelier Schafgans, Bonn), mit Empfehlung eigenhändig signiert.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This is a nuts-and-bolts look at the construction and implementation of theatrical lighting design. Combining theory and application, it provides an analysis of lighting systems along with step-by-step examples and illustrations of the technical tools and methods used for lighting design.

2pp., 12mo. On tinted paper. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. The letter begins: 'Dear Gen. Townshend | Won't you come with me to the Famous Players Ball on Wed. eve? | I am going to ask Miss Balfour. We can all dine here at my office at 7 on that eve - & have time to see later a litttle entertainment prior to the dancing.' He offers to present him to 'some of our leading lights in the picture world especially Elsie Ferguson who is now playng in Arnold Bennetts "Sacred & Profane Love' (which appeared in 1921).

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 4to. Signed ('With reiterated thanks') 'Gerald du Maurier', with 'President' typed beneath. The letterhead is printed in black and green, with details of officers and committee members. On aged and creased paper, with closed tears and nicks to edges. Folded three times for postage. He asks him to accept his 'most grateful thanks for your splendid efforts at the Garden Party'. He understands the 'new show' which Arlton 'put in this year' has proved 'very popular'.

From the Macqueen-Pope papers, and evidently received by him. (See his entry in the Oxford DNB.) Of Dunn an online source states: 'On the 10th of November 1917, the "Stage Gossip" feature in the Yorkshire Evening Post recounted the career of Finlay Dunn, a stage actor. According to the report, Dunn performed "as what he refers to as a stand-up comedian." [.] despite performing as a comedy piano act for the majority of his career, one of his favourite strands included joking about his large physical size, which was described as "good buffoonery in evening dress, with no accessories whatever".' In The Stage, September 1912, Dunn was described as 'manager and stage director'. 1p, 12mo. In fair condition, lightly aged and folded once for postage. Dunn has affixed a portrait of himself, apparently cut out of a newspaper or magazine, to the head of the page. Beneath this he writes: 'I have a gift to write in rhyme / And though a Pro; think it no crime / To write & try to make folk laugh / With my idea of fun & chaff / Which I have done for many years / Spreading laughter, without tears / With one piano & one strong chair / Still fit to do so, anywhere / Maybe, you know me - Finlay Dunn / Telephone - Canonbury - 2801. / If not in, then wet or fine / Please leave particulars, with Miss Hine.'.

Single broadsheet, printed recto only. Decoratively engraved border. 18-1/2" x 6-3/8" Not found on OCLC, rare. Moderate wear to edges, some age-toning. Withal, a VG+ example. Buff printed paper. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original brick red buckram covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, square gilt vignette to the front cover, top edge gilt. Quarto 10'' x 8''. Hand written number 346 of 1500 Limited Edition copies on ordinary paper. Contains [xvi] 351 printed pages of text with tissue-guarded colour portrait frontispiece of Irving as Hamlet from a painting by Edward Long, 120 further illustrations including 1 tissue-guarded colour portrait of Ellen Terry as Lady Lambeth. Neatly repaired cracking of the cloth to the front gutter, the end papers are not cracked, light foxing to the end papers and in Very Good condition. From the private library of Andrew Leigh, General Manager of The Old Vic, London, and SIGNED by him to the front free end paper. Member of the P.B.F.A. STAGE & THEATRE.

154 pp. 10-7/8" x 8-1/2" Ade "was an American writer, syndicated newspaper columnist, and playwright who gained national notoriety at the turn of the 20th century with his 'Stories of the Streets and of the Town', a column that used street language and slang to describe daily life in Chicago, and a column of his fables in slang, which were humorous stories that featured vernacular speech and the liberal use of capitalization in his characters' dialog. After Ade's newspaper columns went into syndication in 1900, he began writing plays. His first play produced for the Broadway stage was The Sultan of Sulu, a comic opera about the American military's efforts to assimilate natives of the Philippines into American culture. Written in 1901 with composer Nathaniel D. Mann and lyricist Alfred George Whathall, it was produced on Broadway in 1902. His other works for Broadway include Peggy from Paris (1903), a musical comedy; The County Chairman (1903), a piece about small-town politics; The Sho-Gun (1904), a musical set in Korea; and The College Widow (1904), a comedy about college life and American collegiate football. Sho-Gun was one of 3 plays (The College Widow, The Sho-Gun, and The County Chairman) Ade had appearing simultaneously on Broadway in 1904." [Wiki]. Rubs to binding extremities. Original trade publication front wrapper affixed to front paste-down. A solid VG copy. Specially bound in flexible maroon leather with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. AEG. Floral patterned-paper eps 1st edition (Russo, p. 64-67). ASSOCIATION COPY, with the SIGNATURE of the stage manager George Marion to the ffep, as well as the tipped-in wrapper cover.

Printed on one side of a piece of laid paper 28 x 23.5 cm. The hand-coloured engraving (showing Mathews in riding garb with long whip in foreground, and a coach and four in the background) is 16 x 22.5 cm. Fair, on aged paper, with wear and slight loss to extremities (not affecting the engraving or text), and the reverse showing signs of removal from an album. Above the engraving are the words 'BANG UP - RANDOM, OR TANDEM.' and beneath are the publication details, followed by the full title: Some Push Along With Four In Hand, While Others Drive At Random. Written by J. Pocock, Esq.; composed by Mr. C. SMITH; and sung, wish [sic] unbounded Applause, by Mr. MATHEWS, in the Musical Farce, called "HIT or MISS!" at the Lyceum Theatre, Strand.' First two lines: 'WITH spirits gay I mount the box, the tits up to their traces, | My elbows squar'd, my wrist turn'd down, dash off to Epsom races;'. Divided into three columns, each with a six-line stanza followed by spoken text. Scarce: COPAC only lists a 12mo Newcastle reprint, from c.1815.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 12mo bifolium, with the two-page letter on both sides the first leaf, and the list of plays on recto of second leaf. In fair condition, aged and worn, with closed tear. Folded three times. Addressed: 'To/ | Chas. Perkins Esqr. | 2 North Place | Hampstead.' The letter begins: 'My dear Perkins, | I have not been able to reply to your last earlier - having been confined to my bed-room ever since the 31st. of July by a most severe attack of inflammation.' He has been obliged to postpone his 'Cork engagement on account of this unseen misfortune'. He informs him that 'Miss H. Faucit is in London with her friends', adding 'I did hope to have been with mine for a few days but for this illness'. He is sending 'a list of plays to select from', explaining that he has 'no particular arrangement to offer save that I should like the Patrician's Daughter acted as soon as possible'. The list is of twelve plays, half of them by Shakespeare: 'Romeo and Juliet | Macbeth | Othello | Cymbeline | Patrician's Daughter | Much Ado About Nothing | The Wonder | The Lady of Lyons | The Gamester | Venice Preserved | Hamlet | The Stranger'.

The eight items are in good condition, with light signs of age and wear. Maude's six letters (all signed 'Cyril Maude') total 8pp., and his wife's two (both signed 'Winifred Emery') total 3pp. In the typed letter the recipient is named as 'Mrs. Whitley, | 78 Alexandra Rd., | St. John's Wood, | N.W.' All eight items deal with interviews conducted by her with the couple. On 20 December Maude writes, 'as I told you I fear there will be nothing in particular for me to tell you, as it is very necessary for me to avoid telling anyone anything just yet awhile. However as much as I can tell you I will & of course as in 7 months my wife & I will be outcasts from our dear old theatre we shall naturally be glad that the public shall be reminded of the work done by us there on the day it reopens'. Only Maude's typed letter (from the Playhouse, Northumberland Avenue) carries the year. In a typed letter of 26 June 1907 (the only one dated in full) Maude writes: 'I am sure you will be glad to hear that the play went splendidly, and with the exception of the Morning Post and the Daily Mail we were well received by the Press'. The Haymarket letterhead is headed, in black and red: 'Mr. Cyril Maude's Company | Beauty and the Barge | and | That Brute Simmons | Direct from the New Theatre and the Haymarket Theatre, London | By arrangement with Mr. Frederick Harrison', and carries a printed list in the margin of dates and 23 provincial venues, from Sheffield to Oxford.