Evening Verity Bargate (4 results)

Published by n.p. 1981
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.Eureka Books
Contact seller5-star sellerTrade Paperback. First Edition. 20 pages. Booklet is a posthumous celebration and appreciation of the life of Verity Bargate by her friends and colleagues. Verity Bargate (1940-1981) was a theatre director and novelist who co-founded the Soho Theatre Company in 1980, later known as the Soho Theatre. She worked closely with, and…helped advance the careers of, Bob Hoskins, Hanif Kareishi, Tony Merchant, Michelene Wasdor, Cheryl Churchill and Barrie Colin Keeffe (who she married 2 months before her death). Signed by many of the evening's participants on rear cover. 20+ signatures, including Bob Hoskins, Ian McEwan, Paul Barber, Gilly Fraser, Alex Marshall, Kike Markham, Roy Battersley, Chris Bowler, Lindsay Duncan, David Warner, Barrie Keeffe, Caroline Hutchinson, and others. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in illustrated wrappers (paperback).
More imagesPublished by Soho Poly Theatre & Verity Bargate Award, London, 1981
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United KingdomBurwood Books
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Condition: Used - Fine
£ 85.00
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Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Wraps. Lrge 8vo. pp 20.Illustrated wraps. Programme booklet of a posthumous celebration and appreciation of the life of Verity Bargate by her friends and colleagues. Contributors included Bob Hoskins, David Hare, Sir Peter Hall, Hanif Kureishi, Frank Marcus, Tony Marchant, Richard Eyre,… Caryl Churchill, Barrie Keeffe (who she married 2 months before her death) 8x11.25 inches, memorials from actors, playwrights, directors, friends and family, illustrated with photos, stapled pictorial wraps. This was the beginning to the Verity Bargate Award for new plays. Verity Bargate (1940-1981) was a theatre director and novelist who co-founded the Soho Theatre Company in 1980, later known as the Soho Theatre. She worked closely with, and helped advance the careers of, Bob Hoskins, Hanif Kureishi, Tony Marchant, Michelene Wandor, Caryl Churchill and Barrie Keefe. She was a co-founder of the Soho Theatre Co.She died in 1981 of cancer at 41.Booklet is a posthumous celebration and appreciation of the life of Verity Bargate by her friends and colleagues. SIGNED by many of the evening's participants on rear cover. 20+ signatures, including Bob Hoskins, Ian McEwan, Barrie Keefe, Paul Barber, Gilly Fraser, Alex Marshall, Kika Markham, Roy Battersley, Chris Bowler, Lindsay Duncan, David Warner, Caroline Hutchinson, Simon Callow, Clive Merrison, Charlotte Cornwall, Bernard Hill, David Calder and others. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in illustrated wrappers (paperback). Signedes.

Published by [Soho Poly Theatre & Verity Bargate Award], London 1981
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Manuscript
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Bolerium Books Inc.
Contact seller5-star sellerPamphlet. [20p] includes covers, 8x11.25 inches, memorials from actors, playwrights, directors, friends and family, illustrated with photos, a slip memorializing the death of C.P. Taylor laid-in as well as a small leaflet advertising the production at Soho Poly of "Stiff" by Tony Marchant, program of the event which featured per…formances by Bob Hoskins and of excerpts from Barrie Keeffe's new play, very good booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. No holdings located in OCLC as of 5/2021. This was the beginning to the Verity Bargate Award for new plays. She was a co-founder of the Soho Theatre Co. She died in 1981 of cancer at 41 just months after marrying playwright Keefe.
More imagesPublished by Verity Bargate Award, [London] 1981
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerSoftcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Quarto. [17]pp. Illustrated. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Fine. Program for performances and additional commentary for a fundraiser in the name of the Verity Bargate, the English novelist and theatre director, who co-founded the Soho Theatre Company in 1969. This is round-robin copy is I…nscribed the back cover by over 20 different actors, authors and writers . Most notably Ian McEwan, Bob Hoskins, Lindsay Duncan, David Warner, Frances de la Tour, Simon Callow, Bernard Hill, and Richard O'Brien.