Category: Theater

13 (Thirteen) Daughters / THE PLAYBILL: 54th Street Theatre / vol. 5, no. 9 / February 27, 1961 / starring Don Ameche, Monica Boyar, Syvia Symes, Ed Kenny, Richard Tone, etc.

By: Eaton Magoon Jr (book, music and lyrics); Billy Matthews (director), Rod Alexander (choreography).

Price: $13.20

Publisher: New York, New York, Playbill : 1961

Seller ID: 21419

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Near Fine

Original Cast. Opened March 2nd, closed March 25th--28 performances.Octavo, 9 " tall, 38 pages (stated) but minus ad pages 5-10, 19-22, and 31-36. No information about this show missing, ad pages were often left out during this period if insufficient advertising were sold), wire saddle stitch, pamphlet style magazine with stiff pictorial wraps. An original theatre program in near fine condition, clean, with light edge wear, paper moderately yellowed. Contains many advertisements for current shows, automobiles, hotels, etc.
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1776 / THE PLAYBILL: a weekly magazine for theatregoers: (46th) Forty-Sixth Street Theatre / November, 1969 / volume 6, number 11 / starring Howard Da Silva, Jonathan Moore, Paul Hecht, David Cryer, Roy Poole, et al.

By: Peter Stone (Book), Sherman Edwards (Music and Lyrics); Peter Hunt (director); Onna White (choreography)

Price: $9.50

Publisher: New York, New York, Playbill : 1969

Seller ID: 43593

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good

Opened on Broadway in March 16, 1969. Contains many advertisements for current shows, automobiles, hotels, etc. Octavo, 9 " tall, 52 pages, wire saddle stitch, pamphlet style magazine with stiff pictorial wraps. An original theatre program in very good condition, clean, with light edge wear, but paper lightly yellowed, and with a previous owner's annotation at the top of the cover margin.
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1: Strange Interlude / 2: Mourning Become Electra: A Trilogy / 3: The Great God Brown; The Fountain; The Moon of the Caribbees and other plays / 4: Marco Millions / 5: Dynamo / 6: Desire Under the Elms; The Hairy Ape; Welded

By: Eugene O'Neill

Price: $28.50

Publisher: New York, New York, Boni and Liveright : 1925 - 1931

Seller ID: 39419

Binding: Hardcover--cloth

Condition: Very Good

6 individual volumes. Sold as terrific reading copies only. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 1: 352 pages ; 2: 256 pages 3: 383 pages ; 4: 182 pages ; 5: 159 pages ; 6: 238 pages, sewn binding, gilt titles on blue green cloth. A very good set overall, generally clean, neat original hardcover editions but with moderate shelf wear; darkening to backstrips; hinges and bindings solid, paper clean, lightly yellowed, with occassional foxing at the fore-edges or margins. Some are more worn than others. Some have a previous owner's name on the flyleaf or endpaper.
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42nd Street, the song and dance fable of Broadway / THE PLAYBILL: Winter Garden / September, 1980 / starring Tammy Grimes, Jerry Orbach, Carol Cook, Wanda Richert et al

By: Michael Stewart & Mark Bramble (book); Harry Warren & Al Dubin (music / Lyrics); Gower Champion (director);

Price: $14.50

Publisher: New York, New York, Playbill : 1980

Seller ID: 43547

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good

Production opened on Broadway, August 25, 1980. Octavo, 9 " tall, 74 pages, wire saddle stitch, pamphlet style magazine with stiff pictorial wraps. An original theatre program in near fine condition over all, clean, with light edge wear, but paper lightly yellowed. Contains many advertisements for current shows, automobiles, hotels, etc.
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6 RMS RIV VU / THE PLAYBILL: Colonial Theatre / vol. 9, no. 9 / September, 1972 / starring Jerry Orbach, Jane Alexander, Ron Harper, Jennifer Warren, Francine Beers, etc.

By: Bob Randall (author); Edwin Sherin (director);

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts, Playbill : 1972

Seller ID: 38540

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good

This is the original Boston try-out preview edition of the production which opened on Broadway in October 17, 1972 and closed May 19, 1973 after 247 performances. 9 " tall, 32 pages, wire saddle stitch, pamphlet style magazine with stiff pictorial wraps. An original theatre program in very good condition, clean, with minor edge wear, but a center crease from folding. Contains many advertisements for current shows, automobiles, hotels, etc.
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A Case of Libel / THE PLAYBILL: Longacre Theatre / December 23rd, 1963 / vol 1, no. 52 / starring Van Heflin, Sidney Blackmer, Larry Gates.

By: Henry Denker (author); Sam Wanamaker (director)

Price: $7.60

Publisher: New York, New York, Playbill : 1963

Seller ID: 22854

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good

Show opened October 10, 1963. Octavo, 9 " tall, 36 pages, wire saddle stitch, pamphlet style magazine with stiff pictorial wraps. An original theatre program in very good condition with light edge wear, slight yellowing to paper. Contains many advertisements for current shows, automobiles, hotels, etc.
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A Collier's Friday Night

By: D. H. Lawrence; with introduction by Edward Garnett

Price: $8.50

Publisher: London, England, Martin Secker : 1934

Seller ID: 3630

Binding: Hardcover--cloth

Condition: Very Good

Octavo, 7 1/2" tall, vii + 87 pages, green cloth with paper label on spine. A very good, clean, hardcover with light shelf wear, hinges and binding solid, paper lightly yellowed.
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A Cook for Mr. General / THE PLAYBILL: a weekly magazine for theatregoers: The Playhouse Theatre / October 23, 1963 / volume 5, number 43 / starring Bill Travers, Roland Winters, Alan Bunce, John McGiver, et al.

By: Steven Gethers; Fielder Cook (director).

Price: $13.20

Publisher: New York, New York, Playbill : 1963

Seller ID: 23937

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Near Fine

Opened on Broadway in October 19,1961, closed November 11. Octavo, 9 " tall, editorially complete, 46 pages stated but minus ad pages 1-2, and 5-16 and corresponding pages 37-48 and 51-52--Some pages skipped BUT nothing is removed. All show production information present. Editorial filler was commonly dropped from this giveaway publication when insufficient advertising was sold to warrant cost. Wire saddle stitch, pamphlet style magazine with stiff pictorial wraps. An original theatre program in near fine condition, clean, with little wear. Contains many advertisements for current shows, autom...
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A Fair Country.

By: Jon Robin Baitz,

Price: $5.20

Publisher: New York, New York, Theatre Communications Group : 1997

Seller ID: 13936

ISBN-13: 9781559361279

Binding: Paperback--trade

Condition: Fine

Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 84 pages, stiff illustrated wraps. A fine, clean, sturdy paperback edition with little shelf wear, binding tight, paper white.
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A Handbook for the Amateur Theatre.

By: Peter Cotes

Price: $12.50

Publisher: London, England, Oldbourne Press : 1957

Seller ID: 12331

Binding: Hardcover--cloth

Condition: Near Fine/Good

Octavo, 8 3/4" tall, xxiii +424 pages, red cloth. A very good+. clean, hardcover first edition with minor shelf wear, light yellowing to fore-edges, hinges and binding tight, paper clean, slightly yellowed. In a good, unclipped, edgeworn dust jacket with several small chips a top of backstrip and top rear, with original price.
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A Majority of One / THE PLAYBILL: Sam S. Shubert Theatre / December 28, 1959 / vol. 3, no. 52 / starring Gertrude Berg, Cedric Hardwicke, Michael Tolan, Ina Balin, Bernard Hughes, et al

By: Leonard Spigelass (author) ; Dore Schary (director)

Price: $7.60

Publisher: New York, New York, Playbill : 1959

Seller ID: 21402

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good

Original cast. Octavo, 9 " tall, 36 pages (stated) but minus ad pages 3-6, 17-20, and 31-36.--BUT nothing is removed and no information about this show is missing. Ad pages were often left out during this period if insufficient advertising were sold to warrant the cost. Wire saddle stitch, pamphlet style magazine with stiff pictorial wraps. An original theatre program in very good condition, clean, with minor edge wear, paper slightly yellowed, but missing pages unrelated to this show. Contains many advertisements for current shows, automobiles, hotels, etc.
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A New Idea in the Theatre: Cornelia Otis Skinner's Achievment in "The Wives of Henry VIII"; The Loves of Charles II; and "The Empress Eugenie" ; Story of "Edna His Wife". [3 Souvenir--Brochures]

By: Oliver M. Sayler ; [Cornelia Otis Skinner]

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, New York, Stockinger Process : circa 1937

Seller ID: 24912

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Very Good

3 individual items. Oblong quarto, 9 1/4" x 12 1/4," 16 pages + 4 additional pages laid in, wire saddle stitch, beige stiff pictorial wraps. A very good, clean, neat promotional brochure over all, interior near fine, binding tight, paper lightly yellowed; exterior cover moderately edge worn and slighly soiled with some marginal yellowing.
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A Passage to India / THE PLAYBILL: Ambassador Theatre / vol. 6, no. 7 / February 12, 1962 / starring Eric Portman, Gladys Cooper, Zia Mohyeddin, Anne Meacham, etc.

By: Santha Rama Rau (from E.M. Forster); Donald McWhinnie (director)

Price: $19.00

Publisher: New York, New York, Playbill : 1962

Seller ID: 43525

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Near Fine

Original Cast. Opened January 31, 1962, closed May 5, 1962. Octavo, 9 " tall, pages, 42 pages listed but pages 5-12, 21-24, and 33-40 not present. All show production information present. Editorial filler was commonly dropped from this giveaway publication when insufficient advertising was sold to warrant cost. Wire saddle stitch, pamphlet style magazine with stiff pictorial wraps. An original theatre program in near fine condition, clean, with light edge wear, paper lightly yellowed. Contains many advertisements for current shows, automobiles, hotels, etc.
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A Tale of Mystery; a melodrame in two acts.

By: T. Holcroft [Thomas]

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, England, John Cumberland : circa 1840

Seller ID: 31618

Binding: Disbound

Condition: Good

A complete individual play disbound from an omnibus volume ( a collected or 'portmanteau' volume) of original works by various authors bound together for convenience, but here offered singly. 'printed from the acting copy, with remarks, biograpghical and critical. To which is added a description of the costume--cast of characters, entrances and exists--relative positions of the performers on the stage,--and the whole of the stage business. As now performed at the Theatres Royal, London. Embellished with a portrait of Mr. Jones, in the character of 'Puff' engraved on steel by Mr. Woolnoth, from...
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A Wonderful Night" / The New York Magazine Program [playbill]/ The Majestic Theatre / Monday, January 13, 1930 / starring Gladys Baxteer, Hal Forde, Joseph Lertora, AND Archie Leach (Cary Grant) et al.,

By: Fanny Todd Mitchell (author); Laurence Rivers (producer ), Johann Strauss (music), Jose Rube (Director); Selwyn Theatre

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, New York, New York Theatre Program : 1930

Seller ID: 46393

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good

Cary Grant's fourth Broadway appearance. Originally opened October 31, 1929 on Broadway. Octavo, 7 2/3" tall, 32 pages, wire saddle stitch, pamphlet style magazine with stiff three color wraps. An original theatre program in very good condition overall, generally clean, with light shelf wear, slight foxing (or is it a touch of chocolate at the bottom margin) to the cover. Contains color (Lucky Strike cigarettes, Kelly Springfield Tires, Amor Skin lotion) and black and white advertisements for current shows, shops, restaurants, hotels, etc.
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Acting Shakespeare

By: John Gielgud

Price: $9.50

Publisher: New York, New York, Scribners : 1992

Seller ID: 5867

ISBN-13: 9780684195117

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine/Near Fine

With John Miller. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, xi + 192 pages, black quarter-cloth; b&w photographs. Remainder mark on the bottom fore-edge. A near fine, clean, hardcover first American edition, third printing, with light shelf wear, hinges and binding tight, paper white. In a near fine, lightly worn dust jacket and with the original price.
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Agnes of God / THE PLAYBILL: The Wilbur Theatre / February 1982 / starring Lee Remick, Geraldine Page and Amanda Plummer et al

By: John Pielmeier (author); Michael Lindsay-Hogg (director)

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts, Playbill : 1982

Seller ID: 43575

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Near Fine

This was the Boston tryout prior to opening on Broadway March 30, 1982. Lee Remick played the psychiatrist in this production but left the show prior to the New York opening. Octavo, 9 " tall, 26 pages, wire saddle stitch, pamphlet style magazine with stiff pictorial wraps. An original theatre program in near fine condition with light exterior wear and some yellowing; interior fine. Contains many advertisements for current shows, automobiles, hotels, etc.
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All American, a new musical comedy / THE PLAYBILL, a weekly magazine for theatregoers: March 19, 1962 / volume 6, number 12 / Winter Garden Theatre / starring Ray Bolger, Eileen Herlie, Ron Husmann, Anita Gillette and Fritz Weaver, et al.

By: Mel Brooks (book); Charles Strouse (music); Lee Adams (lyrics); Joshua Logan (director)

Price: $7.60

Publisher: New York, New York, Playbill : 1961

Seller ID: 23910

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good

Octavo, 9 " tall, 34 pages stated, wire saddle stitch, pamphlet style magazine with stiff pictorial wraps. (minus pages 1-2, and 5-10 and corresponding pages 35-37 and 27-32--BUT nothing is removed and no information about this show is missing, though unrelated editorial material may not be present. It is suggested by some authorities that editorial filler pages were often left out during this period if insufficient advertising were sold). This was the opening night of a new production and not yet a hit. This is the original theatre program in near fine condition with little edge wear, slight ...
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All the Way Home / THE PLAYBILL: June 26, 1961 ; Vol. 5, No. 25 ; BelascoTheatre ; starring Arthur Hill, Aline MacMahon, Lillian Gish, et al

By: Tad Mosel; Arthur Penn (director)

Price: $9.50

Publisher: New York, New York, Playbill : 1961

Seller ID: 43550

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good

Play opened November 29, 1960. Closed September 16, 1961. 333 performances. Octavo, 9 " tall, wire saddle stitch, pamphlet style magazine with stiff pictorial wraps, 34 pages listed but many not present. Some pages skipped BUT nothing is removed. All show production information present. Editorial filler was commonly dropped from this giveaway publication when insufficient advertising was sold to warrant cost. An original theatre program in near fine condition with little wear, but light yellowing to paper. One additional ad page laid in.Contains many advertisements for current shows, automobi...
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Amadeus; THE PLAYBILL: February, 1982 ; Broadhurst Theatre; starring John Wood, Peter Firth and Amy Irving, et al

By: Peter Shaffer ; Peter Hall (director)

Price: $7.50

Publisher: New York, New York, Playbill : 1982

Seller ID: 43512

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Near Fine

Play opened at the Broadhurst on December 17, 1980 with a different cast. Octavo, 9 " tall, 82 pages, wire saddle stitch, pamphlet style magazine with stiff pictorial wraps. An original theatre program in near fine condition, clean, with little edge wear and minor exterio soiling. Contains many advertisements for current shows, automobiles, hotels, etc.
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Amadis / ['PLAYBILL' type Program] Lowell House / March 15, 16, and 17, 1951 / starring John Patterson, Marguerite Willauer, Anne English, William Flavin, Edward Zambara, Adele Milhendler, et al.

By: Jean Baptiste Lully [Giovanni Battista Lulli) (author - Composer); Nathaniel Merril, Lorna Cooke DeVaron et al Directors /

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts, Lowell House Musical Society : 1951

Seller ID: 28525

Binding: Stiff Printed Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Octavo, 9 " tall, 32 pages, wire saddle stitch, pamphlet style magazine with stiff tgray printed wraps. An original theatre program in very good condition, clean, with light shelf wear overall but a small minor exterior discoloration. Contains advertisements for current shows, shops, restaurants, hotels, etc. Originally performed in Paris on 18 January 1684. Based on Spanish romance Amadis de Gaula
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America Hurrah / THE PLAYBILL: Charles Playhouse Theatre (Boston) / September, 1967 / Vol. iv. No 9; starring Al Pacino, Jill Clayburgh, Zoe Kamitses, John Seitz et al

By: Jean-Claude van Itallie; Thomas Bissinger, director;

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts, Playbill : 1967

Seller ID: 43590

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good

Octavo, 9 " tall, 64 pages, wire saddle stitch, pamphlet style magazine with stiff pictorial wraps. An original theatre program in very good condition over all, clean, with light shelf wear, slight exterior soiling and slight yellowing to the paper, but the original owner's annotation (positive review) penned on the cover. Contains many advertisements for current shows, automobiles, hotels, etc.
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Among the Great Masters of the Drama

By: Walter Rowlands

Price: $7.60

Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts, Dana Estes : 1903

Seller ID: 34753

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Octavo, 7 1/2" tall, 233 pages + 32 plates, decorative white cloth. A near fine clean neat hard cover with minor shelf wear (white cloth amazingly clean and gilt decorations bright) hings and binding solid, paper lightly yellowed.
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Amphitryon 38; THE PLAYBILL: Sam S. ShubertTheatre ; December 27, 1937; starring Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne

By: Jean Giraudoux ; Bretaigne Windust, director

Price: $13.20

Publisher: New York, New York, New York Theatre Program Corp. : 1937

Seller ID: 14793

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good

Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 52 pages, wire saddle stitch, pamphlet style magazine with stiff pictorial wraps. An original theatre program in very good condition with light edge wear, one corner bumped, but discoloration to a 1" strip of the exterior cover fore-edge margin due to moisture, interior clean and fine, slight yellowing to paper. Play opened Novemeber 1, 1937. Contains many advertisements for current shows, automobiles, hotels, etc.
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Andorra / THE PLAYBILL: a weekly magazine for theatregoers: Biltmore Theatre / February 4, 1963 / volume 1, number 6 / starring Horst Buchholz, Hugh GriffithIrene Dailey, Barrbara Mattes, et al.

By: Max Frisch (translated by George Tabori); Michael Langham (director)

Price: $19.00

Publisher: New York, New York, Playbill : 1963

Seller ID: 43522

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Near Fine

Opened on Broadway in February 9, 1963. Closed February 16, 1963. Octavo, 9 " tall, 34 pages stated ( minus pages 1-2, and 5-14 and corresponding pages 35-44 and 47-48--BUT nothing is removed. All show production information present. Editorial filler was commonly dropped from this giveaway publication when insufficient advertising was sold to warrant cost. This was the opening of a new production and not yet a hit. Wire saddle stitch, pamphlet style magazine with stiff pictorial wraps. An original theatre program in near fine condition, clean, with little wear. Contains many advertisements for...
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ARISTOPHANE.

By: Poyard, C.

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Paris, France, L. Hachette : 1865

Seller ID: 8083

Binding: Quarter-leather--marbled boards

Condition: Very Good

12mo, 7 1/2" tall, xii + 523 pages, marbled endpapers,1/4 leather bound with marbled boards, gilt spine titles, 5 raised bands. A very good, clean, neat hard cover with minor shelf wear and rubbing at the corners 1" surface scuff to rear panel; hinges and binding solid, paper lightly yellowing and slight scattered foxing throughout. Collection of Greek playwright's works translated into French by M. Poyard. Includes Les Acharniens, Les Chevaliers, Les Nuees, Les Guepes, La Paix, Les Oiseaux, Lysistrata, Les Fetes de Ceres et de Proserpine, Les Grenouilles, L'assemblee des femmes, and Plutu...
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Bent / THE PLAYBILL, the national magazine for theatregoers: New Apollo Theatre / December 1979 / starring Richard Gere, David Dukes, Martin Sherman, Ron Randell, George Hall, James Remar, Michael Gross, David Marshall Grant, et al.

By: Martin Sherman (lyrics); Robert Allan Ackerman (director)

Price: $12.50

Publisher: New York, New York, Playbill : 1982

Seller ID: 38542

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good

Opened on Broadway December 2, 1979, closed June 28, 1980. Octavo, 9 " tall, 98 pages noted, wire saddle stitch, pamphlet style magazine with stiff pictorial wraps. An original theatre program in very good condition over all, generally clean, with moderate exterior wear wear and light exterior hand soiling but cover is pulling fron wire saddle stich. Contains many advertisements for current shows, automobiles, hotels, etc.
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Between The Devil; THE PLAYBILL: The Imperial Theatre ; February 28, 1938 ; starring Jack Buchanan, Evelyn Laye, Adele Dixon, Charles Walters, Vilma Ebsen, William Kendall, The Debonairs, The Tune Twisters, et al

By: Howard Diets and Arthur Schwartz, music and lyrics; Hassard Short, director

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, New York, New York Theatre Program Corp. : 1938

Seller ID: 14945

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good

Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 24 pages, wire saddle stitch, pamphlet style magazine with stiff pictorial wraps. An original theatre program in very good condition with minor wear, slight yellowing to paper. Contains many advertisements for current shows, automobiles, hotels, etc. Play opened December 22, 1937 on Broadway
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Beyond the Fringe / THE PLAYBILL: October 22, 1962 ; Vol. 6, No. 43 ; John Golden Theatre ; starring Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, Dudley, et al

By: Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, Dudley ; Alexander Cohen (director)

Price: $9.50

Publisher: New York, New York, Playbill : 1962

Seller ID: 43535

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good

Play opened October 27, 1962. Closed May 30, 1964. Octavo, 9 " tall, wire saddle stitch, pamphlet style magazine with stiff pictorial wraps, 42 pages noted but approx 12 present. Some pages skipped BUT nothing is removed. All show production information present. Editorial filler was commonly dropped from this giveaway publication when insufficient advertising was sold to warrant cost. An original theatre program in very good condition with little wear, but light yellowing to paper and a chip to the fore-edge of the front cover. One additional ad page laid in.Contains many advertisements for c...
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Black and Blue: musical revue / THE PLAYBILL: Minskoff Theatre / April, 1989 / vol. 89, no. 4 / starring Ruth Brown, Linda Hopkins, Carrie Smith, et al

By: Claudio Segovia and Hector Orezzoli

Price: $7.60

Publisher: New York, New York, Playbill : 1989

Seller ID: 21392

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Near Fine

Includes two ticket stubs. Octavo, 9 " tall, 74 pages, wire saddle stitch, pamphlet style magazine with stiff pictorial wraps. An original theatre program in near fine condition, clean, with light edge wear. Contains many advertisements for current shows, automobiles, hotels, etc. Play opened Ja. 26, 1989
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Category: Theater