Aristophanes (translated by Dudley Fitts). Ladies' Day. Harcourt, Brace, 1959. 134 pp. Hardcover in dustjacket. Mild foxing to top edge of text block; Light wear/soil to jacket; 2" closed tear at base of jacket spine. A modernized translation of Thesmophoriazusae by Aristophanes. $8.00
Bale, John (Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Barry B. Adams). John Bale's King Johan. San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1969. 211 pp. Hardcover in dustjacket. Pencil marking (fairly unobtrusive) to several pages, small tear to bottom of spine, jacket edgeworn with a few small chips. Presentable working copy of this edition of the historical morality play includes a critical old-spelling text based on firsthand examination of the unique manuscript in the Huntington Library. The editor provides a discussion of the theatrical and literary characteristics of the play, assesses Bale as a polemical dramatist, and concludes that the play stands out as "the earliest example in the English theater of the isolated hero whose nobility and virtue bring about his downfall in a world essentially evil." $15.00
Mayakovsky, Vladimir. The Complete Plays of Vladimir Mayakovsky. Washington Square Press, 1968. 274 pp. Hardcover in dustjacket. A little smudging to bottom edge. Jacket shows a little wear & light soil, and has a somewhat faded spine. A review copy, with publisher's slip laid in. Translated by Guy Daniels, with an Introduction by Robert Payne. The plays are: Vladimir Mayakovsky, a Tragedy; The Bedbug; and The Bathhouse. $15.00
Owen, Alun. Three TV Plays: No Trams to Lime Street; After the Funeral; Lena, Oh My Lena. Hill & Wang, 1963. First US Edition. 152 pp. Hardcover in dustjacket. Spine somewhat slanted; jacket shows a little wear & tear & some general soil. Nice reading copy. These three plays were originally written for ITV's Armchair Theatre, and won for Owen the Guild of Television Producers and Directors Merit Award as best television playwright of the year. We often hear about television's "Golden Age" in the United States -- this is an interesting look at original work written for British television during the same period. $25.00
Shakespeare, William (Selected and Edited by Margot Desjardins in collaboration with Carol Boulanger). Presenting She Loveth: Featuring Women Characters in Scenes from William Shakespeare. Peterborough, NH: Richard R. Smith - The Noone House, 1965. First Editition - Limited Ed. 75 pp. Hardcover in dustjacket. Jacket a bit faded & very lightly worn. A nice copy. Seven scenes drawn from Shakespeare's plays arranged to form a single dramatic production on the theme of "women in love." Published in an edition of 750 copies. $12.00