Hardwick, J. M. D.
Emigrant in Motley: The Journey of Charles and Ellen Kean in Quest of a Theatrical Fortune in Australia and America, as Told in Their Hitherto Unpublished Letters
(Rockcliff, 1954).
Hardback. Cloth faded and marked (slightly grubby), internally good. 260pp. Order No. NSBK-A3912
Keywords: B0000CJ0TP, Charles Kean, Ellen Kean, letters, stage, theatre, drama, theatrical, actress, actor, America, United States, Australia, emigration, emigrant, Victorian, nineteenth century, history
Price £5.00.
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Fisher, David.
The War Magician: How Jasper Maskelyne and his Magic Gang Altered the Course of World War II
(Coward McCann, New York, 1983).
Britain's most bizarre secret weapon of WWII - he made the Suez canal disappear. Became an assassination target of Hitler's regime during WWII. A very scarce title. Hardback. Slight bumping to corners, otherwise very good in chipped, slightly discoloured, slightly worn dustwrapper. First Edition in 315pp. Order No. NSBK-A4731
Keywords: 0698111400, magic, conjuring, maskelyne, illusions, music hall, theatre, David Devant, jasper, Neville, war, Hitler, illusion, conjurer, warfare, war, magic gang, magician, magicians, magical, illusionist, jasper maskelyne, illusionists, Second World War, great britain, great british, england, english, war magician, history, david fisher, egyptian hall, illusions, deceptions, deception, deceptionist, deceptionists, decept, deceptive, deceptor, world war, wartime, war magician, magic gang, history, magic history, conjurers, conjured, J.N Maskelyne, white magic, World War II, World War Two, Inter-war, Interwar, Inter war
Price £38.00.
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De Hempsey, Sidney.
Practical Punch and Judy:
(Arcady Press [John Alexander], Reprint, 2004).
This useful guide to starting Punch and Judy first appeared in 1953 as a series of articles published in the monthly magic magazine "The Wizard", which is now, sadly, defunct. Reprinted 2004. Booklet. Fine. 28pp. Order No. NSBK-F12597
Keywords: Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Punch and Judy, puppets, puppet, puppetry, theatre, marionette, marionettes, puppeteer, puppetteer, puppet master, professor, professors, hand puppet, hand puppets, scripts, script, show, seaside, sea side, humour, humor, street theatre, street theatres, street entertainment, social history, social historian, traveller, travellers, magic, illusions, conjuring, history, showmen, showman, shows, show, Sidney De Hempsey, Sidney de Hempsey's, booklet
Price £16.95.
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Wickham, Glynne.
Early English Stages, 1300 to 1660: Volume One: 1300 to 1576
(RKP, 1963).
Volume One: 1300 to 1576. Hardback. Ex library with minimal library stamps, otherwise good+ in worn, slightly loose, slightly creased dustwrapper. xliv + 428pp. Order No. NSBK-A14378
Keywords: B002A8TGAK, stage, stages, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, theatre, theatrical, miracle plays, pageant theatre, entertainment
Price £22.00.
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Wilson, Ian.
Shakespeare The Evidence: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Man and his Work
(Headline, 1993).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, lacks fly leaf, title page & final index page partly detached, otherwise good in chipped dw. xiii + 498pp. Order No. NSBK-A7000
Keywords: 0747205825, literature, literary, Shakespeare, Britain, British, playwrights, writers, dramas, theatres, Globe, London, Stratford-on-Avon, biography, biographies, life histories, life history, lives, sixteenth century, seventeenth century, stages, actors
Price £9.00.
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Smith, Lucy Toulmin.
York Plays: the Plays Performed By the Crafts Or Mysteries of York on the Day of Corpus Christi in the 14th, 15th and 16th Centuries
(Clarendon, Oxford, 1885).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps. Light wear to cloth, especially at edges, with a few small tears at top of spine - otherwise a good, solid copy. lxxviii + 557pp. Order No. NSBK-A14260
Keywords: B001P8J49E, York, Yorkshire, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, mystery plays, early modern, late medieval, Middle Ages, theatre, plays
Price £45.00.
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Stowell, Sheila.
A Stage of their Own: Feminist Playwrights of the Suffrage Era
(MUP, 1992).
Hardback. Very good in slightly creased dustwrapper. vi + 170pp. Order No. NSBK-C200
Keywords: 0719036771, suffrage, suffragette, suffragist, feminist, feminism, playwright, drama, theatre, women writers, woman writer, Women's Movement, Edwardian, women's history, plays, New Woman, suffragettes, woman suffrage, women's suffrage
Price £28.00.
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Hilton, Della.
Second Unto None: Marlowe and Early Drama
(Durham Academic Press, 1997).
Paperback. Fine. 184pp. Order No. NSBK-A12340
Keywords: 1900838060, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, theatres, stage, plays, drama, literature, literary, actors, actresses, playwrights, writers, dramatic, theatrical, Christopher Marlowe, seventeenth, sixteenth, century
Price £12.00.
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Chambers, E.K.
The Mediaeval Stage:
(OUP, rpt., 1967).
Volumes 1 and 2 only. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise very good in slightly stained dustwrapper. 419pp. Order No. NSBK-A11260
Keywords: 0198115121, theatres, stage, plays, drama, literature, literary, actors, actresses, playwrights, writers, dramatic, theatrical, sixteenth, seventeenth, century
Price £20.00.
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Donaldson, Frances.
Freddy Lonsdale:
(William Heinemann, 1957).
Hardback. Covers soiled and spine ends bumped. xlv+ 257pp. Order No. NSBK-A11959
Keywords: B0006DAJK2, Freddy Lonsdale, theatres, stage, plays, drama, literature, literary, actors, actresses, playwrights, writers, dramatic, theatrical, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history
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