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
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Firth, Gary.
Victorian Yorkshire at Play: A Pictorial History of Yorkshire Sport and Pastimes
(Hendon Publishing, 1989).
Paperback. Good. pp. Order No. NSBK-A10610
Keywords: 0860671259, Yorkshire, Victorian, nineteenth century, Britain, British, England, English, history, amusements, sport, leisure, pastimes, holidays, theatres, playhouses, sports
Price £5.00.
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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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Skelton, Robin.
J. M. Synge and his World:
(Thames and Hudson, 1971).
With 130 illustrations. Hardback. Spine ends slightly bumped, sotherwise very good in chipped and slightly worn dustwrapper. 144pp. Order No. NSBK-A11857
Keywords: 0500130310, J. M. Synge, theatres, stage, plays, drama, literature, literary, actors, actresses, playwrights, writers, dramatic, theatrical, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Irish, Eire, Ireland, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history, twentieth, 20th, century
Price £7.00.
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Bentley, Eric.
Bernard Shaw:
(Methuen, 2nd British edition, 1967).
Hardback. Lacks fly leaf; ex-library with usual library stamps & stickers, a good working copy in slightly yellowed, creased dustwrapper. xviii + 204pp. Order No. NSBK-A7591
Keywords: B0000CNJNK, George Bernard Shaw, biography, biographies, history, literature, literary, politics, religion, drama, theatre, plays, Shavian, stage
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Tomalin, Claire.
Mrs Jordan's Profession: The Story of a Great Actress and a Future King
(Penguin, rpt., 1995).
Paperback. Spine creased, otherwise very good. xx + 422pp. Order No. NSBK-C10026
Keywords: 0140159231, actresses, actress, actors, drama, theatres, theatrical, Mrs Jordan, women's history, plays, stage, William IV, Dora Jordan, eighteenth, nineteenth, century, courts, royalty, monarchs, monarchy, kings, Britain, British, England, English, biography, biographies, woman, biographical, lives, life history, life histories
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Gmelch, George and Saddlemyer, Ann.
J. M. Synge: In Wicklow, West Kerry and Connemara
(Rowman and Littlefield, 1980).
Illustrated with black and white photographs by George Gmelch. Hardback. Near fine in slightly edgeworn dustwrapper. 166pp. Order No. NSBK-A10120
Keywords: 0847662608, J. M. Synge, theatre, drama, dramatists, playwrights, stage, theatrical, Ireland, Connemara, West Kerry, Irish, Wicklow, country, countryside, rural, peasants, consciousness, anthropology, folklore, Irish folklore, Eire, Southern Ireland
Price £16.00.
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Guinness, Alec.
My Name Escapes Me: The Diary of a Retiring Actor
(Hamish Hamilton, 1996).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good in slightly creased dustwrapper. x + 214pp. Order No. NSBK-A9009
Keywords: 0241136679, actors, acor, Alec Guiness, autobiography, life, life history, lives, life histories, theatre, stage, twentieth century, Britain, British, history, England, English
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Kennard, Mrs A.
Mrs Siddons, 1755 - 1831:
(Gibbings and Company, 2nd edition, 1909).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and markings. Light rubbing and wear to edges, otherwise good+. vi + 276pp. Order No. NSBK-C14908
Keywords: B0014NNH9I, Mrs Siddons, Sarah Siddons, acting, actress, actresses, stage, theatre, drama, women, 18th century, eighteenth century, history
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Barker, Felix.
Laurence Olivier:
(Hippocrene Books, 1984).
Hardback. Very good. 95pp. Order No. NSBK-A3435
Keywords: 0946771200, Laurence Olivier, theatre, film, stage, acting, actor, biography, Britain, British, England, English
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