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By: (Edited By Sadler and Hayllar)
Price: $19.00
Publisher: South Yarra, VIC, Australia, Macmillan Education Australia: 1992
Edition: Reprint.
Seller ID: 007876
ISBN: 0333381173
Condition: Very Good +
v, + 242pp., b/white illustrations (production photographs), throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Printed card wrapper nominally edgeworn only. " . . . a book designed to appeal to students in the senior years of high school. Tragedy, comedy, excitement, conflict and suspense are all here for the acting and the reading. A special introductory section defines and explians dramatic terms such as setting, plot, theme, climax, characterization and dialogue . . . The questions following each play or script assist understanding and interpretation. A detailed discussion of th... View more info
By: Brisbane, Katharine (edited by)
Price: $20.90
Publisher: Strawberry Hills, N.S.W., Australia, Currency Press: 2001
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 010870
ISBN: 0868195995
Condition: Very Good +
x, + 211pp., several b/white photographic illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper near fine. This stand-alone volume in the Currency Modern Drama Series includes four plays: 'Crossfire', by Jennifer Compton; 'The Christian Brothers', by Ron Blair; 'A Happy and Holy Occasion', by John O'Donoghue; and 'Inner Voices', by Louis Nowra. " . . . covering 1975-77, years of consolidation for some, disappointment for others, the authors take stock of the progress of reform. In 'Crossfire's' critique of feminism; in the 'Christian Brothers' satire of Cath... View more info
By: Brisbane, Katharine (edited by)
Price: $19.95
Publisher: Strawberry Hills, N.S.W., Australia, Currency Press: 2001
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 010919
ISBN: 0868195995
Condition: Very Good +
x, + 211pp., b/white photographic illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has a small, soft corner crease to front panel. This stand-alone volume in the Currency Modern Drama Series includes four plays: 'Crossfire', by Jennifer Compton; 'The Christian Brothers', by Ron Blair; 'A Happy and Holy Occasion', by John O'Donoghue; and 'Inner Voices', by Louis Nowra. " . . . covering 1975-77, years of consolidation for some, disappointment for others, the authors take stock of the progress of reform. In 'Crossfire's' critique of feminism; in the 'Chris... View more info
Price: $12.35
Publisher: London, Mitre Press:
Edition: Not Stated.
Seller ID: 000641
Condition: Good
48pp., book square, light edgewear, spine firm, leaves mildly tanned. Dirt marks on paste-downs along with original seller's sticker affixed lower front same. Sketch/sketches in which the central characters are Wanda [a Cocker spaniel], Wanda's mother, Master, Mistress, A vet, Two maids. Contents: Wanda dreams-and wakes, Roses in Autumn, Reticence, Thanksgiving, The Lock-keeper. Book weight approx. 150g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall View more info
By: Bull, John
Price: $19.00
Publisher: United Kingdom, Grove Press: 1984
Seller ID: 009358
ISBN: 0394623096
Condition: Very Good +
xix, + 244pp., plus 12 page, b/white, photographically-illustrated section. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Two miniscule pen dots to last page, else leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly edgeworn, tiny corner crease to rear panel. A stand-alone title in the 'Grove Press Modern Dramatists' series. "In the late 1960s a number of startling changes occurred in British theatre, heralding the beginning of the most exciting period of drama of the entire century . . . " Contents include: List of Plates, Acks., (Series) Editors' Preface, 1968-1983: A History, 7 chapter... View more info
Price: $20.90
Publisher: London, Faber and Faber: 1998
Edition: First Edition, First Impression.
Seller ID: 005786
ISBN: 0571176852
Condition: Very Good +
xi, + 672pp., two unpaginated, (mostly) candidly-illustrated, b/white halftone plate sections. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Backstrip mildly bumped on heel. Pictorially-illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. The biography of Dennis Potter is a story of a scriptwriting genius. Physically and psychologically scarred by illness which ailed him from the age of twenty-six, he was one of the most controversial figures in the history of British television, noted for his subversive plays "Pennies From Heaven', 'The Singing Detective'. and 'Blac... View more info
By: Cole, P.C. (Words by) Loam, Arthur S. (Music by)
Price: $10.45
Publisher: Melbourne/London, Allan & Co./Paxton & Co.:
Seller ID: 006639
Condition: Good
No publication date (copyright 1951). 28pp. Staple-bound. Several annotations, tape stains to margins. Art-illustrated limp wrapper edgeworn, nipped, several closed tears, plus previous owner's name and a number to top corner, front cover. 'Once Upon A Time' is a visit to Storyland, which includes such endearing favourites as: Red Riding Hood, Bo-Peep, Dick Whittington, Cinderella, Mother Hubbard, Aladdin, Jack and Jill, Witch and others. Contents include: Prelims., Characters and Costumes, Scene, Musical contents (11 total). Item weight approx. 20g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item... View more info
By: Connaughton, Shane and Sheridan, Jim
Price: $6.65
Publisher: London, Faber & Faber: 1989
Edition: 4th Impression.
Seller ID: 001509
ISBN: 0571143016
Condition: Good
ix, + 68pp., b/w film still illustrations throughout. Book slightly cocked. Clear acetate adhesive film applied to illustrated card wrapper, which has light creases and edgewear. White deletion fluid applied over name on half-title page, light pencil annotations on several pages. 'My Left Foot' was first shown at the Curzon Mayfair Theatre on August 18, 1989, and starred Daniel Day Lewis as Christy Brown. Book weight approx. 150g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. View more info
By: Dawson, Jonathon (Edited By L. Elaine Miller)
Price: $38.00
Publisher: South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oxford University Press: 2000
Edition: First Australian Edition.
Seller ID: 009010
ISBN: 0195508327
Condition: Good
viii, + 230pp., b/white illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has minor scuffing, plus a small hole to lower foredge of front panel, which has been covered over by previous owner with clear selotape to front and inside cover. " . . . a wide-ranging and accessible guide to industry practices and principles. Covering all forms of screenwriting and providing a comprehensive and considered approach to presenting work, it also allows for maximum creative freedom. Documentaries, television series, feature films, advertising, and children's programm... View more info
By: Douglas, Bill
Price: $12.35
Publisher: London, Faber & Faber: 1987
Edition: First Thus.
Seller ID: 007715
ISBN: 0571149472
Condition: Very Good
vii, + 134pp., illustrated throughout with b/white film stills. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, albeit tanned. Pictorially-illustrated card wrapper mildly edgeworn. Remainder stripe on foot of textblock. "The published script of 'Comrades' is almost wholly taken from the shooting script dated August, 1984, which in turn was based very closely upon the original screenplay written in 1980. For ease of reading, all technical directions have been omitted . . . " The epic story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, farm labourers whose meagre wages were reduced and reduced again until,... View more info
By: Downes, Cathy
Price: $24.70
Publisher: Wellington, New Zealand, The Women's Play Press: 1995
Edition: First Edition.
Inscription: Inscribed and Signed By Author
Seller ID: 011206
ISBN: 0958339333
Condition: Very Good +
38pp., b/white photographic illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Short inscription (with recipient's name inked out), signed by actor, director and playwright Cathy Downes on reverse of half-title page, else leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly indented only. From the rear panel: "Using only Mansfield's own words, 'The Case of Katherine Mansfield' is the acclaimed dramatic portrait of New Zealand's most celebrated and controversial short story writer, from the age of eighteen to her premature death at thirty-four . . . " Contents include: First Performance, Intro... View more info
By: Doyle, John
Price: $17.10
Publisher: Sydney, ABC Books: 2001
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 007928
ISBN: 0733310362
Condition: Very Good
xii + 289pp. Illustrated throughout in b/white with stills from the teleseries. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper mildly scuffed. Text is a copy of the script for the ABC Television program: CHANGI. The cast included: Bud Tingwell, Slim de Grey, Terry Norris, Jill Perryman, Tsunashima Gotharo and many others. Weight approx. 600g. View more info
Price: $16.15
Publisher: New York, Richards Rosen Press: 1978
Edition: First [Stated].
Seller ID: 003291
ISBN: 0823904067
Condition: Very Good
xxi, + 106pp. Book clean, square. Library standard binding, but no identifiers to indicate library use. Leaves clean. Printed boards mildly bumped and scuffed, with poor production finish on one foredge corner. A stand-alone volume in the 'Theatre Student' series, written for students of the theatre involved in producing drama and musicals. Contents include: Prelims., Index of authors, Index of titles, Intro., Short synopsis of 900 American plays. Book weight approx. 630g. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall View more info
Price: $19.00
Publisher: Australia, Picador: 2000
Edition: Reprint.
Seller ID: 008580
ISBN: 0330362399
Condition: Very Good
xxiv, + 174pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, albeit with slight tanning to edges. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly edgeworn only. "Richard Flanagan's script of his celebrated film is a beautiful prose-poem in its own right, which can be read with as much pleasure as his novel of the same name . . . Includes a frank essay by Richard Flanagan on film and writing. Book weight approx. 160g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. View more info
By: Gurr, Michael
Price: $14.25
Publisher: Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, Currency Press/ Playbox Theatre C: 1994
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 012111
ISBN: 0868193860
Condition: Very Good +
vi, + 73pp., b/white thumbnail images of Playbox Theatre cast. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly surface indented only. From the rear panel; 'Robert is an MP with a dangerously slim majority. His wife, Caroline, is a reformed hippy, with a little too much time on her hands. Nicholas is her brother, a musician, destined for fame but with a lot to learn. Into their lives comes Lionel, a right-wing philosopher . . . On the fringes lives Michelle, young, disturbed . . . A contemporary thriller in which all of these lives hurtle headlong towards an in... View more info
By: Herbert, Kate
Price: $9.50
Publisher: Strawberry Hills, N.S.W., Australia, Currency Press: 2001
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 011207
ISBN: 0868196541
Condition: Very Good +
46pp., b/white thumbnail illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper mildly indented, small corner crease. A stand-alone title in the Current Theatre Series. From the rear panel: "Anita has a terrible secret, one she can't even share with her husband, Adam. One that she won't even face herself. And it's tearing her apart inside. Then along comes an anonymous and slightly mysterious stranger and her life is to change forever . . . " Contents include: Hit and Run, Appendix, Theatre Program in centre pages. Book weight approx. 85g. *Postage charge... View more info
By: Hewett, Robert
Price: $22.80
Publisher: Paddington, N.S.W., Australia, Currency Press/ Playbox Theatre C: 1991
Edition: First Thus.
Seller ID: 007558
ISBN: 0868192848
Condition: Very Good +
85pp., small b/white photographic illustrations of playwright, cast members, etc. Book clean. Staples firm, no rust. Leaves unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper minimally edgeworn and scuffed. This stand-alone title in the 'Playbox Current Theatre' series " . . . captures both the superficial glamour and the behind-the-scenes manipulation of the advertising world . . . " 'The Adman' was first performed by the Playbox Theatre Company at the Merlyn Theatre, Melbourne, on 20 July, 1991. Book weight approx. 120g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight... View more info
By: IBSEN, HENRIK (interpreted by Isabelle M.Pagan)
Price: $15.20
Publisher: London, Theosophical Publishing Society: 1909
Edition: 1st Thus (English).
Seller ID: 005233
Condition: Good
129pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, lightly cocked. Gilt titles and black decorations on mildly soiled, bumped and abraded green cloth, plus a stain, and a (just) starting hinge on rear board. An original seller's stamp on front pastedown, a nondescript inscription on ffep., plus noticeable tanned splotches on all endpapers. An extensive Introduction by Isabelle M. Pagan explains how Ibsen's dramatic poem of 'Peer Gynt" has been transcribed for the stage. English text throughout. Dramatis Personae, Act 1/ Actual Events. 2/ Astral Illusions. An Echo. 3/ Path of Action. 4/ Peer on his Tra... View more info
By: Jeayes, Allan
Price: $8.55
Publisher: London, Samuel French: 1947
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 003803
Condition: Good
20pp. Staplebound booklet square. Latent staples. Spine holding. Publisher's affiliate stamp, alomg with an original seller's stamp on title page, otherwise mildly tanned leaves clean. Art-illustrated ['Paul'] limp wrapper slightly sunned and soiled, together with an Australian price and stamp extant. A series of short monologues ["No fee payable, or licence required, if performed by amateur performers, professional entertainers must apply."] . Contents include: Full Cockney [East End]. Half Cockney [Suburban].Rustic, The Yank, Irish, Scotch, Welsh, Down & Out, Court Scene, Foreigner, ... View more info
By: Kenton, Warren
Price: $12.35
Publisher: London, Elek Books: 1971
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 004839
ISBN: 023615401X
Condition: Good
127pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Discrete indication that this was an ex-library copy [front pastedown, title page, colophon], else clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Printed, loose-plastic protected dustjacket price-clipped, edgeworn, with closed tear, several biopredation holes and stain. An introduction to the theatre, in the form of a documentary-novel, it tells the story of what happens between the playwright's first idea for a play, and the play's opening night in a West End theatre.Book weight approx. 410g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾... View more info
