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A Complete Guide to Amateur Dramatics

Price:  £8.00

Melvill, Harald
Introduction by Christopher Fry, with 48 half-tone illustrations and 71 line drawings in the text. Frontispiece of Harold Melvill by Lionel A. Seaton. Good (red cloth, gold lettering to spine, worn head and foot of spine, corners lightly bumped; yellowing to endpapers) in Poor DJ (worn, torn, mended). p310
Rockliff

A Guide to Theatrical Make-up

Price:  £5.50

Parsons, Charles S
Boards badly marked, though gold lettering still bright, internally VG p84
Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons

A Sense of the Dramatic Drama Criticism and Appreciation

Price:  £7.00

Griffiths, Margaret and Hemming, Charles
This practical, comprehensive guide to drama criticism caters for the needs of all A level students of English Literature and Theatre Studies. Good - cover a little worn, corners bumped. p121
Collins Educational

Behind the Scenes in the Theatre

Price:  £8.00

Grey, Elizabeth
Behind the scenes look at 'commercial' and 'repertory' theatre ( back-stage, on-stage, and front-of-the-house). VG in Good DJ (light wear, chipped, small tear out of head of spine). p112
Roy Publishers, Inc

Directing Plays

Price:  £7.00

Taylor, Don
Both the theory and practice of directing plays, with emphasis on textual interpretation. Ex-lib, illustrative library binding, missing ffep, stamps to title page, o/w VG, clean, tight and sound p201
A&C Black

Group Play-Making

Price:  £8.00

Kelly, Ruth
Constructing and producing improvised plays, for amateur groups. Cover sunned and worn, dedication to 'Anne, with the author's love' but no signature on the ffep, pages yellowed, o/w VG in edge-worn and slightly marked DJ. p112
George G Harrap & Co

How to Become a Working Actor

Price:  £5.00

Duncan, Sarah
A useful guide to all aspects of the acting life, from auditions to VAT. Cover very slightly worn, generally VG p126
Cheverell Press

Moscow Rehearsals; an account of methods of production in the Soviet theatre

Price:  £5.00

Houghton, Norris
A report of six months practical study of how Moscow theatres operated at the time. Illustrated. p0
Allen & Unwin, London.

On the Art of the Stage

Price:  £12.00

Stanislavsky, Konstatin, Magarshack, David trans.
The classic introduction to the Stanislavsky system. Pages a little yellowed, generally VG in slightly chipped and edge-worn, price-clipped DJ, generally sound. p311
Faber and Faber

Play-Making A Manual of Craftsmanship

Price:  £20.00

Archer, William
VG - Gilt lettered red cloth, bumped, and with small tear on the right of the front cover. Slightly sunned on spine, page edges are roughly trimmed, and some foxing internally. p322
Chapman & Hall

Practical Miming

Price:  £8.00

Pickersgill, M Gertrude
This book by the Principal of the London School of Dramatic Art explains the practical methods by which she has successfully taught Miming to students of all types and ages. Also contains a catalogue of books published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons dated 1935, running to 31 pages. Good (gold lettering on front cover and spine, blue cloth, worn to head and foot of spine, small mark to both upper and lower cover) in Poor DJ (worn, torn and marked). p117
Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons

Professionally Yours - a book for the amateur producer

Price:  £15.00

Trevor, Pat
Signed by the author, with a dedication to the novelist Margaret Thomson Davis VG in VG DJ p137
Brown Son & Ferguson, Ltd

Reflections on the Theatre

Price:  £6.00

Barrault Jean-Louis
Illus by Christian Berard, Balthus, Maurice Brianchon and others. Penetrating account of the mystic relationship between actor and audience Good, cover worn and sunned, inscribed by owner, in edge-worn. price-clipped dj p184
Rockliffe

Stagecraft For Amateurs

Price:  £5.00

Marteau, F. A. & Holgate, John
Fascinating little book, giving hints for all involved with amateur dramatics (the producer, players, stage management, wardrobe etc). Good (spine slightly bumped and faded, light wear and marking on cover, very small tear at base of FFEP, pages yellowed but text clean and clear). p67
International Representations Ltd

The Actor and his Body

Price:  £5.00

Pisk, Litz
Reprint. A study in theatre movement, with suggested work-out programmes. Illustrated with line drawings and x-ray photographs. Cover a little marked and worn, generally VG. p95
Harrap

The Art of Speaking

Price:  £5.00

Pertwee, Ernest
Author was professor of elocution at City of London School. Brown cover with embossed flowery picture of a classical orator. Old-fashioned but still of interest. Good - corners bumped, spine starting, some age spotting. p61
Routledge

The Costume of the Theatre

Price:  £15.00

Komisarjevsky, Theodore
Illustrated history of costumes, from Greek times onwards, with a wider description of the appearance of productions and other detail Lib. Binding, Good p176
Bles

The Producer and the Play

Price:  £6.00

Marshall, Norman
Enlarged edition. History of the work of producers in European theatre. Illus. Good in Good (price clipped and a little worn) DJ. Inscribed by previous owner. p328
MacDonald

The Vocal Vision

Price:  £7.00

Hampton, Marion and Acker, Marion eds.
Views on voice by 24 leading teachers, coaches and directors. Cover a little worn, generally VG p276
Applause

The Way to Write for the Stage

Price:  £20.00

Gallacher, Tom
Signed by the author on the ffep. A complete guide to the basic skills of play writing, by the award-winning novelist and play-wright. VG in VG but price-clipped DJ p122
Elm Tree

Theatre for Children in the United States: A history

Price:  £8.00

McCaslin, Nellie
From fairy tales to ethnic drama. A study of the growth and growing professionalism of U.S. children's theatre from 1900-70. Some 30 b & w photos. VG ( inscribed by previous owner on FFEP) in Good DJ (chipped, price clipped, sticker ghost top right corner). p317
University of Oklahoma

Theatre in Soviet Russia

Price:  £7.50

Gyseghem, Andre Van
A history of theatre under Soviet control over the first 50 years of the 20th century. VG, pages rather yellowed, in edge-worn, chipped, faded but generally good DJ p220
Faber

Voice in Modern Theatre

Price:  £15.00

Martin, Jacqueline
Voice theory, from an historical and international perspective. Ex-lib, in laminated illustrative library binding, a little worn, missing ffep, o/w good, clean, tight and sound. p229
Routledge
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