Morley Oscar Wilde

Anonymous: Short Story, Robert Morley's First Stage-play, Theatre Programme with Essay By JM Barrie, London The Queen's Theatre 1935 ; weicher Einband / soft cover; 1. Ed.
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Unpaginated, but 16pp inc full-page b+w portraits of Sybil Thorndyke, Marie Tempest. Ursula Jeans and A. E. Mathews. and an essay by Sir James Barrie - Souvenir programme for The Queen's Theatre's 1935 production of Robert Morley's first stageplay (of the six he wrote) "Short Story". Starring in this "comedy in three acts" were: Marie Tempest (English singer and actress known as the "queen of her profession" and in 1934, she was instrumental in the founding of the actors union Actors' Equity, when she hosted a dinner at the Savoy for eighty-five leading entertainers.). <P>Also: Margaret Rutherford (character actress who first came to prominence following World War II in the film adaptations of Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit" as the lovely but totally mad medium, and in Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest"); a young (27 years old) Rex Harrison (Academy Award- and Tony Award-winning English theatre and film actor, perhaps most remembered in "My Fair Lady" as Professor Henry Higgins); Sybil Thorndike (who when only 21 was offered her first professional contract:, a tour of the USA "with the actor-manager Ben Greet's company. She made her first stage appearance in Greet's 1904 production of Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor". She went on to tour the U.S. in Shakespearean repertory for four years, playing some 112 roles"). <P> Also A. E. Matthews (player of innumerable character roles on the stage and in film for eight decades, including the wartime tour of "The First Mrs. Fraser", with Tempest. From World War II until his death he was renowned as one of British cinema's most famous crotchety, and sometimes rascally, old men.), The play was directed by Tyrone Guthrie (a Tony Award-winning, Anglo-Irish theatrical director instrumental in the founding of the Stratford Festival of Canada, the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, at his family's home, Annaghmakerrig, in County Monaghan, Ireland"). <P> Morley attended "RADA (The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts) and made his West End stage debut in 1929 in "Treasure Island" at the Strand Theatre. He later (1936) played the title role of "Oscar Wilde" at the Gate Theatre Studio, a role he reprised for his Broadway debut in 1938 (Fulton Theater) and 20 years later on the big screen (for which he received an Oscar nomination). <P> <B>PROVENANCE:</B> this item comes from the collection of H. W. Roxburgh of Liverpool, in whose extensive collection of theatrical ephemera this item was contained. It was purchased at Fellows and Sons Auction, Birmingham (UK) in Aug, 2007. <P>The front cover (silver gilt with black and red titles) and textblock are bright and clean. First Edition No Jacket Pamphlet 5.5 x 8.5"; First Edition

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Morley Sheridan. Oscar Wilde. London Weidenfeld and Nicholson 1976 ; fester Einband / hard cover; Schutzumschlag / dust cover; 1. Ed.
Very Good +

A very nice copy D/W is un-clipped and covered with a protective wrapper. Decorative end papers. 160pp.A stimulating reappraisal of Wilde, his work, his life and his times, beautifully illustrated with black-and-white and colour illustrations, the biographer Sheridan Morley, seeks to unravel the enigma that has fascinated so many for so long. First Edition Very Good + Hard Cover 7"X10"TALL; First Edition

[SW: OSCAR WILDE/NON-FICTION/IRISH INTEREST/NON-FICTION/BIOGRAPHYOscar Wilde Autobiography/Biography]

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Morley, Robert: Worry: How to Kick the Serenity Habit in 98 Easy Steps, New York G.P. Putnam's Sons Publishers 1981
Fine Levin, Arnie

A nice, bright copy. Price-clipped. Robert Morley, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, first starred on stage, playing the title role of Oscar Wilde (1936). Other notable stage performances include Henry Higgins in Pygmalion (1937), Sheridan Whiteside in The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941), and Frank Foster in How the Other Half Loves (1970). He also authored several plays, the most famous being Edward, My Son (1947), in which Morley also starred. A veteran screen actor, Morley appeared in more than 60 films, including Marie Antoinette (1938), Major Barbara (1941), The African Queen (1951), Around the World in 80 Days (1956), and Oscar Wilde (1960). Here, Morley takes an hilarious and irreverent look at just about anything that can cause worry. Seems like he hits all the bases: from water to eggs to gambling. Very funny. First American Edition Near Fine Hard Cover in Dust Jacket

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Morley, Sheridan Illustrated: Oscar Wilde, 1997 London Pavilion Books Ltd

Soft Cover As New/No Jacket Edition: New Edition 1862050341 Signed by Author Signed by author to half-title page : "for noel Bennett, best wishes sheridan morley, april 12 98, QL2"

[SW: WILDE OSCAR 1854-1900]

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