American theater (14 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket As Issued. Special Edition. (w/o dj) A clean tightly bound hardcover copy without jacket. Unmarked, gently read, showing gentle head and foot wear to the spine and edges of the boards. A really nice copy overall.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Shortlisted for the STR Theatre Book Prize 2023A LA Times Best Theater Book of 2022Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard, by most accounts the leading British playwrights of our time, might seem to come from very different aesthetic, cultural and political worlds.But as Carey Perloff's fascinating new book reveals, the two have much in common. By examining these contemporaries alongside one another and in the context of the rehearsal room, we can glean new insights and connections, including the impact of their Jewish background on their work and their passion for the details of stagecraft. Readers of Pinter and Stoppard: A Director's View will emerge with a set of tools for approaching their work in a performance environment and for unlocking the mysteries of the plays for audiences.Esteemed theatre director Carey Perloff draws upon her first-hand experience of working with both writers, creating case studies of particular plays in production to provide new ways of positioning the work today. 30 years after major criticism on both playwrights first emerged, this is a ripe moment for a fresh examination of the unique contribution of Pinter and Stoppard in the twenty-first century.…

1,8 x 19,1 x 13,7 cm, DVD. Zustand: Sehr gut. 1 DVD kleine Gebrauchsspuren, DVD wie neu W47 Altersfreigabe FSK ab 0 Jahre Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 505.

PETER COYOTE (1941) US-amerikanischer Schauspieler, Schriftsteller und Erzähler / American actor, director, screenwriter, author, and narrator of films, theater, television, and audiobooks. He is known for his appearances in films such as E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Cross Creek (1983), Jagged Edge (1985), Bitter Moon (1992), Kika (1993), Patch Adams (1998), Erin Brockovich (2000), A Walk to Remember (2002), and Femme Fatale (2002). Original-Farbportraitfoto, mit eigenhändiger Widmung for Dieter, Empfehlung, Unterschrift signiert (color portrait-photo signed).…

PAUL S. BECHTEL (1917-2003) Colonel, american fighter ace who served with the U.S. Army Air Forces and U.S. Air Force. Pacific Theater in early 1942. Bechtel participated in the Solomon Islands Campaign and flew missions over Guadalcanal, the Russell Islands, Bougainville, and other areas in the Southwest Pacific. He also served as commander of the 12th and as an operations office with XIII Fighter Command. He command a reconnaissance squadron during the Korean War, later Air Force Research and Development Command (ARDC) and the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) Albumblatt (1 S. quer 4 to, rechts gedruckte Biographie, links sein Foto in Uniform vor seinem Flugzeug), unter seinem Foto eigenhändig signiert.…

Zustand: Good. New York, September 20th, 1886., 1886. Good. - Over 22 words of prose penned by the Irish-American actor, singer, playwright and lyricist Edward Harrigan on 6-7/8 inch high by 4-3/8 inch wide buff paper. Dated Sept. 10th 1886, the words were penned soon after his comedic play "The Leather Patch" was performed at Harrigan's Park Theatre in New York City, with "Park Theatre" penned by Harrigan along the top. "Life without love is like a cake of ice drifting along the endless rivers of Time." Harrigan concludes with a few words in Irish. Signed in full "Edward Harrigan". The edges of the page are darkened. The page has been mounted with glue from the verso on a 7-3/8 inch high by 9-1/2 inch wide sheet removed from an album. Also mounted next to Harrigan's lyrics are over 16 words of prose penned by the English-born American stage actress Annie Robe on a 3-1/2 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide sheet. Dated Feb. 6th 1887, Robe has written "I wish it was spring / All the year round / And that roses grew / Under our feet / (Sheridan)". Signed "Annie Robe". There are slight glue stains to the corners. Mounted on the verso of the sheet are the autographs of 3 other theatrical personalities. That of the late 19th Century American stage actress Marie Burroughs is penned on 3-1/2 inch high by 4-3/8 inch wide card stock. The American theatrical manager Albert Marshman Palmer has signed himself "Yours very truly, A.M. Palmer" on 3-1/2 inch high by 4-3/8 inch wide card stock mounted diagonally as to slightly overlap the previous card. The renowned French opera-bouffe actress and singer Marie Aimee has penned the words "To Mme [___?] Marie Aimee Oct. 4, 1886" on 3-3/8 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide card stock mounted as to overlap the bottom border of the previous autograph. The left edge of the soiled and slightly creased sheet removed from the autograph album is slightly chipped. Good. The Irish-American actor, singer, dancer, playwright, lyricist and theater producer Edward Harrigan (1844-1911) formed one of the most celebrated theatrical partnerships of the 19th century with Tony Hart. Harrigan is known as one of the founding fathers of modern American musical theater whose productions of multi-act plays incorporated physical comedy with singing and dancing. Harrigan & Hart's breakthrough hit came with "The Mulligan Guard", a lampoon of an Irish neighborhood militia with music by his future father-in-law David Braham. The sequel "The Mulligan Guard Picnic" settled itself on Broadway in 1878 and integrated more of a story line. Having separated from Hart in the meantime, by 1886 Harrigan's comedic play "The Leather Patch", also with songs by David Braham, opened at the Park Theatre in New York City on February 15, 1886. The late 19th century American stage actress Marie Burroughs (1866-1926) played prominent roles in many plays. The American theatrical manager Albert Marshman Palmer (1838-1905) was well known in the theatrical world as A.M. Palmer. The renowned French opera-bouffe actress and singer Marie Aimee (1852-1887) gained international fame in the 1870's, touring the United States, Mexico and Cuba with her own company. Known for her wit and charm, she performed in Jacques Offenbach's Operettas. Her career was brief as she passed away at the age of 35. The English-born American actress Annie Robe (1866-1922) came to prominence in the last decades of the Victorian era.…

Zustand: Very good. February 26, 1960., 1960. Very good. - Over 85 words typed on his personal 10-1/2 inch high by 7-5/8 inch wide stationery with his name embossed at top left. The well-known musical theater composer & director writes to the political activist and perennial socialist candidate for president Norman Thomas expressing his pleasure that Thomas attended the United World Federalists' luncheon for Lord Attlee. "I hope that you will continue to take an active interest in our work to establish a world at peace under the just, effective and enforceable world law through a strengthened United Nations". Signed "Oscar Hammerstein". Folded for mailing with minor creases to the corners, else near fine. Best known for his collaborative works with Richard Rodgers, the American musical theater producer, lyricist and director Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960) won 8 Tony Awards and 2 Academy Awards. Described by Stephen Sondheim as an "experimental playwright", Hammerstein collaborated with Rodgers on "Oklahoma!", "Carousel", South Pacific" "The King and I" and other works that focused on stories and character instead of lighthearted entertainment. Hammerstein was a prominent member of the United World Federalists advocating for a democratic world government. A Presbyterian minister, the recipient Norman Thomas (1884-1968) was a political activist and pacifist. He ran as the Socialist Party candidate for President in 6 elections from 1928 to 1948.…

Zustand: Very good. - Letter penned in blue ink and filling 1-1/4 sides of a sheet of her 11-inch high by 8-3/8-inch wide personalized letterhead with her name & address printed at the top. Signed "Jean Erdman". The corners of the letter are lightly creased with a pinhole in the top left corner & the top right corner slightly darkened. Folded twice for mailing. Very good. Erdman writes regretting that she is unable to attend Rugg's Wednesday Luncheon Forums at Teachers College of Columbia University. "I wish that I could manage to control my activities so that I would be free to participate in such interesting-sounding gatherings. When I talked with Mr. [Nik] Krevitsky a few weeks ago, I thought that my schedule would allow me to come, but since then I have discovered that Wednesdays must needs be used up in rehearsals with my dance company."The two greatest influences on dancer and choreographer Jean Erdman [b. 1916] were Joseph Campbell and Martha Graham. She married Campbell in 1938 and became a principal dancer in Martha Graham's company. She later toured the U.S. with her own company, and as a solo artist toured India and Japan, the first dancer to do so since World War II. In 1962 she began what was to become her best-known work, "The Coach with Six Insides", an adaptation of James Joyce's "Finnegan's Wake'".Harold Rugg [1886-1960] was a professor of education at Teachers College of Columbia University. A civil engineer, he became interested in how students learn and pursued a doctorate in education. He was responsible for producing the first series of school textbooks from 1929 until the 1940s. …

[1] pp.; 27.8 x 21.5 cm.; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Single-sided flyer for exhibition held November 9 - 30, 1969. Includes announcement for films, plays, talks, poetry and music by Newsreel, Black Panther Party, Venceremos Brigade, Burning City Theater, Blue Dome, Rainbow Coalition, Liberation News Service, and others. Very Good. Folded into thirds. Clean and unmarked.…

A WORLD ON FILM Criticism and Comment by Stanley Kauffmann. Harper & Row Publishers, New York, 437 SS. gebunden (Hardcover, schwarzes Oln. 8°, Buchrücken etwas verfärbt : Lichtrand), im Vorderdeckel EX LIBRIS von RUDOLF W. LEONHARDT ( Rudolf Walter Leonhardt , 1921?2003), deutscher Journalist und Literaturwissenschaftler, im Zweiten Weltkrieg Jagdflieger, Deutsches Kreuz in Gold, Professor Dr. und von 1948 bis 1950 Dozent für moderne deutsche Literatur in Cambridge, zu der Zeit hier Feuilleton-Chef DIE ZEIT ), sonst gut erhalten - mit eigenhändiger Widmung, Empfehlung, Ort, Datum, Unterschrift an diesen "For Leo- Souvenir of a warm friendship in a warm city STANLEY KAUFFMANN, New York, July 2, 67".…

1 vols. 12mo. 1 vols. 12mo. Containing: "Fra-Diavolo, or the Inn of Terracina. A Comic Opera. Composed by Auber. Written and the Music adapted by Rophino Lacy." [Turner]; "Songs, Duets, Glees, Recitatives, &c, &c. in the Female Sleep Walker, being a Version of Bellini's celebrated Opera of La Somnambula" [Turner]; John Home's "Douglas; the Noble Shepherd" [Turner]; J. S. Knowles' "The Wife: A Tale of Mantua" Baltimore: J. Ronson, Circulating Library, 1833; Benjamin Thompson's "The Stranger" [Turner]; H. M. Milman's "Fazio; or the Italian Wife." [Turner]; Richard Shield's "Damon and Pythias" [Turner]; R. B. Sheridan's "Pizarro" [Turner]; Joseph Reese Fry's "Norma: A Lyrical Tragedy. translated from the Italian of Felice Romani and adapted to the Original Music of Bellini." Philadelphia: Printed by John H. Gihon & Co., 1841, second edition; George Colman's "The Heir at Law." [Turner]. The ten plays bound in a near contemporary half blue morocco. Rubbed, corners repaired, some browning and spotting, generally light, a few ownership signatures of Jno. Proctor 1845 and Oliver A. Judson, some contemporary marginalia, some margins trimmed. An interesting collection.…

Pas de couverture. Zustand: Bon. Rare - Nice authentic photo signed in person in Cannes in 1996. Size : 12.5x17.5 cm. Condition : please see scans. Provenance : Georges Flour (1945-2013) collection. Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteur.

Pas de couverture. Zustand: Bon. Rare - Authentic signed card. [Paris, November 2002]. A magazine photo is pasted to the card. + Envelope. + Photo 20x15 cm (recent print). Size : 20x12.5 cm Condition : please see scans. Provenance : Gérard Leman collection. Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteur.…

Zustand: Very good. - An 18-word close typed on 3-1/4 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide watermarked paper clipped from a larger document. "This consent is given for your benefit as well as for the benefit of your successors or assigns." Signed "Earl Carroll" in black ink at bottom right. There is vertical fold at left, else near fine. The American theatrical producer & director Earl Carroll (1893-1948) was also a songwriter and composer. He produced numerous Broadway musicals including his "Earl Carroll's Vanities", "Earl Carroll's Sketchbook" and "Murder at the Vanities". Famous for featuring lightly clad showgirls in his productions, Carroll was known as "the troubadour of the nude". He built the Earl Carroll Theatre in New York and later another on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Carroll was prosecuted and served time for perjury following a 1926 scandal. Carroll had thrown a lavish private party in honor of Harry Kendall Thaw at which a young nude woman was featured bathing in a tub full of illegal liquor. The editor of the New York Mirror, Philip Payne, was a guest and published a report of the event which drew the attention of Federal authorities. Prohibition being in force, authorities investigated and, though Carroll denied it happened, other guests confirmed the story. Accused of perjury, Carroll served six months at the Atlanta Penitentiary. Carroll wrote the scores for the Broadway shows "So Long Letty", "Canary Cottage" and "The Love Mill", even writing the libretto for the latter.…