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Vera; or, The Nihilists. A Drama in a Prologue, and Four Acts
Oscar Wilde
: Privately Printed, 1902.One of 200 numbered copies of Wilde’s play first written in 1881, and now published for the first time from the author’s own copy, showing his corrections of and additions to the original text. MASON 624.
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Salome: A Tragedy in One Act
Oscar Wilde
London and New York: John Lane, The Bodley Head and John Lane Company, 1907.Translated from the French of Oscar Wilde, with Sixteen Drawings by Aubrey Beardsley. The first edition to include all 16 of Beardsley’s illustrations including the unadulterated hermaphroditic title page illustration, as well as the introduction by Robert Ross, and the two leaves with the Cast of the Performance of Salome, as presented in England for the first time by the New Stage Club on May 10 and 13, 1905, and the preoduction of the playbill of the first production of the Operatic Version by Richard Strauss at the Konigliches Operahaus, Dresdem on December 9, 1905. Identical to MASON 355 except without the Wm. Clowes & Sons imprint at the foot of the last page of text.
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Salome. Drame en un acte.
Oscar Wilde
Paris and Londres: Librairie de L’Art Independant and Elkin Mathew et John Lane, 1893.First edition, one of 600 copies, the title page device by Felicien Rops. MASON 348. This copy rebound in a fine signed art nouveau binding by Hatchards, Piccadilly, without the wrappers, with a plentiful quantity of blank leaves at the rear to allow for the binding design.
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Open Love: A Romance of Greenwich Village
Gustav Bowhan
New York: Mecca Publishing Co., 1920.A play of life and free love amongst a club of bohemian artists in New York. Recorded as performed on Broadway in 1932.
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The Naked Heroine: The Story of Lydia Lova [From the Folies to the Resistance]
John Izbicki
London: Neville Spearman, 1963.The story of Polish countess and dancer turned French resistance fighter, showgirl of the Folies-Bergere, stripper of Soho, a naked spy and one of the most decorated women of wartime France. This copy inscribed by Lydia Lova in the year of publication.
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Tamasaburo
Kishin Shinoyama
Tokyo: Kodansha, 1977.Photobook of kabuki actor and onnagata (male actors who play female roles) Bando Tamasburo.
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The Mimiambs of Herondas
Herondas; Jack Lindsay
London: The Fanfrolico Press, [1929].Mimes by Herondas translated by Jack Lindsay with 19 drawings by Alan Odle and a foreword by Brian Penton. Limited to 375 numbered copies, of which this is number 2. ARNOLD 35. This copy with the bookplate of David D. Levine.
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Seeking Common Ground: Latinx and Latin American Theatre and Performance
Trevor Boffone; Teresa Marrero; Chantal Rodriguez
London: Methuen, 2022. -
Homosexual Acts: A Volume of Gay Plays
Ed Berman
London: Inter-Action Imprint, 1975.Ambiance/Almost Free Playscripts 1.
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We Can Always Call Them Bulgarians: The Emergence of Lesbians and Gay Men on the American Stage
Kaier Curtin
Boston: Alyson Publications, 1987. -
Mixed Media: The Many Forms of the Story
Thomas Amos; Andrea Crawford
Bloomington: Lilly Library, Indiana University, 1995.Catalogue of an exhibition, 5 January – 30 March, 1995, exploring stories through original texts in books and manuscripts, along with radio, theatre, and movie scripts, press kits and programmes, music, photographs, and board games.
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La Boite: The Story of an Australian Theatre Company
Christine Comans
Brisbane: Playlab Press, 2009. -
Gay Paris: La Revue Libertine
Henri Varna
Paris: Casino de Paris, No date.The famous Casino de Paris, opened in 1880, is not a Casino but a performance venue. It was closed during both World Wars. This programme for a performance in two acts produced by Henri Varna includes photographs of many of the cast.
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Teatro Reale Dell’ Opera [Roma]: Il Nuovo Palcoscenico Meccanico
Casa Editrice D’arte Bestetti e Tumminelli
Milano and Roma: Casa Editrice D’arte Bestetti e Tumminelli, 1929.Royal Opera Theatre: The New Mechanical Stage. Promotional booklet after the 1926 renovations of the theatre which reopened in 1928.
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Queer Theatre and the Legacy of Cal Yeomans
Robert A. Schanke
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. -
My Dear, Sweet Self: A Hot Peach Life
Jimmy Camicia
Silverton: Fast Books, 2013.Biography of Jimmy Camicia, founder of New York drag performance group, Hot Peaches.
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An Exhibition of Kabuki Stage Costumes
Shochiku; Tetsuya Okazaki
Tokyo: Shochiku, 1998. -
1960s Nichigeki Music Hall Program: Pompous Nights in Pink Port
Nichigeki Music Hall
Tokyo: Nichigeki Music Hall, 1961.Program for a 1960s topless revue at the Nichigeki Music Hall, also known as the Nihon-Gekijo, an iconic Tokyo theatre from the 1930s up until 1981 when it was demolished for redevelopment. Post-war the theatre hosted burlesque shows and motion picture features for American servicemen and tourists.
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1960s Nichigeki Music Hall Program: Adults Only Of Course!
Nichigeki Music Hall
Tokyo: Nichigeki Music Hall, 1960.Program for a 1960s topless revue at the Nichigeki Music Hall, also known as the Nihon-Gekijo, an iconic Tokyo theatre from the 1930s up until 1981 when it was demolished for redevelopment. Post-war the theatre hosted burlesque shows and motion picture features for American servicemen and tourists.
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1960s Nichigeki Music Hall Program: Pink Lady on the White Shore
Nichigeki Music Hall
Tokyo: Nichigeki Music Hall, 1964.Program for a 1960s topless revue at the Nichigeki Music Hall, also known as the Nihon-Gekijo, an iconic Tokyo theatre from the 1930s up until 1981 when it was demolished for redevelopment. Post-war the theatre hosted burlesque shows and motion picture features for American servicemen and tourists.