Original calling card signed by the English comic actor, actor-manager and theatrical producer famous for his roles in farce and in serio-comic melodramas and the first actor to have a West End theater named after him. The card gives his address as the Gaiety Theatre, where Toole was based from 1868 to 1877. One corner of the card has been trimmed and a small albumen photograph of the actor affixed. Very slight spotting and mounting remnants on the verso; otherwise in fine condition. 10.4 x 6.2 cm.
Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag. [1927]. German translation of the Russian director's work on theater, first published in Russian in 1921, this being the second edition and the first to include the celebrated cover design by El Lissitzky. 8vo. 112 pp. Photo frontispiece and 11 plates (3 color). Original decorative boards with cover design in red and black by El Lissitzky. From the collection of Serge Lifar. Rubbing to spine, light wear to the boards; overall very good. Read More...
Evocative original large-format photograph of the creators of the 1969 musical Coco, librettist Alan Jay Lerner, composer André Previn, and producer Frederick Brisson. The creators of the musical are shown in front of the Chanel salon, with the "Chanel" awnings visible in the background. Inscribed #2 and July, 1966 on the verso. 14.75 x 10.25 inches (37.5 x 26 cm). Read More...
Original press photograph of the tenth birthday celebration of the beloved musical in 1953, with Hammerstein and original cast members Alfred Drake, Bambi Lynn, and Owen Martin cutting the birthday cake together. Original press caption on the verso dated April 2, 1953. One slight fingerprint in the margin; otherwise in very fine condition. 22.9 x 18.3 cm.
Signed program from the London opening night of Noel Coward's play Waiting in the Wings, on September 7, 1960 at the Duke of York's Theatre. Signed on the title by seven of the play's stars: Lewis Casson, Sybil Thorndike, Mary Boyd, Jessica Dunning, Norah Blaney, Una Venning, and Nora Nicholson. 6 pp. Slight wear to the spine and edges, overall fine. 4.75 x 7.25 inches (12.3 x 18.4 cm). Read More...
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[Film & Theatre]
[Theatre & Arts]. Collection of Signed Photographs
An interesting collection of signed photographs from actors and other noted figures of the early twentieth century. Included are signed photographs of actors and theatre figures David M. Murray (2 photographs by Baker Art Gallery of Columbus, 6.5 x 8.75), Wilson R. Todd (halftone photograph tipped to a paper mount, 8 x 10), W. S. James (2 photographs: one portrait and one photograph in costume as "Uncle Dave," both by Black of Jamestown, N.Y., 5.75 x 9.75), John Arthur (Siegel Studio of Chicago, 6 x 9), Arthur Snader (Sarony of New York, 8 x 11), Harry G. Keenan (Stanford of San Francisco, 6.75 x 8.75), Frank E. Walsh (Samarijian of Boston, 7 x 10), and C. G. Cohn (mount embossed with coat of arms, 12 x 15), and piano manufacturer Joseph Hall Chase (Harris-Ewing of Washington DC, 7 x 11), as well as one unsigned photograph of an unidentified man in a military uniform (Pinero Studio of Philadelphia, 4 x 6.5). In good to very fine condition. *Please note that the partially visible photograph upper right corner in the lot photograph is not included.
Signed photograph postcard of the popular American stage actor, singer and songwriter, whose most famous songs include "My Wild Irish Rose" and "When Irish Eyes are Smiling." In very fine condition. 8.5 x 14.2 cm.