Ballet, Cinema ,Stagecraft and TheTheatre. Used Books - Here are the latest additions to the Ballet, Cinema ,Stagecraft and TheTheatre. category of the Mary Ward Used Books catalogue http://www.marywardbooks.com/categories/120.html Collins 1958: first edition: blue cloth hardcover: dust jacket: approximately 9 by in 11 inches tall: 192 pages, most of black and white photographic illustrations , and including four full-page colour plates and index . Contents : introduction and brief commentary by Arnold L. Haskel. La Markova. France. America. The musical. The Festival Ballet. The Bolshoi Theatre Ballet. De Cuevas. The Royal Danish Ballet. Exotics. Prewar Ballet Russe. Prewar Sadler's Wells. Portrait Gallery. Index. Condition edges of dust jacket worn and repaired: endpapers and title pages foxed: contents very clean and good http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/mw00188776655.html Royal Shakespeare Theatre 1980: card folder containing 16 costume deigns, with protective transparent paper: approx 8.5" x 12" tall. Synopsis: Costume deign by Farrah for Touchstone , Celia and Rosalind, Hymen's Feast ( final scene) in " As You Like It ": by Nadine Baylis for Romeo, Juliet, Tybalt , The Nurse, in "Romeo and Juliet": by Ralph Koltai for Ophelia/ Gertrude, Hamlet, Polonius in " Hamlet": by Farrah for The Opening Scene, Duke of York- Queen Isobel- Bushy- Bagot- Green , Bolingbroke/ Richard in "Richard 11": by Farrah for Queen Margaret and Richard, The Killing of Hastings, The Eve of the Battle of Bosworth ( ghost scene) " Richard 111". Condition: one prptective paper missing: very clean and good overall . http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/mwoo11223344.html 40 pages 29 black and white illustrations. A concise history from the 14th century. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/mw00452.html Gift inscription in ink inside front cover 160 pages http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/027301143x.html Pitman Publishing instruction book 2001. 127 pages. Name stamped on first page otherwise clean and Very Good. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0273002090.html Curtain Press 1950: hardcover : no dust jacket: A collection of nine theatre notebooks : full and half page b/w and colour reproduction photographs and illustrations . Synopsis: A collection of editions of "The Masque " described in the prologue as - " A theatre notebook designed to enable playgoers to preserve a complete and decorative record of the most notable productions of the contemporary theatre. Each issue will be devoted to a single play: thus there will be an article by a well known dramatic critic, photographs of the play and coloured reproductions of scene and costume design." This edition contains:- King Lear by Ivor Brown: Oscar Wilde and theatre by James Agate: Designs of the theatre by Rex Whistler parts 1, 2 and 3: Notes on the Verse Drama by Christopher Hall: New Developments In The French Theatre by Anthony Curtis: Theatrical Figures in Porcelain ( German XVIII Century) by Sacheverell Sitwell . Condition: Ex-library book : no dust jacket; cover stressed and with worn edges ; library stickers and stamps ; binding a little loose : contents clean; good quality colour and b/w photographic reproductions: Overall acceptable and collectable. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/mw060606.html Woburn Press 1972, third impression: board book : 189 pages. Contents Foreword: Introduction: The Goons then : The Goons now: The Cast : The main characters: The Scripts: ( The Dreaded batter Pudding Hurler: The Phantom Head-Shaver; The Affair of the Lone Banana:The Canal: Napoleon's Piano: Foiled by President Fred: The Mighty Wurlitzer: The Hastings Flyer: The House of Teeth: Backward by Harry Secombe. Condition: edge slightly rubbed: small inscription and circular symbol to end paper: overall very clean and good http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0713000767.html David and Charles 1970 first edition: hardback in dust jacket: 122 pages including index: coloured frontispiece; B/W illustrations . Synopsis: a detailed and scholarly description of the character and techniques of the Victorian theatre : stage machinery, theatre architecture, and scene painting illustrated with interesting photographs- some hitherto unpublished. , Condition: very clean and good -almost as new- http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0715349686.htmlTwelve page paperback theatre programme for the Lyric Theatre production of The Good Companions featuring John Gielgud as "Inigo Jollifant", Adele Dixon as "Susie Dean", and Edward Chapman as "Jess Oakroyd " Full page black and white illustrations of John Gielgud inside cover, Edward Chapman on page 2, and John Gielgud with Adele Dixon inside back cover. Programme undated but a full page advertisement to back cover for Stewart and Ardern Ltd, the sole London distributors of Morris Cars, invites readers to send for a 1932 Morris Catalogue. Other illustrated advertisements in the programme are for Liberty Hats; Dressmaking and Tailoring to Order at Debenham and Freebody; Dobie's of Paisley ( pipes and tobacco); and Rowntrees Chocolate. Other non -illustrated contemporary products and services are also advertised . Condition: slight wear, and a 1.5 cm slit to lower hinge. Overall clean, good and collectable. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/mw115.html Citadel Press Inc.U.S:1969 hardback in dustjacket: 8.5" x 11" tall: 246 pages including index: b/w photographic illustratons throughout. Conditon: dust jacket edges worn and repaired with upper corner cut: cover and contents clean and good. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0806502576.htmlCitadel Press 1992 soft cover: 8.5" x 11" tall: 287 pages including index: b / w illustrated throughout. Condition: slight creasing to back cover : used but clean and good. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0806512563.html Angus and Robertson 1981 : soft cover 8" x11" tall: 288 pages including index; b/w illustrations through out. Condition: firm, very clean and uninscribed. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0207145210.html Vista 1980 first edition: black boards with gilt lettering to spine; no dust jacket; 160 pages including index; Black and white photographic illustrations throughout. Contents- The Pioneers 1895-1902; The growth of an industry 1903-1912; The creation of Hollywood 1912-1918; Europe at War 1914-1918; The Emergence of an Art 1918-1928; Hollywood bestrides the World 1918-1928; The Shadows Speak 1928-1939; The Film in war 1940-1945; After the War 1946-1951; Universal Art 1947---- Condition : very clean and good : lacks dust jacket http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/B0000CKPOP.html Fontana 1991: paperback :306 pages: black and white photographic illustrations. Synopsis The story of how Augustin Le Prince got two-thirds of the way to patenting the technology of the film camera, only to be flattened by the big battalions of Edison and Co. in America. The author has written and directed several films, including "The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat". Condition: paper slightly tanned :overall very clean and good . http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0006373283.html