Author: Archer, William; Shaw, George Bernard.
Title: The Theatrical 'World' of 1894. With an Introduction by George Bernard Shaw and a Synopsis of Playbills of the Year by Henry George Hibbert.
Description: London: Walter Scott, Ltd. 1895. 1895. - Octavo, maroon cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The top edge is gilt. The binding is bumped & rubbed. The spine is slightly faded with the head & tail chipped. xxx, [iii] & 417 pages plus a 10-page publisher's catalog. There is offsetting to the pastedowns & endpapers and the page edges are toned. There is a tiny chip to the front edge of the title page. Good. First edition, with a wonderful twenty-page introduction by George Bernard Shaw. Shaw focuses in part on the position of women in the theatre. "..a revolution in public opinion on what is called the Woman Question has begun to agitate the stage." "Property of the NewTheatre" is stamped on the title page. Good .
Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; BRITISH THEATRE; THEATRE CRITIC; WILLIAM ARCHER; PLAYWRIGHT; GEORGE BERNARD SHAW; THE WOMAN QUESTION; THE THEATRICAL 'WORLD' OF 1894; SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS BY HENRY GEORGE HIBBERT; NINETEENTH CENTURY THEATRE ; 19TH CENTURY
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Title: The Theatrical 'World' of 1894. With an Introduction by George Bernard Shaw and a Synopsis of Playbills of the Year by Henry George Hibbert.
Description: London: Walter Scott, Ltd. 1895. 1895. - Octavo, maroon cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The top edge is gilt. The binding is bumped & rubbed. The spine is slightly faded with the head & tail chipped. xxx, [iii] & 417 pages plus a 10-page publisher's catalog. There is offsetting to the pastedowns & endpapers and the page edges are toned. There is a tiny chip to the front edge of the title page. Good. First edition, with a wonderful twenty-page introduction by George Bernard Shaw. Shaw focuses in part on the position of women in the theatre. "..a revolution in public opinion on what is called the Woman Question has begun to agitate the stage." "Property of the NewTheatre" is stamped on the title page. Good .
Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; BRITISH THEATRE; THEATRE CRITIC; WILLIAM ARCHER; PLAYWRIGHT; GEORGE BERNARD SHAW; THE WOMAN QUESTION; THE THEATRICAL 'WORLD' OF 1894; SYNOPSIS OF PLAYBILLS BY HENRY GEORGE HIBBERT; NINETEENTH CENTURY THEATRE ; 19TH CENTURY
Price: US$ 75.00 Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
- Book number: 95146
- Book number: 95146
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