English stage actor (37 resultados)

Condición: Very Good. 6 pages, 1 portrait. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 18 x 25 cms. Category: Pearsons Magazine; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condición: Very good. - A 3-1/2 inch high by 4-1/8 inch wide card signed & dated by the great British screen & stage actor John Gielgud, with his sentiments: "John Gielgud / best wishes 1942". Once likely mounted in an album, there are paper & glue remnants adhering to one edge of the verso. A vertical crease at right touches on the date but not the signature. Very good. The great British actor Sir John Gielgud (1904-2000) dominated the British stage for much of the 20th century as both an actor and director. Considered by many as the finest Hamlet of his era, he also starred and played supporting roles in movies. From September 1936 through February 1937, Gielgud starred as Hamlet in North America, opening first in Toronto before moving on to perform in New York and Boston.…

Condición: Very Good. 12 pages. The Strand Magazine (1891-1950) was a literary powerhouse, bringing readers gripping mystery, adventure, and intrigue every month. It became legendary for publishing Sherlock Holmes stories, skyrocketing the detective's fame and cementing its place in literary history. Beyond Holmes, it featured thrilling fiction, fascinating articles, and stunning illustrations, captivating audiences with tales of crime, exploration, and the unknown. With its bold storytelling and iconic artwork, The Strand shaped popular literature, inspiring generations of writers and readers alike. A true treasure trove of imagination, it remains one of the most celebrated magazines of its time! A rare chance to own a true artifact from the past. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 16 x 22 cms. Category: Strand Magazine Articles; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

4to, 1 p. Fourteen lines, in pencil. Text clear and complete. Good, on aged paper. In envelope addressed by Holloway to Inglis. He apologises for his 'rudeness' in not answering earlier: 'I plead rush of work'. He would be delighted to sit for her, but 'the trouble is that I may have to leave town on Monday to produce a play in the country and then on to S[tratford]-on-A[von] for the 7 weeks Festival'. Suggests a later meeting.…

Condición: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original brick red cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7'' x 4½''. Contains [xii] 164 printed pages of text with monochrome frontispiece, ornate chapter capital letters. Tanning to the page edges. Very Good condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper. We currently hold in stock 10 other books by this author. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1850771855 STAGE & THEATRE.…

Condición: Very good. - Black-and-white real photo postcard, approximately 5-1/2 inches high by 3-1/2 inches wide, depicting actor-comedian Huntley Wright. Boldly signed in black ink across the bottom edge of the image "Huntley Wright". The edges of the address side of the postcard are darkened. Very good. Wright is pictured in a confident three-quarters length pose standing, arms akimbo, with his hands in his pockets, wearing a striped waistcoat, black suit and a shirt with a big high-necked collar.Huntley Wright [1868-1941] was an English stage and film actor, comedian, dancer and singer. From 1896 he spent ten years creating roles in some of the most popular Edwardian musical comedies at Daly's Theatre. After serving in the army in World War I, he continued playing in comedies, musical theatre and drama. He also frequently broadcast on the radio and later in his career appeared in several films. …

5½'' x 3½''. Divided back. Used monochrome post card. Member of the P.B.F.A. STAGE & THEATRE.

5½'' x 3½''. Divided back. Monochrome post card. Member of the P.B.F.A. STAGE & THEATRE.

5½'' x 3½''. Divided back. Monochrome post card. Member of the P.B.F.A. STAGE & THEATRE.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. On 9.5 x 11.5 cm leaf of blue paper, with rounded outer corners, torn from an autograph album. In good condition, lightly aged, with spotting on reverse. Reads: 'Best Wishes / Tom Walls.' Good bold writing, with stylistic flourish linking the cross-stroke of the T in 'Tom' with the S of 'wishes', and two small vertical strokes at the centre of the underlining of the signature. See image.…

1p, 12mo. On grey paper. In fair condition, lightly aged and with slight creasing. Large firm signature. Presumably responding to a request for an autograph. Reads: 'With my most abject apologies - but I have been away for three months / Robert Morley. See Image.

1p., 8vo. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper. He thanks him for thinking of his birthday, and taking the trouble 'to bring me that sherry'. He has not yet sampled it, as 'it's a bit too hot for anything but water, just at present'. He will telephone him, as he doesn't 'feel cocksure' about his address. He ends with regards to 'Mrs George'. In pencil in another hand at head: 'Here it is, George | C.A.S.'.…

Condición: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains [x] 260 printed pages of text with archive monochrome photographs throughout. Slight yellowing to the page edges. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition price clipped dust wrapper with slight sun fading down the spine. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'With best wishes - Brian Rix'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0340412704 STAGE & THEATRE.…

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 4to. Signed ('With reiterated thanks') 'Gerald du Maurier', with 'President' typed beneath. The letterhead is printed in black and green, with details of officers and committee members. On aged and creased paper, with closed tears and nicks to edges. Folded three times for postage. He asks him to accept his 'most grateful thanks for your splendid efforts at the Garden Party'. He understands the 'new show' which Arlton 'put in this year' has proved 'very popular'.…

1p, 8vo. On aged and worn paper, with spots of rust staining from paperclip. Folded twice. Addressed to MP at 359 Strand, WC2. Reads: 'Dear Popie, | Children's Theatre | "Sound" | This is just to acknowledge your rough draft of the article you suggest. I have not had time to look at it yet, but I will do so as soon as I possibly can. Meanwhile, perhaps your secretary will let my secretary know the latest date for returning it.' MP's reason for sending the article to Donat is not immediately apparent. Donat's papers are in the University of Manchester Special Collections.…

14½'' x 11'' high resolution promotional photograph of English stage and film actor Tom Walls. The reverse in pencil 'No. 33 Tom Walls'. The photograph has at some time been mounted in a frame or on a wall as it has remnants to the reverse of gummed paper. Member of the P.B.F.A. STAGE & THEATRE.

4'' x 5'' back to back double SIGNED card. One side is SIGNED 'Jessie Matthews' Whitby Spa, June 28th 1947', the reverse is SIGNED 'Best Wishes Eric Portman' Whitby Spa, March 27th 1948. With two small corner mounted period monochrome photographs of Jessie Matthews and Eric Portman. Member of the P.B.F.A. STAGE & THEATRE.…

On piece of cream paper, roughly 8.5 x 12 cm, removed from an autograph album. Good, on paper with a few light marks. Bold, firm signatures in pencil, one on each side of the leaf. Two signatures. See Image of Olivier.

2pp, 12mo. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper, with binder holes in one margin. Folded once. He apologises for not answering her letter sooner, but he has been 'buried in a film studio for the past four months'. She will know that the film he is working on is 'Green for Danger'. The film has a planned autumn release. He is glad she liked the film of Shakespeare's 'Henry V': 'It is not surprising that you haven't seen me before as it was my first picture since the beginning of the war, as the Army took up most of my time.' He would prefer 'a stage appearance' to 'film making', but there is 'little hope', as he is 'tied up with pictures until sometime early next year, except that I hope to do the sequel to the "Men of Property," when it is done on the air in November'. He is not sure he understands her 'distinction between strong parts and the hero type of role', but he has always 'played what I imagine you mean by strong stuff'. He ends with the news that he is sending her a signed photograph.…

CLIVE SWIFT (1936-2019) English actor and songwriter. A classically trained actor, his stage work included performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, but he was best known to television viewers for his role as Richard Bucket in the BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances.[1] He played many other television and film roles. Eigenhändiger Brief (1 S. 8 to, aufgezogen) mit Datum 20.5.1989, Unterschrift signiert - über sein Verhältnis zum Fußball / soccer und seine favourite footballer.…

CHRISTOPHER BENJAMIN (1934-2025) English actor with many stage and television credits from 1958 to 2016. He played Henry Gordon Jago in the 1977 Doctor Who story The Talons of Weng-Chiang, a role he reprised for the audio drama series Jago & Litefoot (2010?2017, 2021), and made two other appearances in the series, portraying Sir Keith Gold in Inferno (1970) and Colonel Hugh Curbishley in "The Unicorn and the Wasp" (2008) / english actor Eigenhändiger Brief (1 S. 8 to, rs. Klebstoffspuren) to John, mit Empfehlung, Unterschrift signiert (Jan. 1989) - über sein Verhältnis zum Fußball / soccer BEILAGE.…

Condición: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8¾'' x 5½''. Contains (x), 214 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout on loaded art paper. Cheap paper browning to the margins. Very Good condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. SIGNED by the author gold label corner mounted opposite the title page 'John Gielgud'. Loosely inserted Certificate of Authenticity from Colosseum Autographs dated 11th April 2017 referring to this specific signed gold label. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Housed in Fine condition marble paper covered open-fronted slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. STAGE & THEATRE.…

Condición: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original brick red buckram covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, square gilt vignette to the front cover, top edge gilt. Quarto 10'' x 8''. Hand written number 346 of 1500 Limited Edition copies on ordinary paper. Contains [xvi] 351 printed pages of text with tissue-guarded colour portrait frontispiece of Irving as Hamlet from a painting by Edward Long, 120 further illustrations including 1 tissue-guarded colour portrait of Ellen Terry as Lady Lambeth. Neatly repaired cracking of the cloth to the front gutter, the end papers are not cracked, light foxing to the end papers and in Very Good condition. From the private library of Andrew Leigh, General Manager of The Old Vic, London, and SIGNED by him to the front free end paper. Member of the P.B.F.A. STAGE & THEATRE. …

Condición: Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 387 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs throughout. Minimal wear to the spine ends. Near Fine condition book in Fine condition photographic dust wrapper, not price clipped. Loosely inserted is a SIGNED and corner mounted card 'L. Olivier' and separate colour photograph of Laurence Olivier as the Roman general and politician Marcus Licinius Crassus, in the 1960 American epic historical drama film Spartacus, directed by Stanley Kubrick. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0002158574 CINEMA, SCREEN & FILMS.…

Condición: Fine. First edition | second impression special hard back binding in full vermilion crushed cape levant morocco, spine divided into six panels, gilt lettered in the second and fourth, all page edges gilt, gilt dentelles, scarlet end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 182 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. In Fine condition. Titled 'The Ages of Gielgud' with two examples of his signature some 50 years apart being SIGNED twice by John Gielgud corner mounted to the half-title page (i) on typical souvenir autograph peppermint green sugar card of the period 'John Gielgud | My best wishes May 1934' and (ii) white card with small inset photograph 'John Gielgud | Best wishes 1986' + 6½'' x 5'' period monochrome promotional theatre lobby photograph of John Gielgud corner mounted opposite the two signatures. Housed in Fine condition marble paper covered open-fronted slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. STAGE & THEATRE.…

Condición: Fine. Hard back binding in stunning fine blue morocco leather covers, gilt radial sun burst designs to the front and rear covers, parallel gilt fillet lines across the spine connecting the sun bursts front and rear, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, top edge gilt with French flag colour silk head bands, large returns of the leather to the paste downs with gilt fleur-de-lys to the eight corners each connected by twin parallel lines and dotted lines, marble paper end papers. 8vo. 8'' x 5¼''. Contains 16-(a), 396 printed pages of text with five tissue-guarded full-page monochrome illustrations. Such is the standard of workmanship we believe this to be privately commissioned or perhaps an exhibition or competition piece. Fine condition book in blue buckram covered drop spine box slip case with marble paper lining and gilt title to the spine. Certainly one of a kind and unlikely to be repeated. Member of the P.B.F.A. FRANCE [Literature & History).…

Pas de couverture. Condición: Bon. Authentic card signed in person in London in 2001. + Original photo 10x15 cm (taken on the day he signed the card). + Photo 23x15 cm (recent print). Size : 20x12.5 cm. Condition : please see scans. Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteur.…

Pas de couverture. Condición: Bon. Authentic signed photo. Size : 10x15 cm. Condition : slightly pixelated photo, please see scans. Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteur.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 12mo bifolium, with the two-page letter on both sides the first leaf, and the list of plays on recto of second leaf. In fair condition, aged and worn, with closed tear. Folded three times. Addressed: 'To/ | Chas. Perkins Esqr. | 2 North Place | Hampstead.' The letter begins: 'My dear Perkins, | I have not been able to reply to your last earlier - having been confined to my bed-room ever since the 31st. of July by a most severe attack of inflammation.' He has been obliged to postpone his 'Cork engagement on account of this unseen misfortune'. He informs him that 'Miss H. Faucit is in London with her friends', adding 'I did hope to have been with mine for a few days but for this illness'. He is sending 'a list of plays to select from', explaining that he has 'no particular arrangement to offer save that I should like the Patrician's Daughter acted as soon as possible'. The list is of twelve plays, half of them by Shakespeare: 'Romeo and Juliet | Macbeth | Othello | Cymbeline | Patrician's Daughter | Much Ado About Nothing | The Wonder | The Lady of Lyons | The Gamester | Venice Preserved | Hamlet | The Stranger'.…

Pas de couverture. Condición: Très bon. Nice authentic photo signed in person in Cannes in the 80s. Size : 18x12.5 cm. Condition : please see scans. Provenance : Georges Flour (1945-2013) collection. Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteur.