The theatre : three thousand years of drama, acting and stagecraft / by Sheldon Cheney ; with 204 illustrations.
Sheldon Cheney (1886-1980)
Category
Books
Date
1929
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3185000
Summary
Bibliographic description
First edition. ix, [3], 558 p., plates : ill., ports. ; 8vo. Provenance: Pencil inscription on front pastedown: "Fairhaven / from / Cara Fairhaven / Christmas 1929" [i.e. to Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966), from his mother, Cara Leland Rogers, Lady Fairhaven (1867-1939)]. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 24 [1924]: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full publisher's red cloth; gilt lettered upper board and spine; red top edge.
Makers and roles
Sheldon Cheney (1886-1980), author