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The Dial Press, 1967. 152 pages. Unrevised proofs of the adaptation of Mailer's third novel. The play opened off-Broadway in January 1967. Mailer continued to revise the play for the rest of his life, sometimes recruiting others including Joan Didion and her husband John Gregory Dunne.

(N.-pl.): (n.p.), 1985. 65 pages. 8-1/2 by 11 inches. A typed script printed recto (front side) only. The script was published six years later in Dramatist Play Service series. ISBN: 281AIB1040941.

Boston: Richard G. Badger / The Gorham Press, 1902. 154 pages. The author's first published play and his second book. ISBN: 281AIB1050202.

(New York): New Directions, 1951. 118 pages. 5-1/2 by 8-1/4 inches. A play version adapted by McCullers of her 1946 novel of the same name. Published in an edition of 8,000 copies. ISBN: B01GKLO3R8.

Provincetown, MA: Hydra Books, 1966. 21 loose sheets of varying weight, 10 by 14 inches. Excerpts from the opening year of Norman and Beverly Mailer's experimental theater company. With poems, script excerpts and 11 illusrations. Contributions from Rosalyn Drexler, Rudolph Bram, Dorothy Iannone, LeRoi Jones [Amiri Baraka] and others.

New York: William Darrid and Eleanore Saidenberg, (n.d. but ca. 1958). 23, 35, 22 pages. An original script for the three-act play based on Schulberg's thinly disguised novel about F. Scott Fitzgerald. The play opened at the Coronet Theater on Broadway in December 1958 and closed in May 1959 after 189 performances. Jason Robards, Jr. played the Fitzgerald-like down-and-out writer, and the English actor Rosemary Harris played his wife. Robards won the Tony for his performance. ISBN: 281AIB1041667.

London: BBC, 1956. Legal size, mimeo. First leaf loose at the staple. 65 pp. mimeo on both sides of each leaf. Starring Hugh Burdon as Charles Ryder; Roger Eddison as Sebastian. ISBN: 281AIB1048191.

New York: New Directions, 1951. 100 pages. Plays include Phaedra, Iphigenia, Hermaios and Berenike. ISBN: B0000CHWFP.

London: BBC, 1962. In seven parts. Legal size, mimeo, rectro only. Two leaves loose from staples. Trevor Martin starred with Nigel Anthony, Patricia Bendall, Dorothy Holmes-Gore and Fred Yule. ISBN: 281AIB1048190.

Berlin: Gebruder Weiss, 1949. 156 pages. B/W photographs of scenes from the play production. Ruth Berlau was a collaborator with Brecht. Neder was a scene and costume designer who also worked closely with Brecht. ISBN: 281AIB1050186.

Berkeley: Privately Printed, 1966. Unpaginated, 70 pages. Title page states "This book is not for sale -- for actors and friends of the author only." Printed at Oyez Press, 1/350 copies. ISBN: 281AIB1047823.

San Francisco: Magic Theatre, 1978. Illustrated poster, 25 x 13 inches. Play directed by John Lion. Wilfred Satty (1939-1962) was a San Francisco based artist who created this poster. ISBN: 281AIB1050356.

New York: E. M. Murden, 1822. 36 pages. 4 by 6 inches. A script of the popular 19th century British actor's At Home series of one-man play productions of "table entertainment" that showcased his talent for mimicry, published upon his first tour of the show in the United States. ISBN: 281AIB1020677.

Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1977. 93 pages. 5-1/2 by 8-1/4 inches. Two previously unpublished plays: Don't Look Now, and The City Wears a Slouch Hat. Illustrated with several photographic reproductions of Patchen and with a reproduction of a page of his holograph manuscript. ISBN: 9780884961178.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1970. 121 pages. A play. ISBN: 9780224618991.

Austin: Ark Press for the Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, 1963. 470, 192 pages. Volume Two has the music to Shakespeare's Pericles by Celia Zukofsky. Printed in an edition of 1040 copies. ISBN: 281AIB1032390.

(N.-pl. but London?): The Slavonic and East European Review, 1936. 53 pages. An offprint of the first separate printing of the English translation of the Russian Symbolist poet's verse play. Translation by Ingeborg E. Smith and George Rapall Noyes. Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode. Scarce. ISBN: 281AIB1020118.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1963. 107 pages. The stage adaptation of Murdoch's 1961 satirical novel of marriage and adultry among the London bourgeoisie. Most likely, this unassuming edition, in plain printed wrappers, was published to coincide with the London stage production, which ran for more than 1000 performances. While later resissues abound on the market, this is one of the scarcest Murdoch first editions. ISBN: 281AIB1036764.

London: 20 sheets. A Radio Thriller. Broadcast 2nd August 1947 on BBC Home Service. Two copies, one without the change of producers notes. Lance Sieveking was an English writer and pioneer radio and TV producer. Val Gielgud was an early BBC radio drama producer. The cast members are named on one copy, the other has the characters only. ISBN: 281AIB1048189.