Taplinger Publishing Company, 1980, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, First

pages, preface by author, chronological table, list of figures, notes to the text, select bibliography, index of lines referred to in the text, and general index. The text is illustrated by nine black-and-white figures within the text. Red coloured boards with black titles to the backstrip. Plain text dustwrapper with orange and black background with black, red and orange titles to the front panel and white titles to the backstrip. Slight dustiness of the top edge of the text block, the original dust jacket has had the price blacked out, there is a 0.25 inch tear at the top left-hand corner of the front panel, the spine section of the jacket has lost colour, and the top of the rear fold over crease has been rubbed away. . In this book the author, an experienced scriptwriter producer and actor, looks at the surviving plays of Aristophanes and "... brilliantly analyses the components of Aristophanes' art, the unique performing traditions of Greek Old Comedy, and the theory and evolution of the comic theatre itself." -- from the front fold over panel blurb. . Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VIII, 192. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Theatre & Plays; Performing Arts; Literary Criticism; ISBN: 080087630X. ISBN/EAN: 9780800876302. Inventory No: 0223024.