Sir Arthur W. Pickard-Cambridge 1968 The Dramatic Festivals of Athens HC w/DJ

Description: Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, UK. 1968. xxiii, 365 pgs. Illustrated with black and white plates. Second Edition. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (spine label is present). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (tape stains present to the boards.. Bookplate present to the front board. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. It discusses the organization of the dramatic festivals, describes the acting style, actors, costumes, dancing, music, and audiences' tastes and behavior, and provides a full presentation of the literary, epigraphic, and archaeological evidence on which any discussion of the dramatic festivals is based, such as the difficulties of interpretation. Contents: Part 1: The lesser festivals: The Anthesteria -- The Lenaia -- The rural Dionysia -- The Panathenaia -- Part 2: The great or city Dionysia -- Part 3: The Actors -- Terminology, etc. -- Number of actors and distribution of parts -- Delivery: speech, recitative, and song -- Voice and enunciation -- Gesture -- Part 4: The costumes : Introduction (general character of the evidence) -- Tragedy and satyr play -- Comedy -- Part 5: The chorus -- The character, functions, and movements pof the chorus -- Dancing in drama -- Music in drama -- Part 6: The audience -- Part 7: The artists of Dionysus -- Appendix: Inscriptions relating to the 'Artists of Dionysus' - Sir Arthur W. Pickard-Cambridge 1968 The Dramatic Festivals of Athens HC w/DJ Description Up For Sale Today is The Dramatic Festivals of Athens by Sir Arthur W. Pickard-Cambridge Revised by John Gould and D M Lewis Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, UK. 1968. xxiii, 365 pgs. Illustrated with black and white plates. Second Edition. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (spine label is present). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (tape stains present to the boards.. Bookplate present to the front board. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. It discusses the organization of the dramatic festivals, describes the acting style, actors, costumes, dancing, music, and audiences' tastes and behavior, and provides a full presentation of the literary, epigraphic, and archaeological evidence on which any discussion of the dramatic festivals is based, such as the difficulties of interpretation. Contents: Part 1: The lesser festivals: The Anthesteria -- The Lenaia -- The rural Dionysia -- The Panathenaia -- Part 2: The great or city Dionysia -- Part 3: The Actors -- Terminology, etc. -- Number of actors and distribution of parts -- Delivery: speech, recitative, and song -- Voice and enunciation -- Gesture -- Part 4: The costumes : Introduction (general character of the evidence) -- Tragedy and satyr play -- Comedy -- Part 5: The chorus -- The character, functions, and movements pof the chorus -- Dancing in drama -- Music in drama -- Part 6: The audience -- Part 7: The artists of Dionysus -- Appendix: Inscriptions relating to the 'Artists of Dionysus' - OUR MISSION STATEMENT: Our goal is to provide the best books for the lowest prices. We understand that you have more choices than ever to buy books, so we strive to provide the best service, accurate descriptions, the cheapest shipping and the best customer service in the realm of bookselling. 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