AGAMEMNON IN PERFORMANCE 48 BC TO AD 2004

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. With a black and white frontispiece and 37 black and white illustrations throughout. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh, with a little bumping to the spine tips. The contents are clean throughout, and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed dustwrapper, which retains the residue of a previous barcode label to the rear panel, and is without fading, loss, or tears.

An interdisciplinary collection of 18 essays on the performance history of Aeschylus' 'Agamemnon', starting in 458 BC with the inaugural performance at the Theatre of Dionysus at Athens, and culminating in the early twentieth-century. Written by an impressive array of contributing authors, including classical scholars, theatre historians, and experts in English and Comparative Literature.