GREEK TRAGEDY AND THE BRITISH THEATRE 1660 - 1914

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. With a black and white frontispiece and 86 further black and white illustrations throughout. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, lightly faded to the top edge of the upper board and with a touch of bumping to the spine tips. The contents are clean throughout, and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly creased dustwrapper, which is bright and fresh, with a small mark to the front panel.

'This book, with its wealth of photographs and engravings illustrating major performances and artists, offers the first full, interdisciplinary investigation of post-Restoration British performances related to Greek tragedy [...].' (publisher's blurb)