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HALLERAN, M.R., Stagecraft in Euripides. Croom Helm, London / Sydney, 1985. 127p. Cloth wrps. (Rare). In 1978 'R. Hamilton showed that the presence or not of entrance announcements in tragedy is a matter not of identification of a character or of rank or of surprise, but is linked to the choral odes: normal entry is after an ode and is not announced; other entries are announced. In an interesting monograph Halleran refines the findings of Hamilton in three areas: (i) the announcements themselves, (ii) preparation of not for an entrance, (iii) links between exits, entrances and the lyrics. Finally, H. demonstrates his views on Herakles, Troades and Ion. (...) H. shows that most omissions of announcement are accounted for by the presence of only one person on stage and most announcements after an ode are 'moving tableaux' in anapests (...). If there is an iambic announcement after an ode (...) then the lack of an exit before the ode may account for it. H. is generally convincing on these rules and infringements (god for example are a law unto themselves): in the chapter on preparation and surprise the section on the 'wrong person' (...) and 'talk of the devil' entrances are particularly good.' (JOHN WILKINS in The Classical Review (New Series), 1986, pp.305-06). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 49.50 (Antiquarian)