Scrinium Classical Antiquity

ARCHO, B.N., Y ystokov Evropeiskoi komedii. (At the Source of European Comedy). (Russian). Hayka, Moskou, 1979. 174p. Sewn. Small personal library mark, name as well as author’s dedication on free endpaper. (Rare).From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 21.50 (Antiquarian)

ARISTOPHANES, L'Assemblée des Femmes. Adapatation d'Yvon Pradel. Création pour la Féria de Nîmes 1973, les 8 et 11 Juin au Temple de Diane. Avec annonciation. La Compagnie des Arenes, Nîmes, 1973. 45p. ills. Wire stitched. Bit rust stained. € 12.00 (Antiquarian)

ARNOTT, P.D., An Introduction to the Greek Theatre. With a foreword by H.D.F. Kitto. MacMillan, London, 1991. reprint ed.1959. XVI,239p. ills. Paperback. Few pen annotations and few yellow markings. € 17.00 (Antiquarian)

ARNOTT, P.D., Public and Performance in the Greek Theatre. Routledge, London / New York, 1997. 203p. Paperback. 'In general this is an outdated work.' (DAVID BAIN in The Classical Review (New Series), 1990, p.299). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 12.50 (Antiquarian)

BAIN, D., Masters, Servants and Orders in Greek Tragedy. A study of some aspects of dramatic technique and convention. Manchester University Press, 1983. VI,73p. Bound wrps. Gilt titling on spine. Nice copy.'B.'s concern is (...): orders given by superiors to non-speaking extras. He formulates a rule that when an order is given to mutes on stage, the order is carried out with little or no delay.' He then examines all the passages which may seem to provide an exception to the rule. (...) In the course of his discussion he throws light on the staging of several passages. (...). His treatment is to be welcomed and must be accounted very successful. It is a pity that he has been so badly let down by the printer...' (JAMES DIGGLE in The Classical Review (New Series), 1983, p.127). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 19.50 (Antiquarian)

BAIN, D., Actors and Audience. A Study of Asides and Related Conventions in Greek Drama. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1977. X,230p. Cloth wrps. Wrps slightly worn. Fore edge slightly rust stained. 'This excellent book investigates the aside as a dramatic convention which demands that the audience accept a certain lack of realism, and some other conventions connected with the dramatic illusion. (…) B.’s main achievement is to have clarified certain conventions of New Comedy and to have shown the different ways in which Menander and Roman comedy used these conventions, but he also offers acute and judicious comment on scores of passages (indexed), including many which he excludes from his definition of asides.' (J.C.B. LOWE in The Classical Review (New Series), 1981, p.8-9). € 25.00 (Antiquarian)

BAIN, D., Actors and Audience. A Study of Asides and Related Conventions in Greek Drama. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1987. X,230p. Paperback. Nice copy. 'This excellent book investigates the aside as a dramatic convention which demands that the audience accept a certain lack of realism, and some other conventions connected with the dramatic illusion. (…) B.’s main achievement is to have clarified certain conventions of New Comedy and to have shown the different ways in which Menander and Roman comedy used these conventions, but he also offers acute and judicious comment on scores of passages (indexed), including many which he excludes from his definition of asides.' (J.C.B. LOWE in The Classical Review (New Series), 1981, p.8-9). € 19.50 (Antiquarian)

BALDRY, H.C., The Greek Tragic Theatre. Chatto & Windus, London, 1971. VII,143p. ills. Paperback. Upper edge stained. Spine with light reading trace. Series: Ancient Culture and Society.'Baldry embarks on a notably competent and reliable survey of the social conditions in Athens, the character and conduct of the festivals, the configuration and appurtenances of the Theatre of Dionysus (...), and the features of an actual performance, including participation by the audience (...). When he turns at length to consider the plays (...) it is (...) to discuss the degree of their dependence on legend (...), the formalism and variety of their sturcture (...), the differences between the three great tragedians (...) and the extent to which their work is concerned with psychology or embodies philosophical or theological doctrine. (...) This short book on a large and controversial subject is, within its self-appointed scope, exemplary for its concentration, clarity, and good sense; it should be of interest and profit to all who read Greek drama, in the original or in translatation.' (E.W. WHITTLE in The Classical Review (New Series), 1973, pp.276-77). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 17.50 (Antiquarian)

BATE, K., Three Latin Comedies (Geta, Babius, Panphilus). The Hunter Rose Company, Canada, 1976. 96p. Sewn. Persnoal notes from WGA loosely inserted. Series: Toronto Medieval Latin Texts.From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 14.50 (Antiquarian)

BEARE, W., The Roman Stage. A short history of Latin drama in the time of the Republic. Methuen, London, 1950. XI,292p. Cloth. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper.Professor Beare not only provides a very helpful and readable survey of Roman drama in all its main aspects, but re-examines in detail a number of special problems. (...) His work is obviously the product of careful scholarship: it is informative and stimulating.' (HUGH TREDENNICK in The Classical Review (New Series), 1952, p.27). From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 22.50 (Antiquarian)