Virgil and Caesar: A Play Tapa dura - 1994

Gerrards Cross, UK: Colin Smythe Limited. Fine/Fine. 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 0861403487 Inscribed By Author INSCRIBED ON THE FFEP BY FRANCIS WARNER. Oxford Theatre Texts 19. 80 pages clean and tight. 'Francis Warner has shown once more he is a masterful poet and dramatist. Healing Nature, his eleventh play, is his best work to date. The action centres round Pericles, the aristocratic general, commandingly played by Rob Smith, as he creates "an Athens all the world will imitate'; only to see the tide of fortune turn and the empire fall into decay. Its exploration of the dilemmas facing empire-builders and empire-losers is original, thought-provoking, and relevant. It is a compelling play which combines the grand, heroic drama of Marlowe's Tamburlaine with moments of exquisitely delicate lyric poetry and unexpected dashes of humour: The Stage. 'A real treat in poetry was to be had in the Sheldonian last night. This was the premiere performance of… Leer más

Dufour Editions, 1994-04-06. Hardcover. Very Good. very good hardcover in very good dust jacket

Colin Smythe Ltd, 1992. Minor shelf wear on the edges and ends. Gift note from the author "For Brian Trowell" on the FEP.. Hardcover. Very Good.

Gerrards Cross, UK: Colin Smythe Limited. Fine/Fine. 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 0861403487 Inscribed By Author INSCRIBED ON THE FFEP BY FRANCIS WARNER. Oxford Theatre Texts 11. 95 pages clean and tight. 'In his new play. Virgil and Caesar, the completion of a serial epic entitled AGORA, Francis Warner explores the dramatic tension between worldly rule, the pragmatism of politics, and the vision of the poet as idealist. Staged in the uniquely fitting setting of Oxford University's Convocation House, the production by Tim Prentki and Dominic Shellard exploited the limited space of fan-vaulted beauty to fine advantage. The play, as it explored the relationships between the machinations of worldly power, the wooing of the army, the detecting of subterfuge from the judiciary, the temptation of tyrannical power, the duties of family life, and the seductive disasters of succumbing to lust, unfolded in masterly fashion against the background of the philosophical and… Leer más

UK: Colin Smyths, Gerrards Cross, 1993. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Signed, Inscribed, and Dated By the Author. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 95pp, In his new play. Virgil and Caesar, the completion of a serial epic entitled AGORA, Francis Warner explores the dramatic tension between worldly rule, the pragmatism of politics, and the vision of the poet as idealist. Purple hardback with intact dustjacket. Signed, dated, and inscribed by the author. No marks or tears..

Colin Smythe, Ltd. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0861403487 . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, VICE-MASTER OF ST. PETER'S COLLEGE, OXFORD! Near Fine throughout showing slight shelfwear only. .

Colin Smythe, 1994-04. Hardcover. Like New. Hardcover. Dust jacket in very good condition with normal shelf wear. Tight binding. Clean unmarked text. No highlighting or pen/pencil markings. We ship daily.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.