By E. K. Chambers
London   Oxford University Press
8.5" by 6" xlii [2], 419; 480 pp.
A comprehensive two-volume study tracing the origins of European theatrical tradition, from liturgical drama to folk ritual, by eminent Shakespearean scholar E. K. Chambers.
By E. K. Chambers

1954 The Medieval Stage

London   Oxford University Press
8.5" by 6" xlii [2], 419; 480 pp.
A comprehensive two-volume study tracing the origins of European theatrical tradition, from liturgical drama to folk ritual, by eminent Shakespearean scholar E. K. Chambers.
£180.00
: 2kgs / : 984H34

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Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

In the publisher's original green cloth bindings. 

Complete in two volumes. 

Complete with the original unclipped dust wrappers, with later pricing stickers applied over the publisher’s printed prices.

Both copies illustrated with a frontispiece. 

A landmark early twentieth-century study of the dramatic and performative traditions of medieval Europe, examining liturgical drama, miracle plays, moralities, folk ritual, festival customs, and the evolution of performance spaces.

Edmund Kerchever Chambers (1866-1954) was an eminent literary historian and civil servant at the British Museum, best known for his contributions to Shakespearean biography, William Shakespeare: A Study of Facts and Problems.

Condition

In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, very smart. Very slight spotting to boards. The odd spot to endpapers. Dust wrappers, smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in the odd small chip, closed tear and crease. Age toning and the odd spot, heavier to perimeters. Unclipped, with later pricing stickers applied over the publisher’s printed prices. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots. Slight cockling to frontispieces.

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