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BL
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959367
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b713737
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| Title & Author
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New directions in ancient pantomime /\ edited by Edith Hall and Rosie Wyles.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford Univ. Press,, ©2008.
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1 online resource (xvii, 481 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0191552577
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: 0191716006
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: 661207616X
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: 9780191552571
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: 9780191716003
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: 9786612076169
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0199232539
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9780199232536
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 420-448) and index.
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| Contents
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List of Illustrations; Contributors; A Note on References to Source Texts; Abbreviations; Introduction: Pantomime, a Lost Chord of Ancient Culture; I . THE PANTOMIME DANCER AND HIS WORLD; II. PANTOMIME LIBRETTI; III. THE IDEA OF THE PANTOMIME DANCER; Appendix: Selected Source Texts; Bibliography; Index.
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| Abstract
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This is a collection of specially commissioned studies in which leading world specialists explore all aspects of the ancient pantomime dancer's performance skills, popularity, and social impact, while paying special attention to the texts that formed the basis of this distinctive art form, the forerunner of modern ballet.
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Pantomime-- Greece-- History-- To 500.
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Pantomime-- Rome-- History-- To 500.
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Theater-- Greece-- History-- To 500.
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Theater-- Rome-- History-- To 500.
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Pantomime.
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PERFORMING ARTS-- Theater-- Miming.
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Theater.
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Greece.
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Rome (Empire)
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| Dewey Classification
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792.30938
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| LC Classification
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PA3203.N49 2008eb
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| Added Entry
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Hall, Edith,1959-
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Wyles, Rosie.
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