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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784830903321

Titolo

Sacred theatre [[electronic resource] /] / devised and edited by Ralph Yarrow ; written by Franc Chamberlain ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, IL, : Intellect, 2007

ISBN

1-281-17231-6

9786611172312

1-84150-214-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Collana

Theatre & consciousness

Altri autori (Persone)

ChamberlainFranc

YarrowRalph

Disciplina

792.01

Soggetti

Holy, The, in art

Theater - Religious aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note; Preface; Part 1: Basic Questions; Chapter 1: What Is the Sacred?; Chapter 2: Terminologies and Categorizations of the Sacred; Part 2: Text and Performance; Chapter 3: The Phenomenology of Nonidentity: Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead; Chapter 4: Between the Opposites: Gender Games; Chapter 5: Ionesco; Chapter 6: Pinter; Chapter 7: Genet; Part 3: Processes and Directions; Chapter 8: Processes; Chapter 9: Places, Spaces and Generative Directions;  A Symposium; Bibliography; The Authors; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Identifies and explores the sacred as both an element in theatre and in consciousness in general. This book examines not only the structural understandings and functions of the sacred in theatre, but also experimental and personal experiences.