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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824988203321

Titolo

Ritual, religion, and theatre / / editor, E. Bert Wallace, Campbell University

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, AL : , : University of Alabama Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-8173-8724-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (146 p.)

Collana

Theatre symposium, , 1065-4917 ; ; volume 21

Altri autori (Persone)

WallaceE. Bert

Disciplina

792

792.05

792/.05

Soggetti

Religion and drama

Religious drama

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.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Keynote Address: "The Blessed Assurance of Perhaps" - Tom F. Driver; Transferring Belief: The Stage Presence of the Spiritual Meme - Cohen Ambrose; Ritual Performance and Spirituality in the Work of The Living Theatre, Past and Present - David Callaghan; Top Brass: Theatricality, Themes, and Theology in James Weldon Johnson's God's Trombones - Gregory S. Carr; Pretty's Got Me All Bent Out of Shape: Jordan Harrison's Act a Lady and the Ritual of Queerness - Matt DiCintio; Clash with the Vikings: Gerpla and the Struggle for National Identity in Iceland - Steve Earne

Heaven and Earth: Confession as Performance in Hamlet and Measure for Measure - Jennifer FlahertyTreasure in Clay Jars: Christian Liturgical Dramain Theory and Praxis - Charles A. Gillespie, Justin Kosec, and Kate Stratton; Between Piety and Sacrilege: Muslim Theatre and Performance - Thomas King; Cave Rituals and the Brain's Theatre - Mark Pizzato; Excerpts from "The Book of My Awkward Perspective" - William Doan; Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Volume 21 of Theatre Symposium presents essays that explore the  intricate and vital relationships between theatre, religion, and ritual.Whether or not theatre arose from ritual and/or religion, from



prehistory to the present there have been clear and vital connections among the three. Ritual, Religion, and Theatre, volume 21 of the annual journal Theatre Symposium, presents a series of essays that explore the intricate and vital relationships that exist, historically and today, between these various modes of expression and performance.The essays in this volu