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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chamberlain, Franc.

Yarrow, Ralph.

Series:

Theatre and consciousness.

Theatre & consciousness

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holy, The, in art.

Theater--Religious aspects.

Theater.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611172312

9781281172310

1281172316

9781841502144

1841502146

OCLC:

608622246