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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wallace, E. Bert.

Series:

Theatre symposium ; v. 21.

Theatre symposium, 1065-4917 ; volume 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and drama.

Religious drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (146 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 4, 2014).

ISBN:

0-8173-8724-2

OCLC:

868489507