Performance of Religion - Seeing the sacred in the theatre Sautter CiaPaperback / softback
Performance of Religion - Seeing the sacred in the theatre Sautter CiaPaperback / softback The performing arts are uniquely capable of translating a vision of an ideal or sacred reality into lived…
Specifikacia Performance of Religion - Seeing the sacred in the theatre Sautter CiaPaperback / softback
Performance of Religion - Seeing the sacred in the theatre Sautter CiaPaperback / softback
The performing arts are uniquely capable of translating a vision of an ideal or sacred reality into lived practice, allowing an audience to confront deeply held values and beliefs as they observe a performance. This book addresses this issue by exploring how religious values are acted out and reflected on in classic Western theatre, with a particular emphasis on the plays put on during the Globe Theatre's yearlong season of 'Shakespeare and the Bible'.Looking at plays such as Much Ado About Nothing, Dr. However, there is often a reluctance to approach distinctly religious topics from a performance studies perspective.
The author also utilizes scholarship from other academics, such Faustus and Macbeth, each chapter includes ethnographic overviews of the performance of these plays as well as historical and theological perspectives on the issues they address.
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