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Theatre and Holy Script
Contributor(s): Levy, Shimon (Editor)
ISBN: 1898723532     ISBN-13: 9781898723530
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
OUR PRICE:   $148.50  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: January 1999
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Annotation: This anthology of essays focuses on the interrelationships between myth, religion, and theatre. Each chapter examines interactions between the Holy Scriptures of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism as well as other sacred traditions.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Drama | Religious & Liturgical
- Literary Criticism | Drama
Dewey: 809.298
LCCN: 98041068
Physical Information: 272 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
This anthology of essays focuses on the renewed interest in the interrelationships between myth, religion and theatre. Each chapter examines different interactions between the Holy Scriptures not only of Islam, Christianity and Judaism, but also of other sacred traditions.

Contents include:
-- Re-enactment/celebration in ritual and theatre
-- Sacred icons and theatricality
-- Theatre as Holy Space/the divine on stage
-- Hieratic gesture in theatre
-- Interculturality and Holiness in theatre
-- Liturgical rites in the theatre
-- Religious theatre and the audience