144 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
144 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
144 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines the relations between Western religion, secularism, and modern theater and performance.
Sharon Aronson-Lehavi posits that the ongoing cultural power of religious texts, icons, and ideas on the one hand and the artistic freedom enabled by secularism and avant-garde experimentalism on the other, has led theatre artists throughout the twentieth century to create a uniquely... Read more
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Modern Scriptural Theatre and the Performativity of Anachronism
Chapter 2: "Who shall be Christ?" From Sacrificial Figure to Social Victim
Chapter 3: Encountering Absence in the Theatre
Conclusion
Appendix: English Translation of Hugo Ball, A Nativity Play. Bruitist
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Sharon Aronson-Lehavi is a faculty member and former Chair of the Department of Theatre Arts at Tel Aviv University, Israel.
