Inter-actions relationships of religion and drama / [electronic resource] :
Nelvin Vos.
- Lanham : University Press Of America, c2009
- 1 online resource (x, 185 p.)
Includes bibliographical references
Introduction: places of seeing: religion and theater -- Drama and religion: their languages. Drama: where the action is -- Biblical revelation: the mighty acts of God -- Drama and religion: their structures. Ritual: the act re-done -- The play's the thing in drama and religion -- Worship: the drama re-enacted -- Drama and religion: their history. Dionysius: lord of the Greek theater -- Religion and drama in opposition: two instances -- The medieval stage: the inherent drama in the mass -- From liturgy to the plays of the mystery, miracle and morality -- Shakespeare: all the world's a stage -- Modern drama: if the stage is all the world there is -- Contemporary theater (my term): Glimpses of the transcendent -- T. S. Eliot, the Cocktail Party -- Samuel Beckett, Endgame -- Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Gildenstern are Dead -- Peter Shaffer, Equus -- David Mamet, Glengarry Glen Ross -- Tony Kushner, Angels in America -- Mary Zimmerman, Metamorposes -- Coda: Life is a drama!