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The Origin of the Theater: An Essay (A Dramabook) (Hardcover)

~ (Author) "THOUGH THE problems surrounding the dramatic art of our times are many, one of them seems to have been definitely and permanently solved-the problem of..." (more)
Key Phrases: double mask, secular drama, liturgical drama, Western Europe, Middle Ages, Christian Church (more...)

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Hardcover: 114 pages
Publisher: Greenwood Press Reprint (February 24, 1978)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0313200076
ISBN-13: 978-0313200076
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
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THOUGH THE problems surrounding the dramatic art of our times are many, one of them seems to have been definitely and permanently solved-the problem of origin. Read the first page

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double mask, secular drama, liturgical drama, religious drama

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Western Europe, Middle Ages, Christian Church, The Med, New York, Gustave Cohen, Gilbert Murray, Robert Stumpfl, British Museum, Karl Young

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This book cites 18 books:

Ancient Art and Ritual by Jane E. Harrison on page 19, page 37, and page 111
The Mediaeval Stage (Dover Books on Literature and Drama) by E. K. Chambers on page 2, and page 8
A History of Greek Religion by Martin Persson Nilsson on page 29
Lectures on the Religion of the Semites by William Robertson Smith on page 8
Wilhelm Tell by Friedrich Schiller on page 32

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10 books cite this book:

The Theatre in the Middle Ages: Western European Stage Conditions, c. 800-1576 by William Tydeman on 5 pages
Shakespeare and the Popular Tradition in the Theater: Studies in the Social Dimension of Dramatic Form and Function by Robert Weimann in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Bitter Milk: Women and Teaching by Madeleine Grumet in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Performance Theory (Routledgeclassics) by R. Schechner on page 21, and Back Matter
The Origins of Theater in Ancient Greece and Beyond: From Ritual to Drama by Eric Csapo in Back Matter

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