Theater and IncarnationIn this lucid and entertaining book, Max Harris offers both a lively introduction to the theater and a sustained meditation on the theatricality of the Incarnation. Arguing that both biblical and dramatic texts should be approached with a theatrical rather than a literary imagination, he offers fresh and scholarly insights into plays as diverse as the medieval "Ordinalia" and Edmond Rostandbs romantic masterpiece "Cyrano de Bergerac," while also probing theatrical theory from Aristotle to Grotowski. At the same time, he renders vividly the comic potential of the gospel narratives and the affirmation of humanity entailed in the Christian doctrine of the Incarnation. "Theater and Incarnation" moves provocatively and mischievously between the flesh and blood world of the theater and the Word become flesh in Jesus of Nazareth. |
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... imitates or denotes a world beyond per- formance ( ch . 3 ) and addresses and aims to influence a particular hu- man audience ( ch . 4 ) . In each of these chapters , I propose that what may be said of the theater may also be said ...
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Contents
Text and Performance | ix |
Time and Space | 17 |
Imitation and Creation | 35 |
Performance and Audience | 57 |
Celebration and Escape | 75 |
Rough and Holy | 93 |
Seen and Unseen | 110 |
Conflict and Resolution | 127 |
Index | 147 |
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