This book explores how religious values are acted out and reflected on in classic Western theatre, with a particular emphasis on the plays put on during the Glo

The intersections of religion, politics, and performance form the loci of many of the most serious issues facing the world today, sites where some of the world�

In Performance and Religion in Early Modern England, Matthew J. Smith seeks to expand our view of “the theatrical.” By revealing the creative and phenomenal

Offering fuller understandings of both dramatic representations and the complexities of religious culture, this collection reveals the ways in which religion an

The performing arts are uniquely capable of translating a vision of an ideal or sacred reality into lived practice, allowing an audience to confront deeply held