Performing Religion on the Secular Stage

Sharon Aronson-Lehavi

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Routledge
09 June 2023

Performance art; Theatre Studies; Literature: history & criticism; Philosophy of religion; Politics & government

Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

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 modern theatrical hybrid–theater performances that simultaneously re-inscribe and grapple with religion and religious performativity. The book compares this phenomenon with medieval forms of religious theater and offers deep and original analyses of significant contemporary works ranging from plays and performances by August Strindberg, Hugo Ball (Dada), Jerzy Grotowski, and Hanoch Levin, to those created by Adrienne Kennedy, Rina Yerushalmi, Deb Margolin, Milo Rau, and Sarah Ruhl.

The book analyzes a new and original historiography of a uniquely modern theatrical phenomenon, a study that is of high importance considering the reemergence of religion in contemporary culture and politics.

By: Sharon Aronson-Lehavi
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 426g
ISBN: 9780367487522
ISBN 10: 0367487527
Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
Pages: 134
Publication Date: 09 June 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"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"

Sharon Aronson-Lehavi is a faculty member and former Chair of the Department of Theatre Arts at Tel Aviv University, Israel.