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portada Drama of the Rite: Worship, Liturgy and Theatre Performance
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Year
2008
Language
English
Pages
114
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
22.4x15.2x1 cm
Weight
0.16 kg.
ISBN
1845193067
ISBN13
9781845193065
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Drama of the Rite: Worship, Liturgy and Theatre Performance

Roger Grainger (Author) · Liverpool University Press · Paperback

Drama of the Rite: Worship, Liturgy and Theatre Performance - Grainger, Roger

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Synopsis "Drama of the Rite: Worship, Liturgy and Theatre Performance"

This book brings home the dramatic identity of ritual and the religious significance of all kinds of theatre. Historically speaking, religious ritual and theatre appear to have evolved together. But what is the relationship between catharsis and liturgy? How liturgical is theatre, and how theatrical is liturgy? Liturgy's purpose is dramatic; like theatre it is a kinetic medium focusing upon the presence of the other person, whether divine or human. The book explores the characteristics of liturgical experience -- concentration, single mindedness, intentionality, emotional catharsis and above all, the quality of encounter on which personal environment depends -- an exploration which leads into the dramatic shape underlying both liturgy and theatre, that of the rite of passage itself. Examples are given of such rites, understood from the point of view of their theatrical nature and purpose. This involves looking at liturgical structure from a point of view which up to now has largely been neglected by scholars, although its relevance emerges with striking force, as the drama of the incursion of the divine into human lives. Many have spoken and written of the 'drama of religious ritual' and been content to leave it at that. Roger Grainger takes a cliche and examines the often misunderstood truth it expresses.

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