Drama and Religion Volume 5 [Paperback]

Themes in Drama brings together articles and review about the dramatic and theatrical activity of a wide range of cultures and periods.Themes in Drama is a journal which brings together articles and review about the dramatic and theatrical activity of a wide range of cultures and periods. The articles offer original contributions to their own specialised fields, but are presented in such a way that their significance may be readily appreciated by non-specialists.Themes in Drama is a journal which brings together articles and review about the dramatic and theatrical activity of a wide range of cultures and periods. The articles offer original contributions to their own specialised fields, but are presented in such a way that their significance may be readily appreciated by non-specialists.Themes in Drama is a journal which brings together articles and review about the dramatic and theatrical activity of a wide range of cultures and periods. The articles offer original contributions to their own specialised fields, but are presented in such a way that their significance may be readily appreciated by non-specialists. The review section is especially important since reviewers have more than usual scope to give critical accounts of drama in performance and to discuss the most significant contributions to dramatic scholarship and criticism.Themes in Drama volumes and conferences; List of contributors; List of illustrations; Editor's preface; 1. Chekhov's use of church ritual in Tatyana Repina John Racin; 2. 'Merde pour Dieu!' Arrabal's variation on Pascal's bet Richard N. Coe; 3. Providence by indirection in seventeenth-century tragicomedy Perry Gethner; 4. The Methodist Church and the theatre in Canada, 18841925 L. W. Conolly; 5. Books for the unlearned Meg Twycross; 6. Masques and shadows Roma Gill; 7. D. H. Lawrence's David: drama as a vehicle for religious prophecy Mitzi M. Brunsdale; 8. 'The mystery of things': the varieties of religious experience in modern AmericalãÃ