Author: Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786457791
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
The relationship between the Catholic Church and theatre has a long and complicated history. This collection of fourteen critical essays seeks to demystify the ties--both practical and ideological--that have long bound Catholicism to theatrical production. This volume offers insights into medieval theatre, Jesuit drama, ballet and opera, modern stagings of medieval liturgical drama, Lorca and Lope de Vega as Catholic playwrights, Italian Catholic women's drama, Catholic play-wrighting and acting, and the unique challenges of teaching theatre in Catholic universities.
Catholic Theatre and Drama
Author: Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786457791
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
The relationship between the Catholic Church and theatre has a long and complicated history. This collection of fourteen critical essays seeks to demystify the ties--both practical and ideological--that have long bound Catholicism to theatrical production. This volume offers insights into medieval theatre, Jesuit drama, ballet and opera, modern stagings of medieval liturgical drama, Lorca and Lope de Vega as Catholic playwrights, Italian Catholic women's drama, Catholic play-wrighting and acting, and the unique challenges of teaching theatre in Catholic universities.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786457791
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
The relationship between the Catholic Church and theatre has a long and complicated history. This collection of fourteen critical essays seeks to demystify the ties--both practical and ideological--that have long bound Catholicism to theatrical production. This volume offers insights into medieval theatre, Jesuit drama, ballet and opera, modern stagings of medieval liturgical drama, Lorca and Lope de Vega as Catholic playwrights, Italian Catholic women's drama, Catholic play-wrighting and acting, and the unique challenges of teaching theatre in Catholic universities.
Spotlight on Saints!
Author: Diana R. Jenkins
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780819871190
Category : Catholic children
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
This teachers' resource book of twelve humorous readers' theater plays provides contemporary kids with opportunities to learn Catholic values and follow in the footsteps of the saints.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780819871190
Category : Catholic children
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
This teachers' resource book of twelve humorous readers' theater plays provides contemporary kids with opportunities to learn Catholic values and follow in the footsteps of the saints.
Father Hartke
Author: Mary Jo Santo Pietro
Publisher: CUA Press
ISBN: 9780813210827
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
"In this biography, Mary Jo Santo Pietro chronicles Father Hartke's experiences and endless achievements by combining his own stories, taped weekly during the last year of his life, with stories told by friends, colleagues, and celebrities. The book offers an inside look at major theatrical and political events in the nation's capital from the 1930s through the 1980s, and also uncovers the complex and paradoxical character of the man known as the "White House priest" and "Show Biz priest.""--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: CUA Press
ISBN: 9780813210827
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
"In this biography, Mary Jo Santo Pietro chronicles Father Hartke's experiences and endless achievements by combining his own stories, taped weekly during the last year of his life, with stories told by friends, colleagues, and celebrities. The book offers an inside look at major theatrical and political events in the nation's capital from the 1930s through the 1980s, and also uncovers the complex and paradoxical character of the man known as the "White House priest" and "Show Biz priest.""--BOOK JACKET.
Theatre and Religion
Author: Richard Dutton
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719063633
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Publisher Description
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719063633
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Publisher Description
Our Lady of Kibeho
Author: Katori Hall
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 0822233010
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
THE STORY: In 1981, a village girl in Rwanda claims to see the Virgin Mary. She is denounced by her superiors and ostracized by her schoolmates—until impossible happenings begin to appear to all. Skepticism gives way to fear, causing upheaval in the school community and beyond. Based on real events, OUR LADY OF KIBEHO is an exploration of faith, doubt, and the power and consequences of both.
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 0822233010
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
THE STORY: In 1981, a village girl in Rwanda claims to see the Virgin Mary. She is denounced by her superiors and ostracized by her schoolmates—until impossible happenings begin to appear to all. Skepticism gives way to fear, causing upheaval in the school community and beyond. Based on real events, OUR LADY OF KIBEHO is an exploration of faith, doubt, and the power and consequences of both.
Performing the Sacred
Author: Todd E. Johnson
Publisher: Baker Academic
ISBN: 080102952X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
A theologian and a theatre artist examine both the nature of theatrical performance within contemporary culture and its relationship to Christian life, faith, and worship.
Publisher: Baker Academic
ISBN: 080102952X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
A theologian and a theatre artist examine both the nature of theatrical performance within contemporary culture and its relationship to Christian life, faith, and worship.
Aztecs on Stage
Author:
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806185317
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Nahuatl drama, one of the most surprising results of the Catholic presence in colonial Mexico, merges medieval European religious theater with the language and performance traditions of the Aztec (Nahua) people of central Mexico. Franciscan missionaries, seeking effective tools for evangelization, fostered this new form of theater after observing the Nahuas’ enthusiasm for elaborate performances. The plays became a controversial component of native Christianity, allowing Nahua performers to present Christian discourse in ways that sometimes effected subtle changes in meaning. The Indians’ enthusiastic embrace of alphabetic writing enabled the use of scripts, but the genre was so unorthodox that Spanish censors prevented the plays’ publication. As a result, colonial Nahuatl drama survives only in scattered manuscripts, most of them anonymous, some of them passed down and recopied over generations. Aztecs on Stage presents accessible English translations of six of these seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Nahuatl plays. All are based on European dramatic traditions, such as the morality and passion plays; indigenous actors played the roles of saints, angels, devils—and even the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. Louise M. Burkhart’s engaging introduction places the plays in historical context, while stage directions and annotations in the works provide insight into the Nahuas’ production practices, which often incorporated elaborate sets, props, and special effects including fireworks and music. The translations facilitate classroom readings and performances while retaining significant artistic features of the Nahuatl originals.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806185317
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Nahuatl drama, one of the most surprising results of the Catholic presence in colonial Mexico, merges medieval European religious theater with the language and performance traditions of the Aztec (Nahua) people of central Mexico. Franciscan missionaries, seeking effective tools for evangelization, fostered this new form of theater after observing the Nahuas’ enthusiasm for elaborate performances. The plays became a controversial component of native Christianity, allowing Nahua performers to present Christian discourse in ways that sometimes effected subtle changes in meaning. The Indians’ enthusiastic embrace of alphabetic writing enabled the use of scripts, but the genre was so unorthodox that Spanish censors prevented the plays’ publication. As a result, colonial Nahuatl drama survives only in scattered manuscripts, most of them anonymous, some of them passed down and recopied over generations. Aztecs on Stage presents accessible English translations of six of these seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Nahuatl plays. All are based on European dramatic traditions, such as the morality and passion plays; indigenous actors played the roles of saints, angels, devils—and even the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. Louise M. Burkhart’s engaging introduction places the plays in historical context, while stage directions and annotations in the works provide insight into the Nahuas’ production practices, which often incorporated elaborate sets, props, and special effects including fireworks and music. The translations facilitate classroom readings and performances while retaining significant artistic features of the Nahuatl originals.
Prodigal Son
Author: John Patrick Shanley
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 0822235110
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
A 17-year-old boy from the Bronx suddenly finds himself in a private school in New Hampshire. He’s violent, gifted, alienated, and on fire with a ferocious loneliness. Two faculty members wrestle with the dilemma: Is the kid a star or a disaster? A passionate, explosive portrait of a young man on the verge of salvation or destruction.
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 0822235110
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
A 17-year-old boy from the Bronx suddenly finds himself in a private school in New Hampshire. He’s violent, gifted, alienated, and on fire with a ferocious loneliness. Two faculty members wrestle with the dilemma: Is the kid a star or a disaster? A passionate, explosive portrait of a young man on the verge of salvation or destruction.
Suddenly Last Summer
Author: Tennessee Williams
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 9780822210948
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
THE STORY: Kerr, in the NY Herald-Tribune, describes: This, says Mr. Williams through the most sympathetic voice among his characters, 'is a true story about the time and the world we live in.' He has made it seem true--or at least curiously and su
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 9780822210948
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
THE STORY: Kerr, in the NY Herald-Tribune, describes: This, says Mr. Williams through the most sympathetic voice among his characters, 'is a true story about the time and the world we live in.' He has made it seem true--or at least curiously and su
Catalog of the Theatre and Drama Collections
Author: New York Public Library. Research Libraries
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 946
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 946
Book Description