Fischer-Lichte, Erika.

Theatre, sacrifice, ritual exploring forms of political theatre / [electronic resource] : Erika Fischer-Lichte. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2005. - viii, 290 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-281) and indexes.

Prologue : Electra's transgressions -- Reconceptualizing theatre and ritual -- Re-inventing a people's theatre : Max Reinhardt's Theatre of the five thousand -- Re-inventing ritual : the Olympic Games -- Times of revolution, times of festival : the Soviet mass spectacles, 1917-1920 -- Producing the Volk community : the Thingspiel movement 1933-36 -- Towards the rebirth of a nation : American Zionist pageants 1932-1946 -- Bringing about a crisis -- The Bacchae : dismembering the text -- The rebirth of tragedy out of the chorus -- Epilogue : renouncing sacrifice.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.





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