In this fascinating volume, acclaimed theatre historian Erika Fischer-Lichte reflects on the role and meaning accorded to the theme of sacrifice in Western cult

Performance creates a unique space for audience experience and influences how traditions, like the Gospels, are received and interpreted.

A 2007 study of the mask in Greek tragedy, covering both ancient and modern performances.

Nietzsche's love affair with the theater was among the most profound and prolonged intellectual engagements of his life, but his transformational role in the hi

This Cambridge History of Modernism is the first comprehensive history of modernism in the distinguished Cambridge Histories series. It identifies a distinctive