Origins Theater Anc Greece Beyond

This volume is the most thorough examination on the origins of Greek drama to date. It brings together seventeen essays by leading scholars in a variety of fields including classical archaeology iconography cultural history theatre history philosophy and religion. Though it primarily focuses up on ancient Greece the volume includes comparative studies of ritual drama from ancient Egypt Japan and medieval Europe. Collectively the essays show how the relationship of drama to ritual is one of the most controversial complex and multi-faceted questions of modern times.