Religion and Theatrical Drama, an Introduction

Authors

Larry D. Bouchard, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Charles A. Gillespie, Sacred Heart UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2021

Abstract

Often, a lonely light bulb illuminates the edge of a stage outside of working hours. Part safety mechanism against falling in the dark and part theatrical tradition, the “ghost light” keeps the living alive and brightens up the place for any spirits still hoping to practice an old monologue. Stages juxtapose worlds, or fragments of worlds. The ghost light, then, would illuminate juxtaposed worlds, of the living and of the possibly otherwise. In some ways, this Special Issue of Religions takes theatrical juxtaposition as its premise. We invited papers working at intersections between studies of religious history, thought, and practice and studies of theatrical drama.

Comments

This article belongs to the Special Issue Religion and Theatrical Drama.

Also issued as a chapter in the following: Gillespie, C. A., & Bouchard, L. D. (2021) (Eds.), Religion and theatrical drama. MDPI.

This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.

DOI

10.3390/rel12040257

Recommended Citation

Bouchard, L. D., & Gillespie, C. A. (2021). Religion and Theatrical Drama, an Introduction. Religions, 12(4), 257. doi.org/10.3390/rel12040257

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