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Author Innes, Christopher, 1941-

Title Holy theatre : ritual and the avant garde / Christopher Innes
Published Cambridge [Eng.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1981

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Description xi, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 1. The politics of primitivism -- 2. Dreams, archetypes and the irrational -- 3. Antonin Artaud and the theatre of cruelty -- 4. Primitivism, ritual and ceremony -- 5. Secular religions, communion, myths -- 6. Mythic dimensions and modern classics -- 7. The avant garde today
Analysis Europe Avant garde theatre to 1978
United States Avant garde theatre to 1978
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Drama -- 20th century -- History and critisism
Experimental theater.
Experimental theater -- United States -- History.
LC no. 80041505
ISBN 0521225426
Other Titles Ritual and the Avant garde
Ritual and the Avant garde