Theatricality in the Bible and the Bible in the theater. Missing links
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Theater, Bible, tragedy, book of Job, King Lear, Don Quixote, Salome.
Abstract
The texts of the Bible treasure a high amount of theatrical potential. Thus, the book of Job constituted the basis of the Theatrum Mundi. Nevertheless, the Jewish and Christian conception of the world and history, despite its tragedies and Passions, is far removed from Greek tragedy. The figure of Job constitutes a contrast to the tragic in King Lear. An exorcistic formula from the Bible appears in Hamlet, Macbeth, and in plays of the Faustian theme –El mágico prodigioso and Marlowe’s and Goethe’s Fausts–, as well as, surprisingly, in Don Quixote and in many other plays where the devil appears on stage. OscarWilde’s Salome finds inspiration in the language of Song of Songs and of apocalyptic prophecies. Rituality and sacredness are common to the Bible and theatre in the quest for representation of the invisible through the visible.Downloads
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Published
2013-09-26
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Trebolle Barrera J. (2013). Theatricality in the Bible and the Bible in the theater. Missing links. ’Ilu. Revista de Ciencias de las Religiones, 18, 219-238. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ILUR.2013.v18.43049
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