Theatre and Religion on Krishna's Stage: Performing in Vrindavan

By David Vaughn Mason

Book Overview

Theatre and Religion on Krishna s Stage examines the history and form of India's r?s lila folk theatre, and discusses how this theatre functions as a mechanism of worship and spirituality among Krishna devotees in India. From analyses of performances and conversations with performers, audience, and local scholars, Mason argues that r?s lila actors and audience alike actively assume roles that locate them together in the spiritual reality that the play represents. Correlating Krishna devotion and theories of religious experience, this book suggests that the emotional experience of theatrical fiction may arise from the propensity of audiences to play out roles of their own through which they share a performance's reality.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349379077
• ISBN13: 9781349379071
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 195 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"