Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr., is a professional actor and director whose previous books have covered topics ranging from Star Wars to Renaissance faires. He is a professor and chair of the theater department at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California.

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Acknowledgments

Introduction: What Is Catholic Theatre?

KEVIN J. WETMORE,

Part I. History

1. Female Spirituality, Female Sexuality and Re-Viewing "Re-Viewing Hrotsvit": The Plays of Hrotsvit von Gandersheim as Counterdiscursive Inversion of the Church Fathers

KEVIN J. WETMORE,

2. Not Just a University Theatre: The Significance of Jesuit School Drama in Continental Europe, 1540-1773

JOOHEE PARK

3. Shakespeare as Catholic Dramatist in The Tempest

MARY FRANCES WILLIAMS

4. Orthodoxy and Technique: Jesuit Ballet in the Post-Reformation Period

THE REV. ANGELA YARBER

5. Little Mothers, Mischievous Boys, and Good Little Christians: Characters in Children's Parlor Plays in America, 1858-1903

SHANAN CUSTER

6. Religious Tragedy: García Lorca's Unfinished Play About Christ

CECILIA GONZÁLEZ-ANDRIEU

7. Catholic Theatre for Women in Post-War Italy: Education, Morality, and Social Change

DANIELA CAVALLARO

Part II. Practice

8. Saints as Subject and Agenda: Notes on Catholic Playwriting

ERIK

9. Magi Liturgical Dramas Performed in Worship: Two Case Studies of Interpretations of Medieval

Liturgical Drama

THE REV. THERESA MASON

10. Opera News: Jesuits, Catholic Imagination, and the Staging of Cultural Conversations

MICHAEL ZAMPELLI, S.J.

11. Ancient Ritual, Modern Drama: Catholic Worship and Playwriting Pedagogy

SUSAN BRABANT BAXTER

12. Genesius in the City of Angels: Lope de Vega as a Catholic Playwright in a Bilingual Production of Lo fingido verdadero

KEVIN J. WETMORE,

13. The Genesian Effect: Performing Damien Deepens an Actor's Faith

DAN CAWTHON

14. Publicity, Props and Playtext in a Franciscan Setting: The Practical Teaching of Everyman in a Small Catholic School

TIMOTHY DUGAN

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