and in certain types of production the actor may in fact be a priest. In such instances, the actor mediates between the audience and the divine or spiritual dimension. In Greek tragedy, JapaneseNoh theatre, andmedievalmystery plays, the actions of the performers have both a religious and drama...
The emergence of professional theatre companies was a feature of Renaissance urbanization. Various courts had maintained performers throughout the medieval period, but these were usually musicians or single performers. With the emergence of the town, the theatre company began to appear throughout Italy...
Augustin Daly was an American playwright and theatrical manager whose companies were major features of the New York and London stage. Although Daly’s childhood was spent in amateur performances of the Romantic blank-verse drama of the period, it was as