interspecies

[Wes Pearce]

Discussing his unconventional and provocative theatre company Societas
Raffaello Sanzio, Romeo Castellucci argues, “the pre-tragic western
theatre tradition has been completely forgotten, cancelled, erased….for
westerners, theatre was born as God died.  It is clear that the animal
plays a fundamental role in the relationship between theatre and God’s
death.  In the moment that the animal disappeared from the scene,
tragedy was born” (23-4).

Wes D. Pearce, 
Theatre Department
University of Regina
S4S 0A2
306 585 5571
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