Repere ale sacrului în istoria teatrului. Natyasastra

Natyasastra is one of the most challenging writing in the history of theatre. Not only because its age and complexity, but because the uniqueness of its vision in which the sacred underlies the art of theatre and interferes with it. This research is based on textual criticism to emphasise the role of the sacred and its avatars (deities, ceremonies of consecration, symbols with religious and performing functions...) in the economy of theatre art as it is seen by the ancient indian treatise on drama. In a history of the sacred circumscribed to the theatre space, Natyasastra represents maybe the most relevant creation. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]