Fischer-Lichte, Erika

Presents a study of European drama, covering Greek tragedy through twentieth-century theatre, focusing on the political, religious, national, ethnic, class-related, gendered, and individual representations of identity, including topics such as the German Enlightenment and the work of Corneille, Goethe, Ibsen, Chekhov, and Beckett.

Theater historian Erika Lichte-Fischer explores how the theme of sacrifice and ritual has been reflected in Western theater throughout the twentieth century.