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September 01 1998
The Impotence of Dragons: Playing Devil in the Trinidad Carnival
Max Harris
Max Harris
Executive Director of the Wisconsin Humanities Council at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of two books, Theater and Incarnation (St. Martin's Press, 1990) and The Dialogical Theatre (St. Martin's Press, 1993). Previous articles on folk theatre in Spain and the Americas appeared in TDR (T141 and T153)
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Max Harris
Executive Director of the Wisconsin Humanities Council at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of two books, Theater and Incarnation (St. Martin's Press, 1990) and The Dialogical Theatre (St. Martin's Press, 1993). Previous articles on folk theatre in Spain and the Americas appeared in TDR (T141 and T153)
Online ISSN: 1531-4715
Print ISSN: 1054-2043
© 1998 New York University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1998
TDR/The Drama Review (1998) 42 (3 (159)): 108–123.
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Max Harris; The Impotence of Dragons: Playing Devil in the Trinidad Carnival. TDR/The Drama Review 1998; 42: 3 (159), 108–123. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/105420498760308508
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