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Andrew Walker White

Andrew Walker White--pictured here performing a pantomime in the ancient theater of Aphrodisias in Turkey--is a theater artist and cultural historian, currently based in the Washington, D.C. area. His research focuses on the Greek Performing Arts between Antiquity and the Renaissance, particularly the arts of the Eastern Roman (or 'Byzantine') Empire. His recently-published book, "Performing Orthodox Ritual in Byzantium" with Cambridge University Press marks the beginning of a longer project, reuniting post-Classical Hellenic culture with the history of Western Civilization.White has two appointments at George Mason University, teaching for both the History
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Research paper thumbnail of What the Archbishop Saw: A Byzantine Christian Watches Catholic Sacred Plays

Ecumenica, 2011

" Peinture … ben but as nakyd lettris to a clerk to riden the treuthe. But so ben not mi... more " Peinture … ben but as nakyd lettris to a clerk to riden the treuthe. But so ben not miraclis pleyinge that ben made more to deliten men bodily than to ben bokes to lewid men. And therfore yif they ben quike bookis,they ben quike bookis to shrewidenesse more than to godenesse. " A Treatise of Miraclis Pleyinge, ll. 373-380.

Research paper thumbnail of The Service's historical context

PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Donald J. Mastronarde, Preliminary Studies on the Scholia to Euripides. Berkeley, CA: California Classical Studies, 6, 2017. Pp. xxviii, 246

Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies

Research paper thumbnail of The Story of Drama: Tragedy, Comedy and Sacrifice from the Greeks to the Present. By Gary Day. London and New York: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2016; pp. viii + 237. <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mn>114</mn><mi>c</mi><mi>l</mi><mi>o</mi><mi>t</mi><mi>h</mi><mo separator="true">,</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">114 cloth, </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.8889em;vertical-align:-0.1944em;"></span><span class="mord">114</span><span class="mord mathnormal">c</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.01968em;">l</span><span class="mord mathnormal">o</span><span class="mord mathnormal">t</span><span class="mord mathnormal">h</span><span class="mpunct">,</span></span></span></span>24.99 paper, $22.49 e-book

Research paper thumbnail of The Reception of Aeschylus’ Plays through Shifting Models and Frontiers. Edited by Stratos E. Constantinidis. Metaforms. Boston and Leiden: Brill, 2016; pp. xv + 409. <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mn>168</mn><mi>c</mi><mi>l</mi><mi>o</mi><mi>t</mi><mi>h</mi><mo separator="true">,</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">168 cloth, </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.8889em;vertical-align:-0.1944em;"></span><span class="mord">168</span><span class="mord mathnormal">c</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.01968em;">l</span><span class="mord mathnormal">o</span><span class="mord mathnormal">t</span><span class="mord mathnormal">h</span><span class="mpunct">,</span></span></span></span>168 e-book

Research paper thumbnail of <i>The Strangeness of Tragedy</i> (review)

Research paper thumbnail of The Artifice of Eternity: A Study of Liturgical and Theatrical Practices in Byzantium

Given that realistic, theatrical representations of the sacred have long been accepted in the wes... more Given that realistic, theatrical representations of the sacred have long been accepted in the west, it may be surprising to encounter objections to it, among Christians, at the dawn of the twenty-first century. But both the Kathimerini's film critic and Archbishop Christodoulos speak to the endurance of Orthodoxy's anti-theatrical ritual aesthetic.

Research paper thumbnail of The Roman games in Palestine and their reception. ZEEV WEISS, PUBLIC SPECTACLES IN ROMAN AND LATE ANTIQUE PALESTINE (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA 2014). Pp. xii + 361, figs. ISBN 978-0-674-04831-7. $49.95

Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of The Service of the Furnace, Lavra 165

PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of The Service of the Furnace, Sinai 1527

PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of The Service of the Furnace, Iviron 1120

PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of The Service of the Furnace, Athens 2406

PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of The Service of the Furnace, Athens 2047

PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of The Service of the Furnace in performance

PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Ritual vs. theatrical performance in Byzantium

PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of The Russian Furnace Play

PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Archbishop Symeon's Dialogue in Christ

PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Origins of the Service

PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Musical practices in Byzantium

PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Spatial practices in Byzantium

PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of What the Archbishop Saw: A Byzantine Christian Watches Catholic Sacred Plays

Ecumenica, 2011

&quot; Peinture … ben but as nakyd lettris to a clerk to riden the treuthe. But so ben not mi... more &quot; Peinture … ben but as nakyd lettris to a clerk to riden the treuthe. But so ben not miraclis pleyinge that ben made more to deliten men bodily than to ben bokes to lewid men. And therfore yif they ben quike bookis,they ben quike bookis to shrewidenesse more than to godenesse. &quot; A Treatise of Miraclis Pleyinge, ll. 373-380.

Research paper thumbnail of The Service's historical context

PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Donald J. Mastronarde, Preliminary Studies on the Scholia to Euripides. Berkeley, CA: California Classical Studies, 6, 2017. Pp. xxviii, 246

Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies

Research paper thumbnail of The Story of Drama: Tragedy, Comedy and Sacrifice from the Greeks to the Present. By Gary Day. London and New York: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2016; pp. viii + 237. <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mn>114</mn><mi>c</mi><mi>l</mi><mi>o</mi><mi>t</mi><mi>h</mi><mo separator="true">,</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">114 cloth, </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.8889em;vertical-align:-0.1944em;"></span><span class="mord">114</span><span class="mord mathnormal">c</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.01968em;">l</span><span class="mord mathnormal">o</span><span class="mord mathnormal">t</span><span class="mord mathnormal">h</span><span class="mpunct">,</span></span></span></span>24.99 paper, $22.49 e-book

Research paper thumbnail of The Reception of Aeschylus’ Plays through Shifting Models and Frontiers. Edited by Stratos E. Constantinidis. Metaforms. Boston and Leiden: Brill, 2016; pp. xv + 409. <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mn>168</mn><mi>c</mi><mi>l</mi><mi>o</mi><mi>t</mi><mi>h</mi><mo separator="true">,</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">168 cloth, </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.8889em;vertical-align:-0.1944em;"></span><span class="mord">168</span><span class="mord mathnormal">c</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.01968em;">l</span><span class="mord mathnormal">o</span><span class="mord mathnormal">t</span><span class="mord mathnormal">h</span><span class="mpunct">,</span></span></span></span>168 e-book

Research paper thumbnail of <i>The Strangeness of Tragedy</i> (review)

Research paper thumbnail of The Artifice of Eternity: A Study of Liturgical and Theatrical Practices in Byzantium

Given that realistic, theatrical representations of the sacred have long been accepted in the wes... more Given that realistic, theatrical representations of the sacred have long been accepted in the west, it may be surprising to encounter objections to it, among Christians, at the dawn of the twenty-first century. But both the Kathimerini's film critic and Archbishop Christodoulos speak to the endurance of Orthodoxy's anti-theatrical ritual aesthetic.

Research paper thumbnail of The Roman games in Palestine and their reception. ZEEV WEISS, PUBLIC SPECTACLES IN ROMAN AND LATE ANTIQUE PALESTINE (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA 2014). Pp. xii + 361, figs. ISBN 978-0-674-04831-7. $49.95

Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of The Service of the Furnace, Lavra 165

PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of The Service of the Furnace, Sinai 1527

PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of The Service of the Furnace, Iviron 1120

PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of The Service of the Furnace, Athens 2406

PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of The Service of the Furnace, Athens 2047

PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of The Service of the Furnace in performance

PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Ritual vs. theatrical performance in Byzantium

PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of The Russian Furnace Play

PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Archbishop Symeon's Dialogue in Christ

PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Origins of the Service

PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Musical practices in Byzantium

PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Spatial practices in Byzantium

PERFORMING ORTHODOX RITUAL IN BYZANTIUM, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Abstract:  THE PERFORMING ARTS OF BYZANTIUM: THE STATE OF THE FIELD

This brief abstract provides, in a nutshell, the scope of my future work in the field currently k... more This brief abstract provides, in a nutshell, the scope of my future work in the field currently known as "Byzantine Theatre" but which, I believe, needs to be expanded well beyond theatre.

I will be presenting this paper as part of the 23rd International Congress of Byzantine Studies in Belgrade, Serbia on Friday, August 26.

Research paper thumbnail of Ritual Performance-Introduction.pdf

This is a the pre-publication version of the Introduction to "Performing Orthodox Ritual in Byza... more This is a the pre-publication version of the Introduction to "Performing Orthodox Ritual in Byzantium," my recently-published book with Cambridge University Press.

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