Through the Eras

8chapter eightTHEATEREdward BleibergIMPORTANT EVENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253TOPICSDefining Theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253Spoken Drama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254The Osirian Khoiak Festival Drama . . . . . . . . . . 260SIGNIFICANT PEOPLEEmhab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261DOCUMENTARY SOURCES . . . . . . . . . 262SIDEBARS AND PRIMARYDOCUMENTSPrimary sources are listed in italicsDramatic Ramesseum Papyrus Scene 3: ATypical Scene (evidence that theDramatic Ramesseum Papyrus consistedof scenes following a pattern) . . . . . . . . . . . . 255The Shabaka Stone: The First IdentifiedDrama (dramatic text from the Fifth orSixth Dynasty) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256Drama and Ritual in the Coffin Texts(Coffin Text Spell 148 concerning thebirth of Horus). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257Seeking Drama (excerpt from the Book ofthe Dead ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258Misidentification in The Biography of Emhab(excerpt from the Biography of Emhab) . . . . . 259251