id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt c247dr2913t Amanda Megan Utzman Leviathan 2012 .txt text/plain 91 2 22 'Concerned first and foremost with what it means to 'become your character,' Leviathan carries performance theory to its logical extremes, illustrating all the dangerous and subversive power of theatre and spectacle. Seen through a foreign language and a fever, an avant-garde production of Richard Wagner's legendary opera Lohengrin becomes the nightmare landscape for a classic horror story: after accepting an ominous vocal invitation, a pair of talented young opera singers find themselves trapped within a playhouse whose patrons and producer are sincere in their desire to 'consume the arts. cache/c247dr2913t.txt txt/c247dr2913t.txt