1. What does the appearance and movement of the body on stage teach us about how history, power, culture, religion, and social context inform the materialization of the body?

2. How does drama draw from religious practices and the staging of rituals and what are the implications of its conventions for a historical and theoretical understanding of the body?

3. In the early modern period, what new theatrical conventions develop to produce theories of the body as the theatre transitions from religious to secular themes?

4. How does agency inform theories of the body in the Enlightenment period for actors as well as audiences?

5. What historical circumstances lead to the body transforming from a fixed source of evidence to an active participant in making meaning on stage?