"The mask is a terrible, mysterious instrument. It has always given me and continues to give me a feeling of fear. With the mask we are on the threshold of a theatrical mystery whose demons reappear with static, immutable faces, which are the very roots of theater." -- Giorgio Strehler. (Un Theatre Pour la Vie, Paris, Fayard. 1980)
Photo credit: lan Ben Zion, Times of Israel. Neolithic Mask Collection Jerusalem.
Midori Snyder is the author of nine books for children and adults, published in English, French, Dutch, and Italian. She won the Mythopoeic Award for The Innamorati, a novel inspired by early Roman myth and the Italian "Commedia dell'Arte" tradition....
