A well-conceived drama always carries the action through the internal motivations of the characters depicted in the story whereas a ritual does not. Ritual may be interpreted by the people who are called upon to perform it but the ritual does not care what the internal motivations of the participants happen to be. read more
Rituals have features of drama or theater - not only in the matter of the ritual, for example the fight of good and evil, but also in a way of expressing the feelings the way theater does. E.g. different stimulus of light, colour, moves and sound. read more
the relationship between theatre and ritual, some of the terms involved in discussions of theatre's origins. Theatre appears to exist and have existed in all societies in some form. read more