Connecting this reading back to last week’s “Contrband” reading, i find it very interesting that even though both readings talk about dramatic theatre’s role in religious (Egyptian, Greek and Mesoamerican) festivals, there seems to be a societal shift where one performance was focus on strengthing community/religious bonds through the festivals and the only performances were for the money. Was it just the differences in economics then or where “religious performers” actually held to a higher stander in the ancient worlds?