Nahuatl Theater: Nahuatl Theater Volume 1: Death and Life in Colonial Nahua Mexico - Hardcoverby Barry D. Sell (Author), Louise M. Burkhart (Author), Miguel Leon Portilla (Foreword by) Death and Life in Colonial Nahua Mexico presents seven dramas from the first truly American theater. Composed in Nahuatl during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, most of these plays survive only in later copies. Five are morality plays. Presenting Christian views of moral reform, death, judgment, and punishment for sin, they reveal how these themes were