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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255077003321

Autore

Rees Catherine

Titolo

Adaptation and Nation : Theatrical Contexts for Contemporary English and Irish Drama / / by Catherine Rees

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

1-137-42587-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 185 p.)

Collana

Adaptation in Theatre and Performance

Disciplina

792

Soggetti

Theater

Motion picture acting

Cultural heritage

Communication

Ethnology—Europe

Theatre and Performance Studies

Screen Performance

Cultural Heritage

Media and Communication

British Culture

Adaptations.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Brian Friel -- Chapter 3. Marina Carr -- Chapter 4. Sarah Kane -- Chapter 5. Patrick Marber -- Chapter 6. “An Interlude” -- Chapter 7. Martin McDonagh -- Chapter 8. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on modern theatrical adaptations that rework classic plays in new British and Irish settings. It explores these shifted national contexts and examines what they might reveal about the political and cultural climate of the new setting. In examining the modern setting alongside the country of the original text, it also reveals fascinating resonances between two different national contexts. The book discusses five British and Irish playwrights and their current



adaptations, examining well-known dramatists such as Martin McDonagh, Sarah Kane and Brian Friel, while analysing some of their less-well known plays, offering a novel examination of the adaptation process. The book further provides an insightful commentary on some significant events of the twentieth century in Britain and Ireland, such as the historic Labour victory of 1945 and scandals in the Royal Family since the 1990s. This book will appeal to theatre and performance enthusiasts, as well as students and scholars of both theatre and adaptation.