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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464902103321

Titolo

Performing adaptations [[electronic resource] ] : essays and conversations on the theory and practice of adaptation / / edited by Michelle MacArthur, Lydia Wilkinson, and Keren Zaiontz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2009

ISBN

1-282-41343-0

9786612413438

1-4438-0935-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MacArthurMichelle

WilkinsonLydia

ZaiontzKeren

Disciplina

792.028

Soggetti

Stage adaptations - History and criticism

Drama - Technique

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF IMAGES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; THE ART OF REPEATING STORIES; DIGITAL PERFORMANCE, LIVE TECHNOLOGY; PACIFIST ANTIGONES; "LOOK INTO FENGO'S HOLE ... AND WIN!!"; THE GARDEN; "PRETTY, ISN'T IT?"; TIME AND UNCLE TOM; ADAPTATION AS REMEMBRANCE; INTERCULTURAL ADAPTATION IN MARKET OF TALES; CHICK JOINT; COLONIZING THE "ORIGINAL"; THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF ADAPTATION IN JOHN GREYSON'S LILIES; EMBRACING BEATRICE CHANCY; ADAPTING IDENTITIES; APPENDIX 1; APPENDIX 2; CONTRIBUTORS; EDITORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Performing Adaptations: Conversations and Essays on the Theory and Practice of Adaptation brings together scholars and artists from across North America and the United Kingdom to contribute to the growing discourse on adaptation in the arts. An ideal text for students of theatre, drama, and performance studies, this volume offers a ground-breaking set of essays, interviews, and artistic reflections that assess adaptation from the perspective of live performance, an aspect of the



field that ha...