Overview
- Explores a diverse range of adaptations, from stagings of Greek and Shakespearean drama to postmodern metatheatrical productions
- Brings together seventeen international case studies of contemporary adaptations
- Explores key debates on fidelity, postmodernism and remediation
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Adaptation in Theatre and Performance (ATP)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Company and Directorial Approaches to Adaptation, Introduced by Scott Proudfit
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Re-mediating the Book to the Stage, Introduced by Frances Babbage
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Reinscribing the Other in Contemporary Adaptations of Greek Tragedy, Introduced by Eleftheria Ioannidou
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Postmodern Meta-Theatrical Adaptation, Introduced by Kimberly Jannarone
Reviews
“The [book] supply useful indices and are edited to high academic Standards … . They can be wholeheartedly recommended and testify to the vibrancy of adaptation studies way beyond the traditional novel-into-film model.” (Eckart Voigts, Journal of Contemporary Drama in English, Vol. 8 (2), 2020)
“The focus on theatre in many variant forms and contexts in Contemporary Approaches to Adaptation is both fresh and energising. The astutely organised material gives us insight into the creative and collaborative process and serves as critical provocation. In the process of this volume we see adaptation at the heart of the devising, rehearsal and performance contexts and we engage with an impressively wide-ranging, and indeed global, group of theatre directors, companies and audiences in the process. Exploratory and experimental but always political and ethical in its stance on adaptation as a collective labour, this volume provides new frameworks for debate and practice in adaptation studies.” (Julie Sanders, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Newcastle University, UK)“Kara Reilly's carefully crafted and thought-provoking book is a welcome addition to the debate on stage adaptations. The volume captures a wide variety of theatrical and scholarly approaches and is set to become a must-read in the field.” (Margherita Laera, Lecturer in Drama and Theatre, University of Kent, UK)
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Book Title: Contemporary Approaches to Adaptation in Theatre
Editors: Kara Reilly
Series Title: Adaptation in Theatre and Performance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59783-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-59782-3Published: 14 December 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95580-0Published: 30 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-59783-0Published: 28 November 2017
Series ISSN: 2947-4043
Series E-ISSN: 2947-4051
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIX, 357
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations
Topics: Theatre and Performance Studies