A certain William : adapting Shakespeare in Francophone Canada / Leanore Liblein, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lieblein, Leanore.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Adaptations.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Genre:

Adaptations.

Physical Description:

331 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Playwrights Canada Press, [2009]

Summary:

Lyrical, farcical, or playful, deeply ironic or deeply tragic, these plays engage Shakespeare with anger and with love in their quest for nationhood, human dignity, social justice, and artistic agency.Includes: Hamlet, Prince of Québec by Robert Gurik, translated by Leanore Lieblein Lear by Jean-Pierre Ronfard, translated by Linda Gaboriau Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice in Auschwitz by Tibor Egervari, translated by Annick Léger Saved from the Waters , written and translated by Daphné Thompson The Maleceet Hamlet by Yves-Sioui Durand & J.F. Messier, translated by Henry Gauthier Burger Love by Larry Tremblay, translated by Keith Turnbull

Notes:

Translations of French-Canadian adaptations of Shakespeare's plays.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780887547317

0887547311

OCLC:

317353220

Publisher Number:

99938169426