Dramatic revisions of myths, fairy tales and legends : essays on recent plays / edited by Verna A. Foster.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Foster, Verna A., 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adaptations.

American drama--20th century--History and criticism.

American drama.

Mythology, Classical, in literature.

Myth in literature.

Fairy tales in literature.

Legends--History and criticism.

Legends.

Classical drama--Adaptations--History and criticism.

Classical drama.

Fairy tales--Adaptations--History and criticism.

Fairy tales.

Fairy tales--Adaptations.

Literature--Adaptations--History and criticism.

Literature.

Literature--Adaptations.

Physical Description:

viii, 250 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2012]

Summary:

"These new essays explore the ways in which contemporary dramatists have retold or otherwise made use of myths, fairy tales and legends from a variety of cultures. The book contributes to the current discussion of adaptation theory by examining the different ways, and for what purposes, plays revise mythic stories and characters"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Verna A. Foster

Hellenic women revisited: the aesthetics of mythic revision in the plays of Karen Hartman, Sarah Ruhl and Caridad Svich / Miriam Chirico

Greek tragedy transformed: A.R. Gurney and Charles Mee rewrite Greek drama / Karelisa Hartigan

"That story is not true": unmaking myth in Ellen Mclaughlin's Helen and Saviana Stanescu and Richard Schechner's Yokastas / Elizabeth W. Scharffenberger

Tina Howe and Demetrian seriocomedy / Jeffrey B. Loomis

Children of Yemay' and the American Eshu: West African myth in African-American theatre / Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr

"Punctured by patriarchy": theatricalizing the Christian assault upon native mythology in Tomson Highway's Dry lips oughta move to Kapuskasing / Christy Stanlake

Damaged myth in Caryl Churchill's The skriker / Amelia Howe Kritzer

Between desire and authority: the "dybbuk" in modernist and postmodern theatrical adaptations from S. Ansky to Tony Kushner / Sharon Friedman

Martin McDonagh's Fractured fairy tales: representational horrors in The pillowman / Anthony Ellis

Food, sex and fairy tales: Wallace Shawn's Grasses of a thousand colors / Sheila Rabillard

Turning Komachi legends, gender and noh inside out: remaking desire in Timberlake Wertenbaker's early play / Maya E. Roth

Romancing "La corriveau" and Marguerite De Nontron: Anne Hebert's La cage and L'ële de la demoiselle / Gregory J. Reid

Bloody relations of exchange: Sharon Pollock's revision of legend and feminine myth in blood relations / Laura Snyder

Beth Henley's abundance: the cinematic myth of the wild west revised / Verna A. Foster.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786465125

0786465123

OCLC:

793581422