Adaptations, versions and perversions in modern British drama / edited by Ignacio Ramos Gay.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ramos Gay, Ignacio.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English drama.

Physical Description:

vi, 175 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Summary:

This book aims to explore which plays were deemed 'suitable' to be reworked for foreign or local stages; what transformations-linguistic, semiotic, theatrical-were undertaken so as to accommodate international audiences; how national literary traditions are forged, altered, and diluted by means of transnational adapting techniques; and, finally, to what extent the categorical boundaries between original plays and adaptations may be blurred on the account of such adjusting textual strategies. It brings together ten articles that scrutinise the linguistic, social, political and theatrical complexities inherent in the intercultural transference of plays. The approaches presented by the different contributors investigate modern British theatre as an instance of diachronic and synchronic transnational adaptations based upon a myriad of influences originating in, and projected upon, other national dramatic traditions. These traditions, rooted in relatively distant geographies and epochs, are traced so as to illustrate the split between the state imposed identity and personal, subjective identity caused by cultural negotiations of the self in an age of globalism. International frontiers are thus pointed at in order to claim the need to be transcended in the process of cultural re-appropriation associated with theatre performance for international audiences. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Cultural Dialogues in the British Theatre: From the Victorians to the Present Time

Chapter 1 "The fairest one with golden locks": Parodying Helen on the Modem Stage / Laura Monrós Gaspar Gaspar, Laura Monrós 12

Chapter 2 "On est toujours le fils de quelqu'un": (Trans)Nationality and the Aesthetics of Literary Originality in Oscar Wilde / Ignacio Ramos Gay Gay, Ignacio Ramos 26

Chapter 3 The Theater of Arts and Sciences: Staging Medecine and Pathology from England to France / Caroline Bertonèche Bertonèche, Caroline 43

Chapter 4 "A swirling, brilliant, cloudy mass of blues": David Hare's Adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's La Ronde / Ana Fernàndez-Caparrós Turina Turina, Ana Fernàndez-Caparrós 57

Chapter 5 Relational Spaces: From the State of the Nation to Globalization in Contemporary British Theatre / Mireia Aragay Aragay, Mireia 71

Part II Translating and Adapting for Foreign Audiences

Chapter 6 Beckett's Theatre: Translating and Adapting One's Own Work / Marianne Drugeon Drugeon, Marianne 88

Chapter 7 Laclos, Hampton: English Esprit vs French Wit / Lydia Vázquez Vázquez, Lydia 105

Chapter 8 Translations in the Basque Country: Agur, Eire... Agur / Maria Gaviña Costero Costero, Maria Gaviña 120

Chapter 9 Three Ways of Looking at a Nightingale: The Tale of Philomela By Ted Hughes, Timberlake Wertenbaker and Joanna Laurens / Miguel Teruel Teruel, Miguel 134

Chapter 10 "Is it happy cats or is it an Ireland free we're after?": Animal Rights, Terrorism and American Audiences' Response to Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore / Claudia Alonso Recarte Recarte, Claudia Alonso 154.

ISBN:

1443847003

9781443847001

OCLC:

852732229

Publisher Number:

99954935627