Stage-bound : feature film adaptations of Canadian and Quebecois drama / Andre Loiselle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loiselle, André.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canadian drama--Television adaptations.

Canadian drama.

Canadian drama--Film adaptations.

Motion pictures--Canada--History and criticism.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

260 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This acknowledgement of their dramatic origins has often led to criticism that these movies remain too rigidly anchored to the stage; too "stage-bound." Stage-Bound, the first extensive study of feature film adaptations of English Canadian and Québécois drama, challenges this reductive interpretation. André Loiselle demonstrates that theatricality is central to the meaning of these works. In the process, he reclaims these stage-bound films, which have generally been ignored by scholars.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Stage-Bound since 1942

Early Thresholds of Theatre and Film

Theatrical Characters Trapped in Cinematic Spaces

Stages of Liminality and Historical Intervals

At the Juncture of Theatre and Film There Lies a Corpse

Conclusion: Theatricality in Film Adaptations since the 1990s

Canadian Plays Adapted into Canadian Feature Films since 1942

Notes

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86149-2

9786612861499

0-7735-7146-9

OCLC:

929120861