Arthur Miller's global theater / edited by Enoch Brater.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brater, Enoch.

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005--Stage history--Foreign countries.

Miller, Arthur.

Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005--Appreciation--Foreign countries.

Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005--Adaptations--History and criticism.

Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005--Influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No American playwright is more revered on the international stage than Arthur Miller. In Arthur Millers Global Theatera fascinating collection of new essays by leading international critics and scholarsreaders learn how and why audiences around the world have responded to the work of the late theatrical icon. With perspectives from diverse corners of the globe, from Israel to Japan to South Africa, this groundbreaking volume explores the challenges of translating one of the most American of American playwrights and details how disparate nations have adapted meaning in Millers most celebrated dramas. An original and engaging collection that will appeal to theater aficionados, scholars, students, and all those interested in Miller and his remarkable oeuvre, Arthur Millers Global Theater illustrates how dramas such as Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, and A View from the Bridge developed a vigorous dialogue with new audiences when they crossed linguistic and national borders. In these times when problems of censorship, repressive regimes, and international discord are increasingly in the news, Arthur Millers voice has never been more necessary as it continues to be heard and celebrated around the world. Enoch Brater is the Kenneth T. Rowe Collegiate Professor of Dramatic Literature at the University of Michigan. His other books include Arthur Miller: A Playwrights Life and Works and Arthur Millers America.

Contents:

Introduction: Cross-cultural encounters : Arthur Miller and the international theater community / Enoch Brater

Perspectives. Arthur Miller's Israel and Israel's Arthur Miller / Linda Ben-Zvi

Traveling man, traveling culture : Death of a salesman and post-Mao Chinese theater / Belinda Kong

Directing Miller in Italy / Mariagabriella Cambiaghi

Guilty secrets and cultural blind spots : Miller's plays in South Africa / Robert Gordon

Not all one song : Arthur Miller in the German theater / Michael Raab

A Dominican view : an interview with Darryl V. Jones / Enoch Brater

Retrospectives. Arthur Miller's dialogue with Ireland / Matthew Martin

Miller, Mingei, and Japan / John T. Dorsey

The reception of Miller's theater in Spain / Antonio R. Celada

Arthur Miller in Buenos Aires / Laura Cerrato

Miller in Scandinavia : focus on Denmark / Kirsten Herold

The crucible : three British encounters / Louis Marks.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-59753-1

9786612597534

0-472-02506-6

OCLC:

588876105