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):

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.

Literature--Adaptations--History and criticism.

Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2012.

Language Note:

English

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, including Greek, West African, North American, Japanese, and various parts of Europe. The dramatists discussed range from well-established playwrights such as Tony Kushner, Caryl Churchill, and Timberlake Wertenbaker to new theatrical stars such as Sarah Ruhl and Tarell Alvin McCraney. The book contributes to the current discussion of adaptation theory by examining the different ways, and for what purposes, plays revise mythic storie

Contents:

Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of 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 Yemayá 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 Hébert's La Cage and L'Île 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); About the Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-63801-0

1-4766-0013-9

OCLC:

812174466