Theatre and Adaptation: Return, Rewrite, Repeat

ISBN-13: 9781408184721 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 296 str.

Margherita Laera

Opis

Contemporary theatrical productions as diverse in form as experimental performance, new writing, West End drama, musicals and live art demonstrate a recurring fascination with adapting existing works by other artists, writers, filmmakers and stage practitioners. Featuring seventeen interviews with internationally-renowned theatre and performance artists, Theatre and Adaptation provides an exceptionally rich study of the variety of work developed in recent years. First-hand accounts illuminate a diverse range of approaches to stage adaptation, ranging from playwriting to directing, Javanese puppetry to British children's theatre, and feminist performance to Japanese Noh. The transition of an existing source to the stage is not a smooth one: this collection examines the practices and the complex set of negotiations each work of transition and appropriation involves. Including interviews with Societas Raffaello Sanzio, Handspring Puppet Company, Katie Mitchell, Rimini Protokoll, Elevator Repair Service, Simon Stephens, Ong Keng Sen and Toneelgroep Amsterdam, the volume reveals performance's enduring desire to return, rewrite and repeat.

Recenzje

In Theatre and Adaptation: Return, Rewrite, Repeat, Margherita Laera has compiled seventeen interviews with adaptors of theatre from around the world, including the adaptation work of directors, actors, translators, and more. . The international scope of these interviews makes for a noteworthy read, and the language is clear and easy to follow. A brief introduction by each interviewer is included to give the reader a sense of the subject's work and any theoretical background needed to understand the content. This clarity and explanation makes this book accessible even to undergraduate student readers. This book is a useful addition to the conversation surrounding adaptation because it broadens the idea of what adaptation is and can be on a global scale. . These interviews are a great start for practitioners and students who want to investigate how the theatrical skill-set might be used in a globalized world. . As a whole, Theatre and Adaptation is delightfully diverse, interesting, and inspiring and a helpful addition to a teacher's bookshelf. Theatre Topics 20161202

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Introduction: Return, Rewrite, Repeat: The Theatricality of AdaptationMargherita LaeraPart 1: Return, Rewrite, Repeat1. 'It's Very Tied to the Content of the Play': Adrian Kohler, Basil Jones, Mervyn Millar and Jane Taylor of Handspring Puppet Company in Conversation with Nadia Davids2. Social and Theatrical Adaptation: Grzegorz Jarzyna in conversation with Paul Allain3. Creating X-Rays of the Text to Dissect the Present: Ivo van Hove of Toneelgroep Amsterdam in Conversation with Peter M. Boenisch 4. 'Something New Is Sure To Happen': Daniel Veronese in Conversation with Jean Graham-Jones5. Conservative Adaptation in Japanese Noh: Udaka Michishige in Conversation with Diego PellecchiaPart 2: Defusing Tradition6. On Literality and Limits: Romeo Castellucci of Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio in Conversation with Nicholas Ridout 7. The Subtle Aggressors: Julia Bardsley and Simon Vincenzi in Conversation with Dominic Johnson8. Between Radical Adaptation and Strategic Adaptability: Ki Catur 'Benyek' Kuncoro in Conversation with Miguel Escobar 9. Beg, Borrow or Steal: Lois Weaver in Conversation with Jen Harvie Part 3: Intercultural Encounters10. Shakespeare/Two Gents Productions: Denton Chikura, Tonderai Munyevu and Arne Pohlmeier of Two Gents Productions in Conversation with Penelope Woods11. Being Affected: Ong Keng Sen of TheatreWorks Singapore in Conversation with William Peterson 12. Hello Darkness My Old Friend: Alvis Hermanis in Conversation with Alan Read Part 4: Crafting Adaptations13. The Novel as Obstacle: John Collins of Elevator Repair Service in Conversation with Aoife Monks14. Doing the Impossible: Katie Mitchell in Conversation with Dan Rebellato15. 'There Are No Formulas': Emma Rice of Kneehigh in Conversation with Martin Welton 16. 'Expert' Dramaturgies: Helgard Haug of Rimini Protokoll in Conversation with Margherita Laera17. Theatre as an Intellectual Concertina: Simon Stephens in Conversation with Duska Radosavljevic Notes on ContributorsIndex

O autorze

Margherita Laera is a Senior Lecturer in Drama and Theatre at the University of Kent, UK.