Adaptations of Shakespeare : An Anthology of Plays from the 17th Century to the Present

ISBN-13: 9780415198936 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 328 str.

Daniel Fischlin; Mark Fortier

Opis

Shakespeare's plays have been adapted or rewritten in various, often surprising, ways since the 17th century. This anthology brings together 13 theatrical adaptations of Shakespeare's work from around the world and across the centuries. The plays include: The Woman Prized or the Tamer Tamed by John Fletcher; Troilus and Cressida or Truth Found Too Late: a Tragedy by John Dryden; The History of King Lear by Nahum Tate; King Stephen: a Fragment of a Tragedy; The Public (El Publico) by Federico Garcia Lorca; The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht; uMabatha by Welcome Msomi; Measure for Measure by Charles Marowitz; Hamletmachine by Heiner Muller; Lear's Daughter by The Women's Theatre Group and Elaine Feinstein; Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief by Paula Vogel; This Island's Mine by Philip Osment; and Harlem Duet by Djanet Sears. Each play is introduced by a concise introduction with suggestions for further reading and a list of related adaptations for study.

Recenzje

'A wonderfully rich collection of plays ... an important new resource for students and scholars interested in Shakespeare's drama and its afterlives'. - Susan Bennett, University of Calgary

Spis treści

Introduction 1.The Women's Prize or the Tamer Tamed 2.The History of King Lear 3.King Stephen: a Fragment or a Tragedy 4.The Public (El Público) 5.The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui 6.uMabatha 7.Measure for Measure 8.Hamletmachine 9.Lear's Daughters 10.Desdemona: a Play about a Handkerchief 11.This Island's Mine 12.Harlem Duet Further adaptations

O autorze

Daniel Fischlin is Associate Professor in the School of Literatures and Performance Studies in English, University of Guelph, Canada. Mark Fortier is Associate Professor in the English Department at the University of Winnipeg, Canada. He is author of Theory/Theatre: An Introduction (Routledge, 1997)