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Drama reinvented : theatre adaptation in Ireland, 1970-2007
Adaptation théâtrale en Irlande de 1970 à 2007. English.
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- Creator
- Thierry Dubost (ed.)
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Bruxelles ; New York : P.I.E. Peter Lang, c2012
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 302 p. ; 22 cm. + 1 DVD-ROM (sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.)
- ISBNs
- 9789052018003, 9052018006
- OCLC
- ocn762372136
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-282) and index.
- Introduction / Thierry Dubost -- Theoretical and practical issues of adaptation. Adaptation(s) : staging otherness or translation at play / Alain Labau -- Stage adaptations and the Dublin Theatre Festival / Catherine Piola -- Irish theatre and classics. Of birds and men, Aristophanes revisited. William Arrowsmith vs Paul Muldoon / Jacques Tranier -- From Medea to Hester Swane. Marina Carr's rewriting of ethos in By the bog of cats / Hélène Lecossois -- Field Day revisits the Classics. Tom Paulin's The riot act / Martine Pelletier -- Irish theatre and modern or contemporary theatre. Brian Friel's theatrical adaptations of Chekhov works / Virginie Roche-Tiengo -- A doll's house by Frank McGuinness. An expression of Irish cosmopolitanism? / Matthieu Kolb -- John McGahern's The power of darkness. Palimpsest or pale incest? / Bertrand Cardin -- Tragic perspectives of a comedy. The broken jug from Heinrich Von Kleist to John Banville / Makmouth Dia -- Bolger, aspects of adaptation. A keen adaptation. "Caoineadh Airt U Laoghaire" and Bolger's The lament for Arthur Cleary / Christopher L. Berchild -- B(e)aring uncomfortable truths. Intranational translation as critical strategy in plays by Barry, Bolger and O'Kelly / Vic Merriman -- From intrusion to integration in two recent plays by Dermot Bolger / Émile-Jean Dumay -- Adaptations and changed writing modes. Frank Pig says hello. Rewritings / Mathias Lebargy -- Atom Egoyan adapts Samuel Beckett. From theatre to television and back / Pascale Sardin -- The text confronted with the challenges of the stage. God is in the bits and pieces. The great hunger, from poem to play / Patrick Mason -- The metamorphoses of Enrico IV, or Kilroyandello's Henry / Pond life and Angels. Enda Walsh's adaptations to Cork / Anne Étienne -- MEAT at the Midsummer Festival workshop / Donal Gallagher -- Conclusion / Thierry Dubost
Subjects
- English drama -- Irish authors -- History and criticism.
- English drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
- English drama -- 21st century -- History and criticism.
- Stage adaptations -- History and criticism.
- Authors and theater -- Ireland.
- Theater -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century.
- Theater -- Ireland -- History -- 21st century.