title: 'We turned it into a play': Transmedial adaptations in contemporary theatre

authors: Simes, David Edward John

subjects: Adaptation

abstract: Adaptation is an ever-expanding field of study, with new trends and terms established in response to the proliferation of media. This thesis investigates how theatrical adaptation fits into emerging adaptation discourses, particularly the idea of transmediality. Although theatre is often side-lined in adaptation studies, this thesis argues that theatrical adaptation embodies various historical and contemporary adaptation trends. This thesis also contends that, in line with current understandings of media specific qualities, and media theory, adapting from any form of media to the stage is inherently transmedial. Investigating contemporary theatrical adaptation adapted from differing forms of media (novel, picturebook, comic), this thesis will highlight the processes of adaptation, in both creation, and reception. Focusing on the narrative in three adaptive stages – the original text, the script adaptation, and then the productions of that script – this thesis will highlight the key adaptation concepts utilised in three adaptations. Mark Haddon’s novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003) forms the basis of Simon Stephens’ play of the same name (2012), which in turn resulted in productions directed by Marianne Elliott and Sara Brodie. Kit Williams’ picturebook Masquerade (1979) is expanded and reworked by Kate Mulvany in her play Masquerade (2015), which was given life on the stage in a production directed by Lee Lewis and Sam Armstrong. Mulvany interweaves song into her script, and this awareness of the musicality of theatre is amplified in Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori’s libretto Fun Home (2015), an adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (2006). By considering the play text, and each individual production, as an adaptation in its own right, the research presented here aims to foreground the place of theatrical adaptation in adaptation studies.

text: 'We turned it into a play': Transmedial adaptations in contemporary theatre Adaptation is an ever-expanding field of study, with new trends and terms established in response to the proliferation of media. This thesis investigates how theatrical adaptation fits into emerging adaptation discourses, particularly the idea of transmediality. Although theatre is often side-lined in adaptation studies, this thesis argues that theatrical adaptation embodies various historical and contemporary adaptation trends. This thesis also contends that, in line with current understandings of media specific qualities, and media theory, adapting from any form of media to the stage is inherently transmedial. Investigating contemporary theatrical adaptation adapted from differing forms of media (novel, picturebook, comic), this thesis will highlight the processes of adaptation, in both creation, and reception. Focusing on the narrative in three adaptive stages – the original text, the script adaptation, and then the productions of that script – this thesis will highlight the key adaptation concepts utilised in three adaptations. Mark Haddon’s novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003) forms the basis of Simon Stephens’ play of the same name (2012), which in turn resulted in productions directed by Marianne Elliott and Sara Brodie. Kit Williams’ picturebook Masquerade (1979) is expanded and reworked by Kate Mulvany in her play Masquerade (2015), which was given life on the stage in a production directed by Lee Lewis and Sam Armstrong. Mulvany interweaves song into her script, and this awareness of the musicality of theatre is amplified in Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori’s libretto Fun Home (2015), an adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (2006). By considering the play text, and each individual production, as an adaptation in its own right, the research presented here aims to foreground the place of theatrical adaptation in adaptation studies.

year: 2022

title: The policy of direct provision in Ireland: A violation of asylum seeker’s right to an adequate standard of housing

authors: Breen, Claire

subjects: Ireland

abstract: This article considers Ireland's policy of Direct Provision, which curtails severely the social welfare entitlements of asylum seekers. This article sets out the rights of asylum seekers in Ireland and explains the policy of Direct Provision. It analyses the right to adequate housing as provided for within the United Nations and the European legal frameworks. It acknowledges that such rights are subject to some limitations but argues that Ireland's policy of Direct Provision violates asylum seekers’ rights to an adequate standard of living, with particular focus on the right to adequate housing and the interrelated rights to food and health. It further argues that such limitations are discriminatory and that they undermine the fundamental principles of equality and human dignity. The article concludes that a correct interpretation of international and domestic law suggests that Ireland must abolish the policy of Direct Provision and revert to according social welfare entitlements on the basis of need rather than nationality.

text: The policy of direct provision in Ireland: A violation of asylum seeker’s right to an adequate standard of housing This article considers Ireland's policy of Direct Provision, which curtails severely the social welfare entitlements of asylum seekers. This article sets out the rights of asylum seekers in Ireland and explains the policy of Direct Provision. It analyses the right to adequate housing as provided for within the United Nations and the European legal frameworks. It acknowledges that such rights are subject to some limitations but argues that Ireland's policy of Direct Provision violates asylum seekers’ rights to an adequate standard of living, with particular focus on the right to adequate housing and the interrelated rights to food and health. It further argues that such limitations are discriminatory and that they undermine the fundamental principles of equality and human dignity. The article concludes that a correct interpretation of international and domestic law suggests that Ireland must abolish the policy of Direct Provision and revert to according social welfare entitlements on the basis of need rather than nationality.

year: 2008

title: An examination of genres and text-types in written Māori discourse: Analysis and pedagogic implications

authors: Houia-Roberts, Ngaere

abstract: The overall aim of this research project is to determine what genres and text-types are most commonly required of students at upper secondary and tertiary levels in Māori-medium educational settings (Chapter 4), and to further determine, in relation to the analysis of authentic texts written by educated users of the language who have a high level of proficiency, how such genres and text-types are typically structured (Chapters 5 and 6). It is intended that this information should provide teachers and students with a solid foundation for the development of the skills required to create written texts in Māori that are structured in ways that are as close as possible to authentic discourses written by educated and highly proficient users of the language (Chapter 7). The thesis begins by providing some background to the research and outlining the primary aims, research questions and research methods (Chapter 1). This is followed by a critical review of some general landmark publications in the area of genre and text-type (Chapter 2).More pedagogically-centred, process-oriented approaches to genre and text-type are then critically reviewed in the context of the design of the model which underpins the analyses conducted in the following chapters.

text: An examination of genres and text-types in written Māori discourse: Analysis and pedagogic implications The overall aim of this research project is to determine what genres and text-types are most commonly required of students at upper secondary and tertiary levels in Māori-medium educational settings (Chapter 4), and to further determine, in relation to the analysis of authentic texts written by educated users of the language who have a high level of proficiency, how such genres and text-types are typically structured (Chapters 5 and 6). It is intended that this information should provide teachers and students with a solid foundation for the development of the skills required to create written texts in Māori that are structured in ways that are as close as possible to authentic discourses written by educated and highly proficient users of the language (Chapter 7). The thesis begins by providing some background to the research and outlining the primary aims, research questions and research methods (Chapter 1). This is followed by a critical review of some general landmark publications in the area of genre and text-type (Chapter 2).More pedagogically-centred, process-oriented approaches to genre and text-type are then critically reviewed in the context of the design of the model which underpins the analyses conducted in the following chapters.

year: 2004