Drama reinvented
Subtitle: theatre adaptation in Ireland, 1970-2007
By: Thierry Dubost [editor]
Series: Dramaturgies -- no.28
Publisher: P.I.E. Peter Lang; P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales; P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Editions Scientifiques Internationales
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9789052018003
Subjects: Authors and theater; Theater; English drama; History and criticism; Stage adaptations; Irish authors; History
Work titles: Adaptation théâtrale en Irlande de 1970 à 2007. English
Description: This book examines the dramatic rewritings that emerged in the period 1970-2007, during which stage adaptations flourished in Ireland. The year 1970 marked the beginning of a significant theatrical renaissance in Ireland, recalling that which occurred in the early twentieth century. This renewal was characterized by the prominence of major playwrights such as Brian Friel, Tom Murphy and Thomas Kilroy. The essays collected in this volume seek to provide new perspectives on theatre adaptation in Ireland, while shedding light on the particular features of the contemporary Irish theatre landscape. Far from being an exhaustive history of theatre adaptation, these articles, using differing methodologies, investigate the many ways in which adaptation has left its imprint on Irish theatre since the 1970s. Appended to this book is a DVD that offers excerpts from a staged reading of Enda Walsh's Pondlife Angels. This DVD also includes the recording of a roundtable discussion, in which two Irish directors express their views on contemporary Irish theatre.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Thierry Dubost; title: THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ISSUES OF ADAPTATION; title: Adaptation(s): staging otherness or translation at play / Alain Labau; title: Stage adaptations and the Dublin Theatre Festival; title: IRISH THEATRE AND CLASSICS. Of birds and men, Aristophanes revisited/William Arrowsmith vs Paul Muldoon / Jacques Tranier; title: From Medea to Hester Swane: Marina Carr's rewriting of ethos in By the bog of cats / Helene Lecossois; title: Field Day revisits the Classics: Tom Paulin's The Riot Act / Martine Pelletier; title: IRISH THEATRE AND MODERN OR CONTEMPORARY THEATRE. Brian Friel's Theatrical Adaptations of Chekhov Works / Virginie Roche-Tiengo; title: A Doll's House by Frank McGuinness: an Expression of Irish Cosmopolitanism? / Matthieu Kolb; title: John McGahern's The power of darkness: palimpsest or pale incest? / Bertrand Cardin; title: Tragic Perspectives of a Comedy: The broken jug from Heinrich Von Kleist to John Banville / Makmouth Dia; title: BOLGER, ASPECTS OF ADAPTATION. A Keen Adaptation: "Caoineadh Airt U Laoghaire" and Bolger's The lament for Arthur Cleary / Christopher L. Berchild; title: B(e)aring uncomfortable truths: intranational translation as critical strategy in plays by Barry, Bolger and O'Kelly / Vic Merriman; title: From intrusion to integration in two recent plays by Dermot Bolger / Emile-Jean Dumay; title: ADAPTATIONS AND CHANGED WRITING MODES. Frank Pig says hello: rewritings / Mathias Lebargy; title: Atom Egoyan adapts Samuel Beckett: from theatre to television and back / Pascale Sardin; title: 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; title: The metamorphoses of Enrico IV, or Kilroyandello's Henry / Thierry Dubost; title: Pond life and Angels: Enda Walsh's adaptations to Cork / Anne Etienne; title: MEAT at the Midsummer Festival workshop / Donal Gallagher; title: Conclusion / Thierry Dubost.