Adaptation and Nation
Theatrical Contexts for Contemporary English and Irish Drama
1st Edition
Published on 17. November 2017
IX, 185 pages
978-1-137-42587-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book focuses on modern theatrical adaptations that rework classic plays in new British and Irish settings. It explores these shifted national contexts and examines what they might reveal about the political and cultural climate of the new setting. In examining the modern setting alongside the country of the original text, it also reveals fascinating resonances between two different national contexts. The book discusses five British and Irish playwrights and their current adaptations, examining well-known dramatists such as Martin McDonagh, Sarah Kane and Brian Friel, while analysing some of their less well-known plays, offering a novel examination of the adaptation process. The book further provides an insightful commentary on some significant events of the twentieth century in Britain and Ireland, such as the historic Labour victory of 1945 and scandals in the Royal Family since the 1990s. This book will appeal to theatre and performance enthusiasts, as well as students and scholars of both theatre and adaptation.
Reviews / Votes
"The [book] supply useful indices and are edited to high academic Standards . . They can be wholeheartedly recommended and testify to the vibrancy of adaptation studies way beyond the traditional novel-into-film model." (Eckart Voigts, Journal of Contemporary Drama in English, Vol. 8 (2), 2020)
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
IX, 185 p.
File size
1,86 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-137-42587-4 (9781137425874)
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-42587-4
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
11/2017
Palgrave Macmillan
€80.24
Shipment within 10-20 days
Person
Catherine Rees is Lecturer in Drama at Loughborough University, UK. She works primarily on contemporary British and Irish playwrights, and has published on Martin McDonagh, Sarah Kane and Harold Pinter. She is especially interested in questions of nationalism, gender and political theatre.
Content
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Brian Friel.- Chapter 3. Marina Carr.- Chapter 4. Sarah Kane.- Chapter 5. Patrick Marber.- Chapter 6. "An Interlude".- Chapter 7. Martin McDonagh.- Chapter 8. Conclusion.- Bibliography.- Index.
