- Title Pages
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on References
- Introduction
-
1 Textual Shakespeare -
2 Shakespeare and Poetry -
3 Shakespeare and The Novel -
4 Shakespeare and Translation -
5 Shakespeare Anthologized -
6 Shakespeare and Biography -
7 Shakespeare and Early Modern Music -
8 Shakespeare and Opera -
9 Shakespeare and Classical Music -
10 Shakespeare and Musical Theatre -
11 Shakespeare, Ballet and Dance -
12 Shakespeare and Popular Music -
13 Shakespeare and Drama -
14 Shakespeare and The Renaissance Stage -
15 Shakespeare and The Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Stage -
16 Shakespeare and The Victorian Stage -
17 Shakespeare and The Modern Stage -
18 Shakespeare and Contemporary Performance Spaces -
19 Shakespeare for Children -
20 Shakespeare and Teenagers -
21 Shakespeare and The Comic Book -
22 Shakespeare, Portraiture, Painting and Prints -
23 Shakespeare, Sculpture and The Material Arts -
24 Shakespeare Exhibition and Festival Culture -
25 Shakespeare and Silent Film -
26 Shakespeare on Film, 1930–90 -
27 Shakespeare on Film, 1990–2010 -
28 Shakespeare on Television -
29 Shakespeare and Radio -
30 Shakespeare on The Internet and in Digital Media - Notes on Contributors
- Index
Shakespeare and Drama
Shakespeare and Drama
- Chapter:
- (p.239) 13 Shakespeare and Drama
- Source:
- The Edinburgh Companion to Shakespeare and the Arts
- Author(s):
Lucy Munro
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
This chapter addresses adaptation as product and process, underlining how generic changes and gender switches invariably informed the movement of Shakespeare from his own stage into other stages. Modern dramatic figures such as Mary Lou Rosato and Richard Curtis are illustrative here. The Tamer Tamed is an early example of the very direct influence that Shakespeare's work has exerted on the plays of his contemporaries and successors though the practice of adaptation. The majority of adaptations rework narrative, many condensing the text and most altering at least some key sequences or stress points. The use of design and setting is important to theatrical adaptation. Shakespeare's plays may be celebrated or critiqued, dissected or reassembled, embellished or stripped bare; their use in new works may provoke cosy familiarity or nostalgia, or it may create something closer to a Brechtian alienation effect. However, they have proved difficult to ignore.
Keywords: Shakespeare, drama, theatrical adaptation, Mary Lou Rosato, Richard Curtis, gender
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- Title Pages
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on References
- Introduction
-
1 Textual Shakespeare -
2 Shakespeare and Poetry -
3 Shakespeare and The Novel -
4 Shakespeare and Translation -
5 Shakespeare Anthologized -
6 Shakespeare and Biography -
7 Shakespeare and Early Modern Music -
8 Shakespeare and Opera -
9 Shakespeare and Classical Music -
10 Shakespeare and Musical Theatre -
11 Shakespeare, Ballet and Dance -
12 Shakespeare and Popular Music -
13 Shakespeare and Drama -
14 Shakespeare and The Renaissance Stage -
15 Shakespeare and The Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Stage -
16 Shakespeare and The Victorian Stage -
17 Shakespeare and The Modern Stage -
18 Shakespeare and Contemporary Performance Spaces -
19 Shakespeare for Children -
20 Shakespeare and Teenagers -
21 Shakespeare and The Comic Book -
22 Shakespeare, Portraiture, Painting and Prints -
23 Shakespeare, Sculpture and The Material Arts -
24 Shakespeare Exhibition and Festival Culture -
25 Shakespeare and Silent Film -
26 Shakespeare on Film, 1930–90 -
27 Shakespeare on Film, 1990–2010 -
28 Shakespeare on Television -
29 Shakespeare and Radio -
30 Shakespeare on The Internet and in Digital Media - Notes on Contributors
- Index
