Adaptations of Shakespeare: An Anthology of Plays from the 17th Century to the PresentDaniel Fischlin, Mark Fortier Routledge, 2014 M05 1 - 328 pages Shakespeare's plays have been adapted or rewritten in various, often surprising, ways since the seventeenth century. This groundbreaking anthology brings together twelve theatrical adaptations of Shakespeares work from around the world and across the centuries. The plays include The Woman's Prize or the Tamer Tamed John Fletcher The History of King Lear Nahum Tate King Stephen: A Fragment of a Tragedy John Keats The Public (El P(blico) Federico Garcia Lorca The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Bertolt Brecht uMabatha Welcome Msomi Measure for Measure Charles Marowitz Hamletmachine Heiner Müller Lears Daughters The Womens Theatre Group & Elaine Feinstein Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief Paula Vogel This Islands Mine Philip Osment Harlem Duet Djanet Sears Each play is introduced by a concise, informative introduction with suggestions for further reading. The collection is prefaced by a detailed General Introduction, which offers an invaluable examination of issues related to |
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... Lear Nahum Tate • King Stephen: A Dramatic Fragment John Keats • The Public (Elpúblico) Federico García Lorca • The ... Lear's Daughters The Women's Theatre Group and Elaine Feinstein • Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief Paula Vogel ...
... Lear Nahum Tate • King Stephen: A Dramatic Fragment John Keats • The Public (Elpúblico) Federico García Lorca • The ... Lear's Daughters The Women's Theatre Group and Elaine Feinstein • Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief Paula Vogel ...
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... Lear / Nahum Tate – King Stephen / John Keats – The public / Federico García Lorca – The resistible rise of Arturo ... Lear's daughters / The Women's Theatre Group and Elaine Feinstein – Desdemona / Paula Vogel – This island's mine ...
... Lear / Nahum Tate – King Stephen / John Keats – The public / Federico García Lorca – The resistible rise of Arturo ... Lear's daughters / The Women's Theatre Group and Elaine Feinstein – Desdemona / Paula Vogel – This island's mine ...
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... Lear Nahum Tate King Stephen: A Dramatic Fragment John Keats The Public (El público) Federico García Lorca The ... Lear's Daughters The Women's Theatre Group and Elaine Feinstein Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief Paula Vogel This ...
... Lear Nahum Tate King Stephen: A Dramatic Fragment John Keats The Public (El público) Federico García Lorca The ... Lear's Daughters The Women's Theatre Group and Elaine Feinstein Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief Paula Vogel This ...
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... Lear, Romeo and Juliet, Richard III, Measure for Measure, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and The Tempest. Othello and King Lear are represented in more than one adaptation. This is because these plays, along with Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and ...
... Lear, Romeo and Juliet, Richard III, Measure for Measure, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and The Tempest. Othello and King Lear are represented in more than one adaptation. This is because these plays, along with Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and ...
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... Lear's Daughters;Welcome Msomi's colourful and ritualized uMabatha, an African adaptation of Macbeth; Paula Vogel's lewd and surprising Desdemona, an adaptation of Othello; Philip Osment's This Island's Mine, which brings the colonial ...
... Lear's Daughters;Welcome Msomi's colourful and ritualized uMabatha, an African adaptation of Macbeth; Paula Vogel's lewd and surprising Desdemona, an adaptation of Othello; Philip Osment's This Island's Mine, which brings the colonial ...
Contents
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The History of King Lear | 66 |
A Dramatic Fragment | 97 |
The Public El público | 103 |
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui | 125 |
uMabatha | 164 |
Measure for Measure | 188 |
Hamletmachine | 208 |
Lears Daughters | 215 |
A Play About a Handkerchief | 233 |
This Islands Mine | 255 |
Harlem Duet | 285 |
Further Adaptations | 318 |
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