Adaptations of Shakespeare: An Anthology of Plays from the 17th Century to the PresentDaniel Fischlin, Mark Fortier 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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... Marowitz • Hamletmachine Heiner Müller • Lear's Daughters The Women's Theatre Group and Elaine Feinstein • Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief Paula Vogel • This Island's Mine Philip Osment • Harlem Duet Djanet Sears Each play is ...
... Marowitz • Hamletmachine Heiner Müller • Lear's Daughters The Women's Theatre Group and Elaine Feinstein • Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief Paula Vogel • This Island's Mine Philip Osment • Harlem Duet Djanet Sears Each play is ...
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... Marowitz – Hameltmachine / Heiner Müller – Lear's daughters / The Women's Theatre Group and Elaine Feinstein – Desdemona / Paula Vogel – This island's mine / Philip Osment – Harlem duet / Djanet Sears. ISBN 0–415–19893–3 (hardback) ...
... Marowitz – Hameltmachine / Heiner Müller – Lear's daughters / The Women's Theatre Group and Elaine Feinstein – Desdemona / Paula Vogel – This island's mine / Philip Osment – Harlem duet / Djanet Sears. ISBN 0–415–19893–3 (hardback) ...
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... Marowitz Hamletmachine Heiner Müller Lear's Daughters The Women's Theatre Group and Elaine Feinstein Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief Paula Vogel This Island's Mine Philip Osment Harlem Duet Djanet Sears Further Adaptations vi 23 ...
... Marowitz Hamletmachine Heiner Müller Lear's Daughters The Women's Theatre Group and Elaine Feinstein Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief Paula Vogel This Island's Mine Philip Osment Harlem Duet Djanet Sears Further Adaptations vi 23 ...
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... Marowitz's rendition of Measure for Measure as oppressive nightmare; the collective feminist adaptation Lear's Daughters;Welcome Msomi's colourful and ritualized uMabatha, an African adaptation of Macbeth; Paula Vogel's lewd and ...
... Marowitz's rendition of Measure for Measure as oppressive nightmare; the collective feminist adaptation Lear's Daughters;Welcome Msomi's colourful and ritualized uMabatha, an African adaptation of Macbeth; Paula Vogel's lewd and ...
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... Marowitz's Measure for Measure. Marowitz uses no lines not in Shakespeare's original and proceeds solely by cutting, rearranging, and reassigning. There are none of the additions crucial to Cohn's category of adaptation. Nonetheless ...
... Marowitz's Measure for Measure. Marowitz uses no lines not in Shakespeare's original and proceeds solely by cutting, rearranging, and reassigning. There are none of the additions crucial to Cohn's category of adaptation. Nonetheless ...
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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