Performing adaptations : essays and conversations on the theory and practice of adaptation / edited by Michelle MacArthur, Lydia Wilkinson, and Keren Zaiontz.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF IMAGES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; THE ART OF REPEATING STORIES; DIGITAL PERFORMANCE, LIVE TECHNOLOGY; PACIFIST ANTIGONES; "LOOK INTO FENGO'S HOLE ... AND WIN!!"; THE GARDEN; "PRETTY, ISN'T IT?"; TIME AND UNCLE TOM; ADAPTATION AS REMEMBRANCE; INTERCULTURAL ADAPTATION IN MARKET OF TALES; CHICK JOINT; COLONIZING THE "ORIGINAL"; THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF ADAPTATION IN JOHN GREYSON'S LILIES; EMBRACING BEATRICE CHANCY; ADAPTING IDENTITIES; APPENDIX 1; APPENDIX 2; CONTRIBUTORS; EDITORS; INDEX.

Performing Adaptations: Conversations and Essays on the Theory and Practice of Adaptation brings together scholars and artists from across North America and the United Kingdom to contribute to the growing discourse on adaptation in the arts. An ideal text for students of theatre, drama, and performance studies, this volume offers a ground-breaking set of essays, interviews, and artistic reflections that assess adaptation from the perspective of live performance, an aspect of the field that ha ...

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