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Radical Revival as Adaptation, 1st ed. 2017
Theatre, Politics, Society
Adaptation in Theatre and Performance Series
Language: EnglishSupport: Print on demand
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Jozefina Komporaly is an academic and translator. She works on cultural exchanges between European and Anglophone performance traditions, through the lens of adaptation and translation. She is the author of Staging Motherhood (Palgrave, 2006), and edited the anthologies Matéi Visniec: How to Explain the History of Communism to Mental Patients and Other Plays (2015) and András Visky’s Barrack Dramaturgy: Memories of the Body (2017).
Includes analysis of a broad range of case studies, including work by Alexandru Tocilescu, Thomas Ostermeier, Silviu Purcarete, and Rimini Protokoll
Argues that radical adaptations can carve new and innovative paths in performance practice
Considers the broader question of the limits of adaptability in theatre
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras