Sinophone Adaptations of Shakespeare

Sinophone Adaptations of Shakespeare

by Alexa Alice Joubin
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 08/08/2022

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Shakespeare’s tragedies have been performed in the Sinophone world for over two centuries. Hamlet, Macbeth, and King Lear are three of the most frequently adapted plays. They have been re-imagined as political theatre, comedic parody, Chinese opera, avant-garde theatre, and experimental theatre in Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan. This ground-breaking anthology features the first English translations of seven influential adaptations from 1987 to 2007 across a number of traditional and modern performance genres in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Taipei. Each of the book's three sections offers a pair of two contrasting versions of each tragedy - in two distinct genres - for comparative analysis. This anthology is an indispensable tool for the teaching and research of Sinophone theatre's engagement with Western classics in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

ISBN:
9783030929930
9783030929930
Category:
Theatre studies
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
08-08-2022
Language:
English
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing

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