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173 - Popular Adaptations for Theater

from Part XVIII - Shakespeare and Popular Culture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 August 2019

By
Jill Levenson
Edited by
Bruce R. Smith
Edited in association with
Katherine Rowe
With
Ton Hoenselaars ,
Akiko Kusunoki ,
Andrew Murphy  and
Aimara da Cunha Resende
Bruce R. Smith
Affiliation:
University of Southern California
Katherine Rowe
Affiliation:
Smith College, Massachusetts
Ton Hoenselaars
Affiliation:
Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Akiko Kusunoki
Affiliation:
Tokyo Woman’s Christian University, Japan
Andrew Murphy
Affiliation:
Trinity College Dublin
Aimara da Cunha Resende
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
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adaptations of Shakespeare’s life for theaterBond, EdwardBrecht, BertoltChekhov, AntonDane, Clemence (Winifred Ashton)feminist adaptations of Shakespeare for theaterGarcía Lorca, FedericoJarry, AlfredMarowitz, Charlesmodern dramaOtway, Thomaspostcolonial adaptations of Shakespeare for theaterShaw, George BernardStein, PeterStoppard, TomThe Wars of the Roses (1963)Wesker, ArnoldWhelan, PeterYiddish adaptations of Romeo and Juliet for theater
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The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare , pp. 1297 - 1305
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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Further reading

Cohn, Ruby. Modern Shakespeare Offshoots. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1976.Google Scholar
Dionne, Craig, and Kapadia, Parmita, eds. Native Shakespeares: Indigenous Appropriations on a Global Stage. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2008.Google Scholar
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Hattaway, Michael, Sokolova, Boika, and Roper, Derek, eds. Shakespeare in the New Europe. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic, 1994.Google Scholar
Hortmann, Wilhelm. Shakespeare on the German Stage. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.Google Scholar
Kennedy, Dennis, ed. Foreign Shakespeare: Contemporary Performance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.Google Scholar
Massai, Sonia, ed. World-wide Shakespeares: Local Appropriations in Film and Performance. London: Routledge, 2005.Google Scholar
Ruru, Li. Shashibiya: Staging Shakespeare in China. Hong Kong: Hong Kong UP, 2003.Google Scholar
Sasayama, Takashi, Mulryne, J. R., and Shewring, Margaret, eds. Shakespeare and the Japanese Stage. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.Google Scholar
Triverdi, Poonam, and Bartholomeusz, Dennis, eds. India’s Shakespeare: Translation, Inter-pretation, and Performance. Part III. Newark: U of Delaware P, 2005.Google Scholar

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