Lady Macbeth Sings Traditional Korean Ballad: An Interview With Tae-Sook Han
Tae-sook Han’s 2016 production of Lady Macbeth, a Changgeuk (Korean traditional opera),...
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Adaptation
“The Butterfly’s Evil Spell” – Federico García Lorca’s First Premiere. From the Eslava Theatre to “Sala del Mariano”
Lorca’s first play contains beautiful verses. However, its characters, a group of insects did not...
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Two Shakespeare Adaptations in Iran
How do Iranian artists adapt Shakespeare’s drama? The Iranian directors, Mohammad Aghebati and...
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Adaptation of “Huzur” An Iconic Turkish Novel by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar at the State Theatre
State Theatre revived Kenan Işık’s adaptation of Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar’s Huzur, or A...
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Adapting for Transmedia – Part II
Felix Mortimer is a former member of Punchdrunk who has gone on to found RETZ with Simon Ryninks...
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Adapting For Transmedia – Part I
Felix Mortimer is a former member of Punchdrunk who has gone on to found RETZ with Simon Ryninks...
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“Don Juan in Soho” Featuring David Tennant
Updating the classics is not without its pitfalls. How can a modern audience, which has a...
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How “Cutting Up” Shakespeare’s Plays Can Be An Act Of Creative Destruction
The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) has been the site of many creative adaptations of...
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“Peer Gynt” [recycled] by Auckland Theatre Company
The concepts of the self and the troll are at the heart of this adaptation by Eli Kent, alongside an investigation of the nature of theatre itself. This is a resolutely post-modern, meta-theatrical play that tackles themes that resonate powerfully with the currently very prevalent culture of narcissism and self-interest.
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“Mahabharata”: A War Epic in Puppetry
Anurupa Roy’s much-feted Mahabharata thrilled audience with the innovative use of puppetry in...
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Hamlet-Inspired “Love in Idleness” at the Menier Chocolate Factory
The rehabilitation of playwright Terence Rattigan has surpassed even the stage when not only are...
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Theatre Review: “The Little Prince” An Inventive Russian Take On Saint-Exupéry’s Modern Classic
The Little Prince–the classic novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry–is about a pilot stranded in the...
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“Bidehi” or Ibsen’s “Ghosts” in Bengali: A Rare Experience of Translation/Adaptation on Stage
It was a socialite evening at Uttam Manch on 14 January, while the mercury was dipping low, making...
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Conversation With Iván Pérez, The Founder of INNE and Choreographer for Song of the Goat Theatre
In 2016 Song of the Goat Theatre celebrated the twentieth anniversary of its existence. Founded by...
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A New Version of Christopher Marlowe’s “Tamburlaine” by Yellow Earth Opens in London
Global Shakespeare has been a phenomenon of adaptation, translation, cultural appropriation and...
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Cheek by Jowl’s “The Winter’s Tale” – A Stone, A Woman, A Journey
Molly Ziegler reviews Cheek by Jowl’s adaptation of The Winter’s Tale at Glasgow’ Citizen’s Theatre.
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Cosmologizing Social Evil in Dulaang UP’s “Faust”
Dulaang UP’s current production, Rody Vera’s Filipino adaptation of Faust, directed by José...
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Anthony Burgess’ “A Clockwork Orange” at Park Theatre
There are few modern literary fables that really resonate in the wider culture. And most that do...
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Headlong Theatre’s “1984”: Orwell’s Nightmare or a Smug Satire for The Inner Party?
Orwell’s novel 1984 is currently a bestseller in the U.S. We can soon expect many...
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A Mixture Of New Elements Brings A Classic Indian Play To Life
With its debut production of Jaisi Karni Waisi Bharni presented at the 21st Urdu Drama Festival in...
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