DRAMA / Adaptations

Current paper · Semantic Scholar

ABSTRACT Sinologist Andrew Lam once presented The Peony Pavilion (Mudan Ting,《牡丹亭》) as “Romeo and Juliet of the East.” Tang Xianzu also mentioned “Four dreams in my life, I am only satisfied with The Peony Pavilion.” Although The Peony Pavilion is not as well-known as Romeo and Juliet worldwide, its cultural imprint is noticeable in its adaptations. Sinologist Cyril Birch takes it as the best work of lyricism i…

Reference · Wikidata

play adapted from work in another medium or from another play

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

In a theatrical adaptation, material from another artistic medium, such as a novel or a film is re-written according to the needs and requirements of the theatre and turned into a play or musical.

Book · DOAB

Encompassing a wide variety of genres, media and art forms across a broad historical scope, this open access book identifies central strategies of serialization in Shakespeare’s plays and their adaptations. Beginning with an introduction that theorizes the method of reading Shakespeare serially on page, stage and screen, the first section investigates Shakespeare himself as a serial writer and serial rewritings of S…

Full text · Open Library

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