The Afterlives of Narratives

Adaptation and Appropriation in British Theatre and Performance

Uğur Ada (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

209 Seiten

2025 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-0364-5739-6 (ISBN)

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This book presents a critical analysis of processes through which narratives are reinterpreted across media, genres, and cultural frameworks within the context of British theatre and performance. Discussing case studies from classical and contemporary texts to verbatim and digital theatre, this interdisciplinary volume interrogates the concepts of adaptation and appropriation as both aesthetic strategies and cultural practices. Contributors engage with literary works by Zadie Smith, William Shakespeare, and others to explore how theatre and performance recreates narratives within the context of contemporary issues, techniques and practices. Considering adaptation and appropriation within broader theatrical and socio-political discourses, the volume promotes the dialogic relationship between source texts and their reimaginings. This edited volume is an essential resource for performers and researchers in theatre and performance studies, adaptation theory, and cultural studies, offering authentic perspectives on the afterlives of narrative in contemporary British theatre and performance.

Uğur Ada is currently working as Assistant Professor Doctor at Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University in Türkiye. He holds a PhD degree and his dissertation is entitled "Theatre in Education and the Analysis of Edward Bond's Big Brum Plays within the Context of Theatre in Education". His research areas are Contemporary British Theatre, Applied Theatre/Drama, In-Yer-Face Theatre, and Theatre and Young People. He authored Eğitimde Tiyatro/Theatre in Education (TiE) (2021), and edited Edward Bond: Bondian Drama and Young Audience (2023) and British Theatre and Young People: Theory and Performance in the 21st Century (2025).

Erscheinungsdatum	20.09.2025
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-0364-5739-7 / 1036457397
ISBN-13	978-1-0364-5739-6 / 9781036457396
Zustand	Neuware