{"product_id":"shakespeare-adaptation-modern-drama-1","title":"Shakespeare\/Adaptation\/Modern Drama","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe relationship between modern drama and Shakespeare remains intense and fruitful, as Shakespearian themes continue to permeate contemporary plays, films, and other art-forms. \u003cem\u003eShakespeare\/Adaptation\/Modern Drama\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book-length international study to examine the critical and theatrical connections among these fields, including the motivations, methods, and limits of adaptation in modern performance media.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Top scholars including Peter Holland, Alexander Leggatt, Brian Parker, and Stanley Wells examine such topics as the relationship between Shakespeare and modern drama in the context of current literary theories and historical accounts of adaptive and appropriative practices. Among the diverse and intriguing examples studied are the authorial self-adaptations of Tom Stoppard and Tennessee Williams, and the generic and political appropriations of Shakespeare's texts in television, musical theatre, and memoir. This illuminating and theoretically astute tribute to Renaissance and modern drama scholar Jill Levenson will stimulate further research on the evolving adaptive and intertextual relationships between influential literary works and periods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Edited by Randall Martin and Katherine Scheil","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53617689919868,"sku":"9781442689916","price":68.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781442689916.jpg?v=1731031059","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/shakespeare-adaptation-modern-drama-1","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}