Sinophone Adaptations of Shakespeare

An Anthology, 1987-2007

Buch | Hardcover

XV, 288 Seiten

2022 | 1st ed. 2022
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-92992-3 (ISBN)

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Shakespeare's tragedies have been performed in the Sinophone world for over two centuries. Hamlet, Macbeth, and King Lear are three of the most frequently adapted plays. They have been re-imagined as political theatre, comedic parody, Chinese opera, avant-garde theatre, and experimental theatre in Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan. This ground-breaking anthology features the first English translations of seven influential adaptations from 1987 to 2007 across a number of traditional and modern performance genres in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Taipei. Each of the book's three sections offers a pair of two contrasting versions of each tragedy - in two distinct genres - for comparative analysis. This anthology is an indispensable tool for the teaching and research of Sinophone theatre's engagement with Western classics in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

lt;p>Alexa Alice Joubin is Professor of English, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Theatre, International Affairs, and East Asian Languages and Literatures at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where she co-founded and co-directs the Digital Humanities Institute. Her latest book is Shakespeare and East Asia (2021).

Chapter 1. Sinophone Shakespeares: A Critical Introduction, Alexa Alice Joubin.- Part 1. Existentialist Questions in Post-socialist China and Post-Martial-Law Taiwan.- Chapter 2. Hamlet as Political Theatre in Beijing: by Lin Zhaohua (1990), translated by Steven L. Riep and Ronald Kimmons and introduced by Steven Riep.- Chapter 3. Hamlet as Parody in Taipei: Shamlet (Hamlet) by Lee Kuo-hsiu (1992 / 2008), translated by Christopher Rea and introduced by Alexa Alice Joubin.- Part 2. Bewitched by Kunqu Opera and Avant-Garde Theatre.- Chapter 4. An Operatic Macbeth in Shanghai: Story of Bloody Hands by Huang Zuolin (1987 / 2008), translated by Siyuan Liu and introduced by Alexa Alice Joubin.- Chapter 5. A Feminist Macbeth in Tainan: The Witches' Sonata by Lü Po-shen (2007), translated and introduced by Yilin Chen.- Part 3. Self-Identities in Traditional and Experimental Jingju Opera.- Chapter 6. A Confucian King Lear in Shanghai: King Qi's Dream (King Lear) by Shanghai Jingju Theatre Company (1995), translated by Dongshin Chang and introduced by Alexa Alice Joubin.- Chapter 7. A Buddhist King Lear in Taipei: Lear Is Here by Wu Hsing-kuo , Contemporary Legend Theatre (2001), translated and introduced by Alexa Alice Joubin.- Coda: Chapter 8. Coda: Theatrical Bricolage of Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth,and Othello in Beijing, 1986

Erscheinungsdatum	09.05.2022
Reihe/Serie	Global Shakespeares
Zusatzinfo	XV, 288 p.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	524 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
Schlagworte	East Asia • global Shakespeare • Hamlet • Intercultural Theatre • King Lear • Macbeth • Shakespearean Adaptation • sinophone • Translation
ISBN-10	3-030-92992-2 / 3030929922
ISBN-13	978-3-030-92992-3 / 9783030929923
Zustand	Neuware