Sherlock Holmes from Screen to Stage

Post-Millennial Adaptations in British Theatre

Benjamin Poore (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

258 Seiten

2017 | 1st ed. 2017
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-46962-5 (ISBN)

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This book investigates the development of Sherlock Holmes adaptations in British theatre since the turn of the millennium. Sherlock Holmes has become a cultural phenomenon all over again in the twenty-first century, as a result of the television series Sherlock and Elementary, and films like Mr Holmes and the Guy Ritchie franchise starring Robert Downey Jr. In the light of these new interpretations, British theatre has produced timely and topical responses to developments in the screen Sherlocks’ stories. Moreover, stage Sherlocks of the last three decades have often anticipated the knowing, metafictional tropes employed by screen adaptations. This study traces the recent history of Sherlock Holmes in the theatre, about which very little has been written for an academic readership. It argues that the world of Sherlock Holmes is conveyed in theatre by a variety of games that activate new modes of audience engagement.

Benjamin Poore is Lecturer in Theatre at the University of York. He is the author of Heritage, Nostalgia and Modern British Theatre (Palgrave, 2011) and Theatre & Empire (Palgrave, 2016). He is the author of numerous articles on the adaptation and afterlives of Victorian fiction on screen and stage.

1. Chapter 1.- 2. Chapter 2.- 3. Chapter 3.- 4. Chapter 4.- 5. Chapter 5.- 6. Chapter 6.- 7. Chapter 7.- 8. Chapter 8.- 9. Chapter 9.- Works Cited.

Erscheinungsdatum	12.09.2017
Reihe/Serie	Adaptation in Theatre and Performance
Zusatzinfo	VIII, 258 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
Schlagworte	Adaptation Theory • Arthur Conan Doyle • Benedict Cumberbatch • Canon • detective • Film • Robert Downey jr. • Television • Theatre
ISBN-10	1-137-46962-5 / 1137469625
ISBN-13	978-1-137-46962-5 / 9781137469625
Zustand	Neuware