{"product_id":"adaptation-in-contemporary-theatre-frances-babbage-9781472531421","title":"Adaptation in Contemporary Theatre: Performing Literature","description":"Why are so many theatre productions adaptations of one kind of another? Why do contemporary practitioners turn so frequently to non-dramatic texts for inspiration? This study explores the fascination of novels, short stories, children's books and autobiographies for theatre makers and examines what 'becomes' of such texts when these are filtered into contemporary practice that includes physical theatre, multimedia performance, puppetry, immersive and site-specific performance, and live art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough its prologue and substantial first chapter, \u003ci\u003eAdaptation in Contemporary Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e sets out a series of fresh critical perspectives on the theory of adaptation in theatre-making. Subsequent chapters are devoted to the various literary sources for adaptation, with each chapter examining the characteristic features, restrictions and potency presented by the source material, before tracing the ways that they are played out in recent performance projects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frances Babbage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472531426\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472531421\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.59d","brand":"Frances Babbage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935478644991,"sku":"9781472531421","price":46.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ab600279-93ad-44b8-a7e4-3500f80b363d.jpg?v=1681420039","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/adaptation-in-contemporary-theatre-frances-babbage-9781472531421","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}