THE 1956 DEBATE. SUBVERTING THE PRIMACY OF THE TEXT?
THE 1956 DEBATE. SUBVERTING THE PRIMACY OF THE TEXT?
Author(s): Viviana IacobSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: socialist realism; theatricality; cultural adaptation; Shakespeare
Summary/Abstract: the article presents a series of stage adaptations for Shakespeare’s “As you like it” in order to show how the 1956 debate on “retheatricalizing the theatre” impacted theatre practice in Communist Romania. Shakespeare’s play is seen here as a case study with the potential to outline the process of adapting classical texts to socialist realist performance rigors and to act as a conduit for transforming Stalinist theatre culture after 1956.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 06
- Page Range: 1321-1330
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English