CONRAD’S ARTISTIC RETURNS: PERSPECTIVES ON A BULGARIAN DEBUT IN STAGING HEART OF DARKNESS
CONRAD’S ARTISTIC RETURNS: PERSPECTIVES ON A BULGARIAN DEBUT IN STAGING HEART OF DARKNESS
Author(s): Margreta Grigorova, Petya TsonevaSubject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Polish Literature, Theory of Literature, British Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Joseph Conrad; Heart of Darkness; Valeria Valcheva; performing arts; theatrical reception; theatrical translation; experimental theatre;
Summary/Abstract: Since 1989 (the fall of Communism) the performing arts in Bulgaria have suffered a long process of transition dominated by a certain dialectic tension between the necessity to meet economic needs and the desire to open new venues for dramatic art. Against this background and contributing its own perceptive “reading” of Heart of Darkness to Conrad’s Bulgarian reception, on the eve of the vigorous celebration of his 160th anniversary in 2017, stage director Valeria Valcheva’s theatrical adaptation represents a remarkable debut rendition of Conrad’s fiction. The aim of this article is to explore how her idiosyncratic, creative, poetically recognizable approach lends a new form to Conrad’s recurrent relocation in modern and contemporary Bulgarian art.
Journal: Yearbook of Conrad Studies (Poland)
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: XIV
- Page Range: 35-59
- Page Count: 25
- Language: English