TY - BOOK AU - Gay,Ignacio Ramos AU - Gay,Ignacio Ramos TI - Adaptations, Versions and Perversions in Modern British Drama SN - 9781443868693 AV - PR737 -- .A33 2013eb U1 - 792.0941 PY - 2013/// CY - Newcastle-upon-Tyne PB - Cambridge Scholars Publishing KW - English drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I - CULTURAL DIALOGUES IN THE BRITISH THEATRE -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- PART II - TRANSLATING AND ADAPTING FOR FOREIGN AUDIENCES -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- CHAPTER NINE -- CHAPTER TEN -- CONTRIBUTORS N2 - This book aims to explore which plays were deemed ‘suitable’ to be reworked for foreign or local stages; what transformations - linguistic, semiotic, theatrical - were undertaken so as to accommodate international audiences; how national literary traditions are forged, altered, and diluted by means of transnational adapting techniques; and, finally, to what extent the categorical boundaries between original plays and adaptations may be blurred on the account of such adjusting textual strategi UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1810303 ER -