Ibsen, Strindberg and the Intimate Theatre: Studies in TV Presentation - Couverture souple

Trnqvist, Egil

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9053563504 ISBN 13 : 9789053563502

Editeur : Amsterdam University Press, 1999

Synopsis

Although television drama has existed for more than half a century and is now, in terms of audience participation, the dominant form of theatre, "there is as yet hardly any serious criticism of drama on television." Martin Esslin's statement ten years ago still holds true. Seeing it as a challenge, Egil T�rnqvist compares various Scandinavian and British TV versions of some of Ibsen's and Strindberg's best known plays. By means of close readings of textual passages, followed by transcriptions and analyses of the corresponding passages in the productions, T�rnqvist throws a revealing light on the difference between the textual and the audiovisual medium as well as between various directorial approaches. The first book to deal with the adaptation of stage drama to the small screen, it fills a gap both for students of drama and theatre and for those generally interested in television drama as an art form.

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À propos de l'auteur

Egil T�rnqvist (19.12.1932 - 9.3.2015) was professor emeritus of Scandinavian studies at the University of Amsterdam, author of Drama as Text and Performance, and a leading Strindberg and Bergman scholar. In 2004, he received the renowned Strindberg Prize.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Amsterdam University Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9053563504
• ISBN 13: 9789053563502
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
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• Personne responsable: non disponible