Subversive Stages : Theater in Pre- and Post-Communist Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria /

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Exploring theater practices in communist and post-communist Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, this book analyzes intertextuality or "inter-theatricality" as a political strategy, designed to criticize contemporary political conditions while at the same time trying to circumvent censorship. Pl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Orlich, Ileana Alexandra (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Central European University Press, an imprint of the Central European University Limited Liability Company, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Adaptations > History and criticism.
Literature > Adaptations.
English drama > Adaptations.
East European drama.
Communism and literature.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > History & Criticism.
Communisme et litterature > Europe de l'Est.
Theâtre est-europeen > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Communism and literature > Europe, Eastern.
English drama > Adaptations > History and criticism.
French drama > Adaptations > History and criticism.
Russian drama > Adaptations > History and criticism.
East European drama > 20th century > History and criticism.
Eastern Europe.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The political ghosts and ideological phantasms of Nic Ularu's The cherry orchard, a sequel
  • Adapting Moliere and Jules Verne to Soviet censorship: Mikhail Bulgakov's A cabal of hypocrites and The crimson island
  • György Spiró's The impostor: rethinking Moliere's Tartuffe for communist Hungary
  • Shakespeare in Central and Eastern Europe. Stalinist "traitors" and "saboteurs": Mateï Vișniec's Richard III will not take place or scenes from the life of Meyerhold
  • Staging Hamlet as political no exit in Geza Beremenyi's Halmi
  • Nedyalko Yordanov's The murder of Gonzago: reading Bulgaria's communist political culture through Shakespeare's Hamlet
  • Inserting god into politics. Specters of state power, history, and politics of the stage: Vlad Zografi's Peter or the sun spots
  • Inserting god into the communist personality cult: Stefan Tsanev's The other death of Joan of Arc

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