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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword: The ghosts of history redux: intertextuality, rewriting, adaptation / by Jozefina Komporaly -- Introduction: The Russian and French masters. The political ghosts and ideological phantasms of Nic Ularu's The cherry orchard, a sequel -- Adapting Molière and Jules Verne to Soviet censorship: Mikhail Bulgakov's A cabal of hypocrites and The crimson island -- György Spiró's The impostor: rethinking Molière's Tartuffe for communist Hungary -- Shakespeare in Central and Eastern Europe. Stalinist "traitors" and "saboteurs": Matéï Vișniec's Richard III will not take place or scenes from the life of Meyerhold -- Staging Hamlet as political no exit in Géza Bereményi'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 -- Conclusion. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Adaptations -- History and criticism.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
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Adaptations.
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East European drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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East European drama. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Russian drama -- Adaptations -- History and criticism.
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Russian drama. |
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Adaptations. |
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French drama -- Adaptations -- History and criticism.
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French drama. |
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English drama -- Adaptations -- History and criticism.
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English drama -- Adaptations. |
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English drama. |
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Communism and literature -- Europe, Eastern.
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Communism and literature. |
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Eastern Europe. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Orlich, Ileana Alexandra. Subversive stages. Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2016 9789633861165 (DLC) 2016008438 |
| ISBN |
9789633861189 (electronic book) |
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9633861187 (electronic book) |
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9789633861165 (hardcover) |
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