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Transposing drama

Transposing drama

by Egil Törnqvist

1990DramaTranslatingHistory and criticismAdaptationsBearbeitung
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An examination of five plays with regard to two traditional types of transposition, translation and stage performance, and two more recent types of radio and TV production. The plays are: "A Doll's House", "The Wild Duck", "Miss Julie", "Ghost Sonata" and "Long Day's Journey into Night."

Themes & subjects

DramaTranslatingHistory and criticismAdaptationsBearbeitungTheater, production and direction
First published 1990

Author

Egil Törnqvist

First published

1990

Pages

216

Read time

≈ 5h

Editions

1

Language

English

Publisher

Macmillan Education

ISBN

0333440625

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