[ecrea] Screen Plays CFP: Theatre and Television conference, Feb. 2015

Theatre and Television: Adaptation, Production, Performance
A call for papers for a one-day conference at the University of 
Westminster, Friday 20 February 2015

Proposals are invited for twenty-minute papers (or three-paper panels) 
addressing issues and topics related to theatre plays on British 
television from 1930 to the present. Strong proposals which engage with 
the history of theatre plays on the television networks of other 
countries and offer useful comparands with the British example will also 
be considered. In order to encourage a truly interdisciplinary 
discussion we warmly welcome proposals from scholars and postgraduate 
students engaged with adaptation studies, broadcasting and film 
histories, media and cultural studies, and the histories of theatre and 
performance. Possible topics for examination and exploration include, 
but are not limited to, the following:

    * The forms and screen languages of British television 
presentations of theatre plays.
    * The evolution of what may be regarded as the ‘normative’ style of 
studio drama, and the development of new forms within and beyond the studio.
    * Discussions of the concept of ‘adaptation’ applied to television 
productions of theatre plays.
    * Studies of particular genres, plays or playwrights across time.
    * Drama on television within educational contexts, such as school 
or university strands.
    * Audience and reception studies of how viewers engaged with these 
productions.
    * The changing social and cultural meanings of theatre on 
television and the ways in which these were regarded and exploited by 
broadcasters in particular historical circumstances.
    * The institutional, production, technological and aesthetic 
contexts of television adaptations within both broadcasting and British 
theatre.
    * The extensive commercial and cultural relationships between the 
theatre, individual companies and television.
    * The movement of practitioners between the spheres of theatre and 
television.
    * Comparative studies of theatre plays on radio and as produced for 
the British cinema.
    * The post-1980s decline of theatre on British television and the 
recent revival of interest in its possibilities in the multi-platform age.

Proposals in the form of a 250-word abstract and brief biography (or 
200-word panel outline, with accompanying individual abstracts and brief 
biographies), should be submitted to both John Wyver 
((john /at/ illuminationsmedia.co.uk)) and Dr Amanda Wrigley 
((a.wrigley /at/ westminster.ac.uk)) by Monday 30 June 2014.

This conference is the culminating event of the AHRC-funded research 
project Screen Plays: Theatre Plays on British Television. Screen Plays 
is concerned with all plays written for the theatre that have been 
produced for British television since 1930. The project documents and 
develops new critical approaches to the television presentation of these 
plays, seeking to understand the institutional, production, 
technological and aesthetic contexts for these adaptations within both 
broadcasting and British theatre. More can be read about the project’s 
aims, activities and research areas on the blog at 
http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com.

*With apologies for cross-posting.*

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Dr Amanda Wrigley, Research Fellow
Screen Plays: Theatre Plays on British Television
University of Westminster
http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com
http://amandawrigley.wordpress.com
@amanda_wrigley on Twitter



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