[Commlist] New book: Adapting Performance Between Stage and Screen

Intellect is pleased to share that /*Adapting Performance Between Stage 
and Screen 
<https://www.intellectbooks.com/adapting-performance-between-stage-and-screen>*/, 
by Victoria Lowe, is now out in paperback!

'/Lowe’s accessible writing style makes this not only an informative but 
also a pleasurable read for everyone with an interest in performances on 
either stage or screen./'
- Georgia Brown, /Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television/

/Adapting Performance Between Stage and Screen/ explores how cultural 
values can be articulated in the act of translating between mediums. The 
book takes as its subject the interaction between film and theatre and 
argues that, rather than emphasising differences between the two 
mediums, the emphasis should be placed on elements that they share, in 
particular the emphasis on performance and the participation in an 
event. It uses a number of case studies to show how this relationship is 
affected by changes in technology – the coming of film sound, the 
invention of live-casting – and in the nature of the event being offered 
to particular audiences. These examples, ranging from the well-known to 
the obscure, are all treated with relevant and knowledgeable analysis 
and a strong and appropriate sense of context.

The book offers a welcome overview of previous work in this area and 
demonstrates the importance of basing analysis on historical context, as 
well as giving new insights into some familiar examples. Discussion 
ranges from Steven Spielberg and Alfred Hitchcock to Robert Lepage and 
Ivo van Hove. There are detailed analyses of /Alfie/, /Gone Too Far/ and 
/Festen/ as well as authoritative analyses of NT Live performances and 
British New Wave cinema.


*_Table of Contents
_*
*Introduction*
*Part One: Practices*

    *Chapter 1:* Stage to Screen Adaptation and Performance/Production:
    Space, Design, Acting, Sound

    *Chapter 2:* Screen to Stage Adaptation: Theatre as Medium/Hyper-Medium

    *Chapter 3: *Stage to Screen Adaptation and the Performance Event:
    Live Broadcast as Adaptation

*Part Two: Histories*

    *Chapter 4:* The Introduction of Sound and ‘Canned’ Theatre
    *Chapter 5:* The British New Wave on Stage and Screen
    *Chapter 6: *Staging ‘British Cinema’

*Conclusion*


Please visit our website for more information:
www.intellectbooks.com/adapting-performance-between-stage-and-screen 
<http://www.intellectbooks.com/adapting-performance-between-stage-and-screen>

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