Theatre and Adaptation

Acknowledgements Introduction: Return, Rewrite, Repeat: The Theatricality of Adaptation Margherita Laera Part 1: Return, Rewrite, Repeat 1. 'It's Very Tied to the Content of the Play': Adrian Kohler, Basil Jones, Mervyn Millar and Jane Taylor of Handspring Puppet Company in Conversation with Nadia Davids 2. Social and Theatrical Adaptation: Grzegorz Jarzyna in conversation with Paul Allain 3. Creating X-Rays of the Text to Dissect the Present: Ivo van Hove of Toneelgroep Amsterdam in Conversation with Peter M. Boenisch 4. 'Something New Is Sure To Happen': Daniel Veronese in Conversation with Jean Graham-Jones 5. Conservative Adaptation in Japanese Noh: Udaka Michishige in Conversation with Diego Pellecchia Part 2: Defusing Tradition 6. On Literality and Limits: Romeo Castellucci of Soc etas Raffaello Sanzio in Conversation with Nicholas Ridout 7. The Subtle Aggressors: Julia Bardsley and Simon Vincenzi in Conversation with Dominic Johnson 8. Between Radical Adaptation and Strategic Adaptability: Ki Catur 'Benyek' Kuncoro in Conversation with Miguel Escobar 9. Beg, Borrow or Steal: Lois Weaver in Conversation with Jen Harvie Part 3: Intercultural Encounters 10. Shakespeare/Two Gents Productions: Denton Chikura, Tonderai Munyevu and Arne Pohlmeier of Two Gents Productions in Conversation with Penelope Woods 11. Being Affected: Ong Keng Sen of TheatreWorks Singapore in Conversation with William Peterson 12. Hello Darkness My Old Friend: Alvis Hermanis in Conversation with Alan Read Part 4: Crafting Adaptations 13. The Novel as Obstacle: John Collins of Elevator Repair Service in Conversation with Aoife Monks 14. Doing the Impossible: Katie Mitchell in Conversation with Dan Rebellato 15. 'There Are No Formulas': Emma Rice of Kneehigh in Conversation with Martin Welton 16. 'Expert' Dramaturgies: Helgard Haug of Rimini Protokoll in Conversation with Margherita Laera 17. Theatre as an Intellectual Concertina: Simon Stephens in Conversation with Duska

Margherita Laera is a lecturer in Drama and Theatre at the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK. She specialises in contemporary European theatre, translation and transnational performance, and is also a professional arts journalist and theatre translator. Her publications include Reaching Athens: Community, Democracy and Other Mythologies in Adaptations of Greek Tragedy (2013).