1st Edition
Stage-Play and Screen-Play The intermediality of theatre and cinema
Introduction: All the screen’s a stage; the critical-theoretical background
Chapter 1 "Inexplicable dumb-shows"? Stage drama and adaptation in the silent movie era
Chapter 2 Staging cinema: from ‘cinefied’ theatre to ‘theatred’ film
Chapter 3 "A monster of the multitude": simulcast and 'captured live' versions of stage dramas
Chapter 5 Filmed theatre: "cinema can be theatrical"
Chapter 6 Complementary forms: the play-within-the-film
Chapter 7 "The truth of cinematography"
Conclusion
Bibliography
Biography
Michael Ingham is an Associate Professor in the Department of English Studies at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. He is a founder member of Theatre Action, a drama group specializing in action research on literary drama texts and intercultural adaptations.
