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Staging Dario Fo and Franca Rame Anglo-American Approaches to Political Theatre
By Stefania Taviano
Copyright 2005
146 Pages
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Routledge
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152 Pages
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This is the first extended treatment of the English translations, stagings, and reception of the political plays of Dario Fo and Franca Rame. Focusing on the United Kingdom and the United States, Stefania Taviano offers a critique of the cultural stereotyping and political conservatism that have pursued these playwrights in translation and argues for the possibility of remaining true to Fo and... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Transposing theatre across cultures; Staging political theatre; Fo and Rame on the British stage; Fo and Rame on the American stage; Fo and Rame's theatre today; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Stefania Taviano lectures in English at the Department of Modern Languages, University of Messina, Italy. She has published articles on modern Italian dramatists and on Italian American theatre and performance art. She has also translated a number of contemporary playwrights, including Spiro Scimone, and contributed to the translation of Dario Fo's Johan Padan and the Discovery of the Americas.
'The excellent discussion of American productions raise issues which transcend all geographical limitations, and these pages will be of value to anyone interested in questions of translation/adaptation, and of the risks inherent in altering dialogue, character, setting, or plot, even if the intention is to make the play more relevant to spectators.' Translation and Literature
