1st Edition
Witch Fulfillment: Adaptation Dramaturgy and Casting the Witch for Stage and Screen
By Jane Barnette
Copyright 2024
204 Pages
10 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
204 Pages
10 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
204 Pages
10 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Witch Fulfillment: Adaptation Dramaturgy and Casting the Witch for Stage and Screen addresses the Witch as a theatrical type on twenty-first-century-North American stages and screens, seen through the lenses of casting, design, and adaptation, with attention paid to why these patterns persist, and what wishes they fulfil.
Witch Fulfillment examines the Witch in performance, considering how... Read more
1. 1. Cast 2. Flight 3. Desire 4. Prophecy 5. Possession 6. Time 7. Shapes
Biography
Jane Barnette is the Head of Dramaturgy and Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Kansas (KU), where she teaches courses in dramaturgy, theatre history, and script analysis, as well as seminars in theatrical adaptation and the performance of gender and sexuality. Barnette’s research includes feminist adaptations, student-centered pedagogy, and depictions of witchy characters onstage and in popular culture.
