Strindberg's The ghost sonata: from text to performance
"In this monograph of the play as text and as performance, Egil Tornqvist examines, in four chapters, the source text, various translations of it into English, the stage versions of Max Reinhardt, Olof Molander and Ingmar Bergman, and select radio and TV adaptations." "In two framing chapters the background and impact of the play are illuminated. Focusing on Bergman's 1973 production, the book also contains a rehearsal diary and a transcription of this pioneering stage version. The book is conc…
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- Full title :Strindberg's The ghost sonata : from text to performance / Egil Törnqvist.
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"In this monograph of the play as text and as performance, Egil Tornqvist examines, in four chapters, the source text, various translations of it into English, the stage versions of Max Reinhardt, Olof Molander and Ingmar Bergman, and select radio and TV adaptations." "In two framing chapters the background and impact of the play are illuminated. Focusing on Bergman's 1973 production, the book also contains a rehearsal diary and a transcription of this pioneering stage version. The book is concluded with a select annotated list of productions. Strindberg's The Ghost Sonata is the first monograph on Strindberg's famous play and the most memorable stagings of it."--Jacket.
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- Publication Date:©2000.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Amsterdam University Press
- Place of Publication:Amsterdam
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2000.
The Physical Object
- Description:269 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9053564543, 9789053564547, 9053564357, 9789053564356
- oclc:ocm44934451
- LC Classification:PT9812.S62
- Dewey Decimal:839.72/6
Table of Contents
Source text -- Target texts -- Stage productions -- Adaptations -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Configuration chart of Strindberg's drama text -- Appendix 2: Configuration chart of Bergman's 1973 production -- Appendix 3: Short rehearsal diary of Ingmar Bergman's 1973 production -- Appendix 4: Transcription of Bergman's 1973 production -- Selected annoted list of productions.
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