Many times such classic playwrights as Shakespeare have served as a frame for a new play based on one of his plays. These new works may vary slightly or drastically from the original. We also have films that are new versions of classic theater.
Can we compile some examples here?
Why are these plays written?
Can we find examples of plays being told from a different character's point-of-view than in the source play?
What new conditions do they represent?
Even the original play may have been a new version of an older text, so do we have examples of that?
As in Beckket , different dimensions of Eastern Sufism have been explored and , In postmodern American play , ( Street Car named desire ) changing values and social dilemmas of American society have been represented specially after war@Gloria Lee Mcmillan.
Postcolonial authors have rewritten classical texts quite often, in a move to "write back." Examples: Aime Cesaire, A Tempest (rewriting Shakespeare's The Tempest), Derek Walcott's Omeros (rewriting Homer's Odysee). There are also many Shakespeare-adaptations around, for instance by Heiner Müller. Adaptation are quite common.
I believe reasons behind these reimagined plays and adaptations are either engaging with Traditions , or may be a form of critique, continuing the dialogue between the original work and modern sensibilities.
New literary works told from different Perspectives such as :
- “Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys was based on Charlotte Brontë’s (Jane Eyre)
-"Home, I'm Darling" by Laura Wade (2018)
Was based on themes from mid-20th-century domestic dramas (inspired by works like “A Doll's House”)
Interpreting the classics is not just about rewriting the text. A completely new interpretation is mainly related to the influence of the time of the production on the director's message. This can be expressed by any of the elements that make up a performance, in varying degrees of intensity. It is often expressed in the genre of the production defined by the creative team, which is different from the playwright's definition. The term 'new' can also have both a local and a global meaning. Nothing is set in stone in the performing arts.
Can classics be corelated in Postmodern terms , such as magical realism written by Marquez and fantasy treated by Tolkein ? If applied these above mentioned forms of literature , interesting findings may come out becose these Postmodern techniques are themselves classics of this epoch and era , where in certain underdeveloped countries, due to fanatic terrorism,it is difficult for writer to write .@Vesma Levalde.
These are all enlightening replies that are coming in. We could hold a conference. In theatre alone, many new versions of classics plays have been a way to address the contemporary rhetorical situation using the canonical and classic drama text. Any more ideas?
This is a highly simulating discussion.
Do any participants here have their own texts or in-progress revisions of the classics?
"Classic plays" might be somewhat ambiguous. Could a play based on a story from antiquity be considered classic? Could "Our Town" be considered classic? The subject is certainly of interest, in any case. I've mostly written and participated in short plays, compared to only one full three-act work, which probably could not be produced for contemporary audiences.
From Marlowe to Shakespeare , nothing is ambiguous . The certain plays of Shakespeare are perfomed in American theatres to remove excess of humors of war ridden soldiers@Geoffrey Guenther
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