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Tartuffe: A Modern Adaptation
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Benjamin, Stephen
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1373395035
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Year and Degree
2013, Master of Arts, University of Akron, Theatre Arts.
Abstract
This thesis takes a close look at the process of adapting Molieres Tartuffe for the high school stage. The decisions regarding the use of rhyme verses prose, artistic liberties, casting considerations, and cuts are discussed in great detail. The paper also examines the history of Tartuffe translations and adaptations since it was first performed in 1664. Noted Moliere translators including Richard Wilbur, Donald Frame, Morris Bishop, and John Wood are discussed along with an examination of their methodologies. Modern translators of Tartuffe are also examined including Ranjit Bolt, Christopher Hampton and Prudence Steiner along with the choices they made when adapting Moliere for a modern audience.
Committee
James Slowiak (Advisor)
Durand Pope (Committee Member)
Maria Adamowicz-Hariasz (Committee Member)
Pages
174 p.
Subject Headings
Literature
;
Theater
;
Theater History
;
Theater Studies
Keywords
Tartuffe
;
Moliere
;
translation
;
adaptation
;
Garfield Heights
;
Richard Wilbur
;
rhyming
;
Cleante
;
Donald Frame
;
Ranjit Bolt
;
Christopher Hampton
;
Morris Bishop
;
Prudence Steiner
;
Panulphe
;
Cairncross
;
Walter Benjamin
;
Stephen Benjamin
;
Malleson
;
raisonneur
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Benjamin, S. (2013).
Tartuffe: A Modern Adaptation
[Master's thesis, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1373395035
APA Style (7th edition)
Benjamin, Stephen.
Tartuffe: A Modern Adaptation.
2013. University of Akron, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1373395035.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Benjamin, Stephen. "Tartuffe: A Modern Adaptation." Master's thesis, University of Akron, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1373395035
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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