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Written with the co-operation of Brian Friel and including an assessment of his latest work, this is a completely rewritten and updated edition of Brian Friel and Ireland's Drama, published in 1990.

The collection of essays demonstrates how the increased presence of immigrant theatre artists actively contributing to English- and French-Canadian theatre prompt their audiences to rethink fundamental concepts of nationalism and multiculturalism. 

Adapting Performance Between Stage and Screen provides an introduction to adaptations between theater and film, establishing a framework for considering these as distinct from literary adaptation. The book places emphasis on performance and event, opening new avenues of exploration to include non-literary issues such as the treatment of space and place, scène, acting styles, and star personas. The recent growth of digital theater is examined to foreground the "events" of theater and cinema--largely ignored in adaptation studies--with phenomena such as National Theatre Live analyzed for the different ways that "liveness" is adapted. Drawing from case studies that explore distinct periods in British film and theater history, the volume looks at issues surrounding theatrical naturalism and cinematic realism and illustrates the principle that adaptations can't be divorced from the historical and cultural moment in which they are produced. Adapting Performance Between Stage and Screen explores how cultural values can be articulated in the act of translating between media, providing a new framework for the discussion of theater and film as dramatic works.