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Tragicommedia, Melodramma e Burlesque: Metamorfosi del King Lear in Inghilterra dalla Restaurazione all'Ottocento / Tragicomedy, Melodrama and Burlesque: Metamorphoses of King Lear from the Restauration to the Nineteenth Century

Questa tesi si occupa di percorrere il percorso di evoluzione del King Lear attraverso due secoli e mezzo di adattamenti teatrali e riscritture. Prende in esame gli adattamenti di Nahum Tate, David Garrick, George Colman, John Philip Kemble, Edmund Kean e William Charles Macready. La tesi propone anche l’analisi del melodramma di W.T. Moncrieff nonché i burlesques di John Chalmers, Joseph Halford e C.J. Collins, e Frederick Marchant. / This doctoral thesis focuses on the evolution of the story of King Lear through two centuries and a half of theatrical history. The research is concentrated on the adaptations proposed by Nahum Tate, David Garrick, George Colman, John Philip Kemble, Edmund Kean and William Charles Macready. The analysis also takes into considerations some rewritings such as the melodrama written by W.T. Moncrieff and the burlesques produced by John Chalmers, Joseph Halford and C.J. Collins, and Frederick Marchant.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:DocTA/oai:tesionline.unicatt.it:10280/511
Date01 April 2009
CreatorsGRANDI, ROBERTA
ContributorsVITALE, SERENA, ANZI, ANNA, CAMAIORA, LUISA
PublisherUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, MILANO
Source SetsUniversita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. DocTA
LanguageItalian
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeDoctoral Thesis
FormatAdobe PDF
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