Print and the Poetics of Modern Drama. By W. B. WORTHEN.
2005; Oxford University Press; Volume: 57; Issue: 232 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1093/res/hgl129
ISSN1471-6968
Autores Tópico(s)Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
ResumoOn 3 June 2006, Tom Stoppard's Rock ‘n’ Roll was published in both the modern and early modern senses—textually and theatrically. The Royal Court Theatre presented the opening-night audience with a glossy Faber and Faber text of Rock ‘n’ Roll , the first commercially available printed version of Stoppard's new play. The text conforms in every respect to the decorum of modern printed drama except for 16 pages of performance information that precedes the title page. The text doubled as a programme, and therefore the first print run of Rock ‘n’ Roll includes biographical information on the first-night cast, an essay on the history of the Royal Court, and advertisements for insurance groups and other plays currently running on London's West End. The title page marks the edition's transition from programme to play text. The ‘Author's Notes’ that follow call the text a ‘reading copy’ of the play (p. 10), but they also guide future producers in matters of staging. The text, therefore, serves a range of constituencies and both memorialises the occasion of its premiere and anticipates future performances.
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