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"Mixing media", or the Bee and the Bonnet: play between radio, theatre, television and film
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Abstract
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| DespiteBeckett’sclaimofhavinga“beein[his]bonnet”about“mixingmedia,”intermediality and transmedial adaptation were important sources of innovation for his writing,especiallyfromthe1950sonwards.ThepresentarticleanalysesPlay(1964)asa goodexampleofthisdynamicbydemonstrating(1)howitsgenesiswasinfluencedby Beckett’sexperiencewithradio,and(2)howitsowntransmedialhistoryprovesthat rather than rejecting “mixing media” in principle, Beckett’s ostensible insistence on “keepingourgenresdistinct”turnsouttobeanappealtofullyexploitthemediumspecificpropertiesofradio,theatre,filmandtelevision. |
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English
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Samuel Beckett today : an annual bilingual review. - Amsterdam, 1992, currens
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Publication
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Amsterdam
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Rodopi
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2020
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ISSN
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0927-3131
[print]
1875-7405
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DOI
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10.1163/18757405-03201002
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Volume/pages
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32
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(2020)
, p. 9-24
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