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Date of Award
Spring 2013
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Major
Theater and Dance
First Advisor
Mitchell Polin
Second Advisor
Katharine Power
Abstract
This thesis develops a theory of literary adaptation in theater as a “composite” art form, that which fuses together various kinds of art into a new holistic one. The works of the French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé and the New York City performance group Elevator Repair Service (ERS) are the main focuses that help elucidate this theory on the process of literary adaptation, in addition to a chapter focusing on the performance component of the thesis, which entailed adapting F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story “Basil and Cleopatra” to the stage. Each component work together to define a new composite art form that attempts to create a pure, holistic transcendence.
Recommended Citation
Crombleholme, Caitlin, "From the Page to the Stage: A Composition of Literary Adaptation for the Theater". Senior Theses, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 2013.
Trinity College Digital Repository, https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/theses/334
Comments
Senior thesis completed at Trinity College for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Theater and Dance. Full text access is limited to the campus community.