Sophocles and Plautus on stage. The productivity of adaptation in the Argentine theater (Tucumán, 1982)

In Tucumán, a northwestern province of Argentina, in 1982, it is identified the premiere of two adaptations of the Greco-Latin dramatic repertoire: Twins by Plautus and Electra by Sophocles. These shows directly inscribe the local scene in the classical tradition for the first time and develop appro...

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Autor: Risso Nieva, José María
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/49133
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/kanina/article/view/49133
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Greco-Latin theater
Argentine theater
Tucumán
adaptation
teatro clásico
teatro argentino
adaptación
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Sumario:In Tucumán, a northwestern province of Argentina, in 1982, it is identified the premiere of two adaptations of the Greco-Latin dramatic repertoire: Twins by Plautus and Electra by Sophocles. These shows directly inscribe the local scene in the classical tradition for the first time and develop appropriation strategies to assimilate the foreign text in the new context. These experiences update in the provincial cultural memory the legacy of Antiquity and stimulate the productivity of the later theatrical activity around the classical hypotext.