Sederi Yearbook 27



Sederi 27
Sederi 27 — 2017
EDITOR
Ana Sáez-Hidalgo
MANAGING EDITOR
Francisco J. Borge López
REVIEW EDITOR
María José Mora
ISSN 1135-7789

Madalina Nicolaescu, “Introducing Shakespeare to the fringes of Europe: The first Romanian performance of The Merchant of Venice.” SEDERI 27 (2017): 129–148.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34136/sederi.2017.6                                                     Download PDF

Abstract

Shakespeare was introduced into the Romanian Principalities between 1830 and 1855, beginning with a production of The Merchant of Venice, translated from a French adaptation of the play. This essay considers the dearth of critical attention paid to the influence of French melodrama in Southeastern Europe, and in Romania in particular; examines the circulation of Shakespearean productions in this area; and investigates the various processes of de-and re-contextualization involved in the melodramatic adaptation of The Merchant of Venice in France in the 1830s and in its translation/performance in the Romanian Principalities in the 1850s.

Keywords: Shakespeare in Romania; French adaptations; The Merchant of Venice; melodrama.

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