Introduction: Performing, Translating, and Adapting from the French in Victorian Britain

• Published in: Cahiers victoriens & édouardiens no. 86 Automne; pp. 1 - 14
• Main Author: Ramos-Gay, Ignacio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: French; English
• Published: Montpellier Presses universitaires de la Méditerranée 01.11.2017; Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3; Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée
• Subjects: Actors; Adaptations; Aesthetics; Allusion; Archetypes; Archetypes (Psychology); Authenticity; Authorship; Bibliographic literature; Critics; Cultural factors; Drama; Dramatists; Exegesis & hermeneutics; French language; Literary characters; Literary devices; Literary influences; Literary translation; Morality; Narrative techniques; National identity; Professional identity; Short stories; Source materials; Stereotypes; Theater; Translation; Translations; Victorian period; Writers; United Kingdom > UK

In an article published in The Theatre on July 1st, 1897, suggestively titled ‘The French Invasion’, British author Edward Morton denounced the relentless importation of French plays and actors, decrying how ‘at half a dozen theatres, English translations, versions or perversions of French plays are...