Collaborating with Shakespeare: Recent Rewritings of ROMEO AND JULIET on the Romanian Stage

The paper investigates the factors contributing to recent surge in popularity of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet on Romanian stage. One possible explanation lies play's adaptability relevance present-day concerns coupled with opportunities for creative reimagining offered by its canonical translation. article posits that directors playwrights have engaged a fruitful "collaboration dead" (Leitch 19), breathing new life into classic text means different forms rewriting. Specifically, discusses two versions staged Bucharest, at Teatrul Mic 2018 Odeon 2021, focuses process rewriting Shakespeare’s form theatre adaptation radical appropriation.