The Same, Always Different. A Look Towards the Adaptation and Translation Phenomena of the Contemporary Stage Productions

This paper aims to direct the reader's attention to the phenomenon of adaptation and translation, indisputably present among contemporary theatrical productions. The innovation of the rewrites of canonical works is one of the directions towards which the worldwide theatrical phenomenon of recent years has been directed. The justified questions that may arise when researching such performances could be: is the adaptation/translation of a work inferior to the one from which it was inspired, or does it transcend it as value? Do we still need the old canonical stories, are they still relevant to today's societies? Why and how do we revisit the works of other epochs and make them talk about the world now? What can such creation offer the public and how much does the evolution of stage art depend on the response received from the receivers of the artistic act?