The II International CIRCE Congress: Technologically-Mediated Theatre: Liminality in Early Modern Drama Screen Adaptations will take place on 25–26 June 2026 at the Facultad de Filología, Universidad de Salamanca, as a hybrid event, welcoming both in-person and online participation.
Early modern European drama was conceived for a stage grounded in immediacy, collective spectatorship, and the dynamic interaction of space, text, and gesture. When these plays are adapted for the screen—whether through recordings of live performances or more complex audiovisual reinterpretations—their original status as ephemeral, communal events shifts into a liminal space between theatre and media. This transitional condition invites new critical perspectives on how liveness and mediation intersect, and how cinematic techniques reshape theatrical experience.
The congress explores this liminality by bringing together scholars and practitioners interested in theatre studies, early modern literature, film, and audiovisual culture. It provides a forum to examine how technological mediation transforms both performance and spectatorship, generating hybrid forms that challenge traditional distinctions between stage and screen.
The programme features plenary lectures by leading experts in the field: Judith Farré Vidal (CSIC), Remedios Perni (Universidad de Alicante), Erin Sullivan (Shakespeare Institute), and Duncan Wheeler (University of Leeds).
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