This article interrogates the translation strategies involved when transposing Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels into a play – first produced in UK. My Brilliant Friend, adapted by April De Angelis and directed Melly Still, was based on of Ann Goldstein staged at National Theatre (London) 2019/2020 following its success Rose Theatre, Kingston 2017. In investigating ‘making’ play, particularly ...

This study presents the first report of Artificial Improvisation, or improvisational theatre performed live, on-stage, alongside an artificial intelligence-based improvisational performer. The Artificial Improvisor is a form of artificial conversational agent, or chatbot, focused on open domain dialogue and collaborative narrative generation. Using stateof-the-art machine learning techniques sp...

In this paper we develop some considerations on multimedia applications, starting from the experience gained by implementing a multimedia representation of an opera theatre: namely the Teatro alla Scala di Milano. After a hyper-realistic approach influenced by current trends in multimedia applications we are now considering a more abstract approach, in order to stimulate the aesthetic experienc...

Explosions in operating theatres do not occur frequently, but unless there is constant care and watchfulness, such catastrophies can descend with tragic suddenness, and may result in loss of life or limb. Those who work in operating theatres tend to forget the dangers lurking round the corner. The writer's purpose is to bring these hazards once again to their notice, and to point out afresh som...