Dr Elaine Canning is a lecturer in Hispanic Studies. Author of Lope de Vega’s Comedias de tema religioso: Re-creations and Re-presentations (Tamesis, 2004), she specializes in research into Spain’s Golden-Age theatre and Spanish cinema with an emphasis on adaptation and theatricality. In addition to her publications on Golden-Age theatre she has published on film adaptations of the plays of Lope de Vega and is currently writing a monograph on the television, theatrical and cinematic productions of Spanish film director Pilar Miró. She is a member of the editorial board of Studies in European Cinema and is Associate Editor for Romance Studies.
 Email: e.canning@swansea.ac.uk

Dr Kate Griffiths is a lecturer in French Studies. Her research focuses on nineteenth-century French literature and aspects of twentieth-century film, with a particular focus on adaptation. She has published a variety of articles on questions of adaptation and citation in relation to film, literature and critical theory. She is the author of Emile Zola: Authorship and Adaptation and is currently writing a monograph on Zola and the small screen. She is Research and Resources Officer for the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes and Associate Editor for Romance Studies.
Email: k.s.griffiths@swansea.ac.uk