Synopsis
Europe on Stage - Translation and Theatre
$37.99
Published by Oberon
For any play originating in a different culture and society to
be favourably received in English translation, timing and other
factors of reception are often as important as the purely linguistic
aspects
This book focuses on the problems of reception and translation into English encountered by European playwrights now regularly staged at British theatres, such as Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Brecht, Anouilh, Lorca and Pirandello, among others
Introduced by discussions highlighting different approaches to translation in general and the difficulties inherent in the translation of drama in particular, the book concludes by looking at what is lost in translation and the means by which adaptions and new versions may help to restore the balance