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DRAMA TRANSLATION AND THEATRE PRACTICE SALZBU...

This collection of essays is dedicated to the theory and practice of drama translation. The
focus is on foreign-language plays translated into English and staged in Anglo-American
theatres. In this connection  concepts like acculturation and cultural transfer  Werktreue 
adaptation  transformation and rewrites are discussed. Bringing together academia  the stage 
and the 'backstage'  Drama Translation and Theatre Practice involves a wealth of European
cultures (Austrian  English  French  German  Italian  Polish  Romanian  Scottish  etc.) and
spans more than five centuries. Where the essays concentrating on Molière  Racine  Marivaux 
Sheridan  Da Ponte  Ibsen  Brecht  Jelinek and others meet is in questions of theory and
questions concerning the target language. How are committed plays emerging in a particular
socio-political context put on stage for audiences lacking such experience? How do translations
produced for readers differ from stageable versions? How are libretti made singable? How does
humour translate from one culture to another culture? Addressing such a variety of issues from
both theoretical and practical perspectives  this book makes a weighty contribution to current
debates about the role and function  performance and performability of plays in translation.

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