Microtheater in Words Without Borders: A Genre for Uncertain Times
More than ten years after Words without Borders presented its first issue of theater in...
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Translation
London Theatre Company Brings Translators Centre-Stage
There are plenty of theatre translators who start out as actors, directors, playwrights or other...
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New US Theatre Translation Network Goes Online
A network of US-based theatre translators that has been developing over several years recently...
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A Contemporary Korean Play Meets A New York Audience
The article below is one I wrote for the E-Newsletter Hamilton Dramaturgy’s ScriptForward! back in...
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Musings on Supertitles
Thinking about how to make supertitles more friendly, more accessible to an audience that is...
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Theatre Review: “Poker Face” By Petr Kolečko–”Feels Like It’s Happening Right Here Right Now”
The play Poker Face by acclaimed Czech playwright Petr Kolečko–in Eva Daníčková’s translation and...
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Translating Theatre: ‘Foreignisation’ on Stage
TRANSLATING THEATRE: ‘FOREIGNISATION’ ON STAGE AN AHRC LEADERSHIP FELLOWSHIP PROJECT, MAY...
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The Problem of ‘Performability’ in Theatre Translation
In her article, “Performability versus Readability,” Greek-Canadian translator and translation...
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Lost Translations: What We Lose by Ignoring Plays That Aren’t in English
Bojana Janković calls out British theatre‘s extreme reluctance to stage plays that...
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Does ‘Translating’ Shakespeare Into Modern English Dimish Its Greatness?
An uproar ensued after it was reported that the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) – southern...
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Where are Women’s Voices in Translation?
Our correspondent Amelia Parenteau attended a “consciousness-raising” discussion of...
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Sasha Dugdale Recalls the Origins of New Drama in Russia
Back when I used to publish a blog called TheaterPlus on the website of The Moscow Times, I would...
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Ulrike Syha Interviews Dominique Dolmieu
Ulrike Syha: When was Eurodram, a network for drama in translation, founded? What was the initial...
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“Bogusław Schaeffer: An Anthology”
This beautiful new volume, a collection of three plays translated by Magda Romanska, is an...
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Russian Theatre Offers Subtitles On Tablets For Foreigners
The Pyotr Fomenko Theatre is offering subtitles on tablet devices for foreign guests and...
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