Europe on stage : translation and theatre / Gunilla Anderman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderman, Gunilla M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European drama--Translating.

European drama.

European drama--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (380 pages)

Place of Publication:

London : Oberon Books, 2005.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half-Title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 Europe on the English Stage

Chapter 2 French Drama: the Forerunner

Chapter 3 Henrik Ibsen

Chapter 4 Anton Chekhov

Chapter 5 August Strindberg

Chapter 6 Gerhart Hauptmann, Arthur Schnitzler and Bertolt Brecht

Chapter 7 Luigi Pirandello, Eduardo de Filippo and Dario Fo &amp

Franca Rame

Chapter 8 Federico García Lorca and Ramón del Valle-Inclán

Chapter 9 Lost and Gained in Translation

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-355) and index.

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ISBN:

9781783192298

1783192291

OCLC:

980829281