Staging and Performing Translation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Cristina Marinetti, Manuela Perteghella, Roger Baines

      Pages 1-8

3. Explorations and Experiments in Theory and Practice

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. Metaphor and Metonymy: the Translator-Practitioner’s Visibility

      • David Johnston

      Pages 11-30

   3. The Translator as metteur en scène, with Reference to Les Aveugles [The Blind] by Maurice Maeterlinck

      • Carole-Anne Upton

      Pages 31-48

   4. Musical Realizations: a Performance-based Translation of Rhythm in Koltès’ Dans la solitude des champs de coton

      • Roger Baines, Fred Dalmasso

      Pages 49-71

   5. The Theatre Sign Language Interpreter and the Competing Visual Narrative: the Translation and Interpretation of Theatrical Texts into British Sign Language

      • Siobhán Rocks

      Pages 72-86

   6. Inferential Meaning in Drama Translation: the Role of Implicature in the Staging Process of Anouilh’s Antigone

      • Alain J. E. Wolf

      Pages 87-104

4. Practical Perspectives on Translation, Adapting and Staging

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105

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   2. Translating Bodies: Strategies for Exploiting Embodied Knowledge in the Translation and Adaptation of Chinese Xiqu Plays

      • Megan Evans

      Pages 107-125

   3. Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera for the National Theatre: a 3p Opera?

      • Anthony Meech

      Pages 126-138

   4. The Translator as Cultural Promoter: or how Renato Gabrielli’s Qualcosa Trilla went on the Road as Mobile Thriller

      • Margaret Rose, Cristina Marinetti

      Pages 139-154

   5. Cow-boy poétré: a Bilingual Performance for a Unilingual Audience

      • Louise Ladouceur, Nicole Nolette

      Pages 155-169

5. In Conversation with Practitioners

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171

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   2. Interview with Christopher Hampton

      • Roger Baines, Manuela Perteghella

      Pages 173-186

   3. Not Lost in Translation

      • Jack Bradley

      Pages 187-199

   4. Roundtable on Collaborative Theatre Translation Projects: Experiences and Perspectives

      • Jonathan Meth, Katherine Mendelsohn, Zoë Svendsen

      Pages 200-211

6. Politics, Ethics and Stage Translation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213

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   2. The Impotents: Conflictual Significance Imposed on the Creation and Reception of an Arabic-to-Hebrew Translation for the Stage

      • Yotam Benshalom

      Pages 215-229

   3. The Politics of Translating Contemporary French Theatre: How ‘Linguistic Translation’ Becomes ‘Stage Translation’

      • Clare Finburgh

      Pages 230-248

This exploration of the territory between theory and practice in contemporary theatre features essays by academics from theatre and translation studies, and delineates a new space for the discussion of translation in the theatre that is international, critical and scholarly, while rooted in experience and understanding of theatre practices.

• drama
• essay
• language
• opera
• stage
• theatre

'This is a fascinating, original and timely book. It succeeds in creating a space where theatre practice and theatre translation are able to meet. The majority of the essays, interventions and discussions in the volume are grounded in the theatre making process, and there are a wealth of different perspectives offered on what that the difficult word - practice means for translators who work in the theatre.'

- Carl Lavery, Senior Lecturer in Theatre, Aberystwyth University, UK

'The volume's strength lies in the firsthand experiences of its contributors, who include not only academics but also directors, actrors, translators, and so on. Includes an interview with writer/director Christopher Hampton. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, professionals.' - E.M.Huergo, CHOICE

'...excellent new collection of articles on translation for the stage.'

'The contributions invite readers to contemplate their own understanding of the complexities of drama translation, their practices and the aims they pursue in their theatre work.' - Jeannette Rissman, Journal of Adaptation in Film & Performance

• University of East Anglia, UK

  Roger Baines

• University of Warwick, UK

  Cristina Marinetti

• London Metropolitan University, UK

  Manuela Perteghella

JACK BRADLEY, Visiting Lecturer, Newcastle University, UK YOTAM BENSHALOM, Independent Scholar, UK FRED DALMASSO, Independent Scholar, UK MEGAN EVANS, Lecturer in Theatre, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand CLARE FINBURGH, Lecturer in Modern Drama and European Literature, University of Essex, UK DAVID JOHNSTON, Head of the School of Languages, Literatures and Performing Arts, Queen's University Belfast, UK LOUISE LADOUCEUR, Professor of Theatre, University of Alberta's Campus aint-Jean, Canada ANTHONY MEECH, Senior Lecturer in Drama, University of Hull, UK KATHERINE MENDELSOHN, Literary Manager at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, UK JONATHAN METH, Associate Tutor, Goldsmith's College, University of London, UK TERESA MURJAS, Lecturer in Theatre, University of Reading, UK NICOLE NOLETTE, Independent Scholar, Canada SIOBHÁN ROCKS, Independent Scholar, UK MARGARET ROSE, Lecturer in Theatre Studies and British Literature, Milan State University, Italy ZOË SVENDSEN, Research Fellow in Drama and Performance, University of Cambridge, UK CAROLE-ANNE UPTON, Professor of Drama, University of Ulster, UK ALAIN WOLF, Lecturer in Translation Studies and French language, University of East Anglia, UK

Policies and ethics