The Languages of Theatre

This book focuses on the various problems in the verbal and nonverbal translation and tranposition of drama from one language and cultural background into another and from the text on to the stage. It covers a range of previously unpublished essays specifically written on translation problems unique to drama, by playwrights and literary translators as well as theorists, scholars and teachers of drama and translation studies

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(partial) Verbal and non-verbal communication, R. GostandRooted in different places, A. BuzoOn the open stage, D. HewettTranslation, adaptation and interpretation of dramatic texts, F.H. LinkTranscending culture, V.C.H. OoiAudience aids for non-literary allusions?, E.O. FinkHazards of adaptation: Anouilh's Antigone in English, I. ReidProblems of propriety and authenticity in translating modern drama, O.D. ZuberHenrik Ibsen in English translation, M.B. AkerholtProblems in translating Sean O'Casey's drama Juno and the Paycock into German, U. VennebergTranslation: changing the code: Soyinka's ironic aetiology, A. LefevereThe synchronic Salome, M. Gaddis RoseTranslating literature/translated literature - The state of the art, A. Lefevere