Barbara Bray, A Woman of Letters

Pascale Sardin is Professor of English Literature and Translation Studies at Bordeaux Montaigne University (France). She is the author of several books on Samuel Beckett and has edited two volumes of the journal Palimpsestes. With José Francisco Fernández, she edited Samuel Beckett and the Languages of the World (2021). Recently, she also coedited Sexe and Gender in Samuel Beckett/Sexe et genre chez Samuel Beckett, Samuel Beckett Today /Aujourd’hui, 34 (1), 2022.

• List of FiguresForeword by Francesca BrayAcknowledgmentsList of acronyms and abbreviations1. Introduction – ‘Transcending cultural differences’ (1924-1952)2. Working as Script Editor during the ‘Golden Age’ of radio drama in the 1950sBBC radio before and after the WarBray as Script EditorWorking with radio dramaMeeting Samuel BeckettPromoting Harold PinterA Broker of French CultureThe art of adapting foreign pieces for radioOn Leaving the BBC3. Freelancing for BBC radio in the 1960sMoving to ParisContinuity and ChangeOriginal WritingWorking with Talks and FeaturesA Humanist and a Feminist at WorkFighting for her Rights4. Working with the moving image in the 1970sFrom BBC radio to BBC TV (1964-1968)‘Transposing’ Proust’s ‘story of a vocation’GalileoIbn SaudAn Enabler5. A Celebrated Translator in the 1980sPrizes and recognitionTranslators and the publishing industryThe Battle of The LoverFrom Laurence Sterne to… Nestor Burma‘Translaborating’ with Samuel Beckett6. Conclusion – Dear Conjunction (1991-2010)A Bilingual Theatre Company in ParisA Literary ActivistIndex