Staging and Performing Translation

JACK BRADLEY, Visiting Lecturer, Newcastle University, UKYOTAM BENSHALOM, Independent Scholar, UKFRED DALMASSO, Independent Scholar, UKMEGAN EVANS, Lecturer in Theatre, Victoria University of Wellington, New ZealandCLARE FINBURGH, Lecturer in Modern Drama and European Literature, University of Essex, UKDAVID JOHNSTON, Head of the School of Languages, Literatures and Performing Arts, Queen's University Belfast, UKLOUISE LADOUCEUR, Professor of Theatre, University of Alberta's Campus aint-Jean, CanadaANTHONY MEECH, Senior Lecturer in Drama, University of Hull, UKKATHERINE MENDELSOHN, Literary Manager at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, UKJONATHAN METH, Associate Tutor, Goldsmith's College, University of London, UKTERESA MURJAS, Lecturer in Theatre, University of Reading, UKNICOLE NOLETTE, Independent Scholar, CanadaSIOBHÁN ROCKS, Independent Scholar, UKMARGARET ROSE, Lecturer in Theatre Studies and British Literature, Milan State University, ItalyZOË SVENDSEN, Research Fellow in Drama and Performance, University of Cambridge, UKCAROLE-ANNE UPTON, Professor of Drama, University of Ulster, UKALAIN WOLF, Lecturer in Translation Studies and French language, University of East Anglia, UK

'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

• Acknowledgements Notes on contributors Introduction; C.Marinetti, M.Perteghella & R.Baines PART I: EXPLORATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE 'Metaphor and metonymy: the translator-practitioner's visibility'; D. Johnston 'The Translator as metteur en scène, with reference to Les Aveugles [The Blind] by Maurice Maeterlinck'; C.-A. Upton 'Musical realisations: a performance-based translation of rhythm in Koltès' Dans la solitude des champs de coton';   R. Baines & F. Dalmasso 'The Theatre sign language interpreter and the competing visual narrative: the translation and interpretation of theatrical texts into British Sign Language'; S. Rocks 'Inferential meaning in Drama Translation: the role of implicature in the staging process of Anouilh's Antigone'; A. Wolf PART II: PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVES ON TRANSLATION, ADAPTING AND STAGING   'Translating bodies: replication as a tool for translation and adaptation of Chinese xiqu plays'; M. Evans 'The Threepenny Opera for the National Theatre - a 3p opera?'; A. Meech Chapter 3: 'The translator as cultural promoter, or how Renato Gabrielli's Qualcosa Trilla went on the road as Mobile Thriller'; M. Rose & C.Marinetti 'La Parole bilingue en traduction: performing bilingual plays for Francophone audiences'; L. Ladouceur & N. Nolette PART III: IN CONVERSATION WITH PRACTITIONERS Interview with Christopher Hampton; R. Baines & M. Perteghella 'Not Lost in Translation'; J. Bradley Roundtable on collaborative theatre translation projects: experiences and perspectives; J. Meth, K. Mendelsohn,& Z. Svendsen PART IV: POLITICS, ETHICS AND STAGE TRANSLATION 'The Impotents: politics imposed upon the creation and reception of an Arabic to Hebrew translation for the stage'; Y. Benshalom 'Translating contemporary French theatre: how 'linguistic translation' becomes 'stage translation''; C.Finburgh   'Translating and directing the plays of Gabriela Zapolska'; T. Murjas Index