by Margherita Laera
Contemporary Theatre Review, 21.2 (2011), 213-25
Part transcription and part adaptation, this article is an edited version of a panel discussion on theatre... more
Part transcription and part adaptation, this article is an edited version of a panel discussion on theatre translation, which took place at Queen Mary, University of London, on 20 March 2010. The event was part of the conference ‘Theatre Translation as Collaboration: Re-Routing Text Through Performance’, funded by the AHRC and Queen Mary. Chaired by Aleks Sierz, the panel included Natalie Abrahami, artistic director of the Gate Theatre in London; Martin Crimp, playwright and translator; Zoë Svendsen, scholar, director and translator; Colin Teevan, playwright, translator and Lecturer at Birkbeck College, University of London; and J. Michael Walton, Emeritus Professor of Drama at the University of Hull. The issues discussed, such as the notion of performability and the problems arising from intercultural negotiations and the translocation of a performance script from a source to a target context, are illustrated by practical examples. A theoretical introduction frames the discussion and provides essential information on key debates in the area of theatre translation.
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