Article published In: Translation in the Theatre
Edited by Cristina Marinetti
[Target 25:3] 2013
► pp. 321–342
Translating Greek plays for the theatre today
Transmission, transgression, transformation
Published online: 11 October 2013
https://doi.org/10.1075/target.25.3.02har
https://doi.org/10.1075/target.25.3.02har
This essay discusses the relationship between form, language, rewriting and performance in the contemporary staging of ancient Greek drama, with special attention to the range of working practices of the translators, rewriters and theatre practitioners that are involved in the performance creation process. The discussion is framed by questions about the reciprocal influences of research in translation studies and in classics and about how both can best engage with the insights offered by performance praxis.
Keywords: Greek language, performative turn, tragedy, transformation, transmission, translation
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Greek theatre poetry on the modern stage: Transmission and transgression
- 3.Communicating choreuein to modern audiences
- 4.Transformative translation: The agency of the audience
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
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