Uruguayan Theatre in Translation
Theory and Practice
Sophie Stevens
Click cover to enlarge Buy hardback at: Booksellers & libraries: | Transcript 15 Legenda 8 October 2022 • 212pp ISBN: 978-1-781883-11-2 (hardback) • RRP £85, $115, €99 ISBN: 978-1-781883-14-3 (paperback, forthcoming) ISBN: 978-1-781883-17-4 (JSTOR ebook) Access online: Books@JSTOR ContemporarySpanishDramaTranslation Uruguayan theatre is receiving increased attention in the UK and, having contributed new translations and scholarship to this field, Sophie Stevens here examines Uruguayan theatre in motion, through translation, as an innovative and creative way of engaging with national theatre. Focussing on six major plays and playwrights with international appeal and significance, although they are not yet widely known in the UK, the study contextualises these works and proposes effective theoretical and practical frameworks for translating theatre. The volume includes three performance-ready translations: The Library/La biblioteca by Carlos Maggi Dancing Alone Every Night/Bailando sola cada noche by Raquel Diana Ready or Not/Punto y coma by Estela Golovchenko Sophie Stevens is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. Her research project investigates the work of Latin American women dramatists in order to explore links between activism, performance, digital networking and translation.
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Bibliography entry: Stevens, Sophie, Uruguayan Theatre in Translation: Theory and Practice, Transcript, 15 (Legenda, 2022) First footnote reference: 35 Sophie Stevens, Uruguayan Theatre in Translation: Theory and Practice, Transcript, 15 (Legenda, 2022), p. 21. Subsequent footnote reference: 37 Stevens, p. 47. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.) Bibliography entry: Stevens, Sophie. 2022. Uruguayan Theatre in Translation: Theory and Practice, Transcript, 15 (Legenda) Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Stevens 2022: 21). Example footnote reference: 35 Stevens 2022: 21. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.) This title is distributed on behalf of MHRA by Ingram’s. Booksellers and libraries can order direct from Ingram by setting up an ipage Account: click here for more. Permanent link to this title: www.mhra.org.uk/publications/Uruguayan-Theatre-in-Translation www.mhra.org.uk/publications/t-15 |