Contemporary Drama in Translation

Translators

Experts

Selected Plays by
Roland Schimmelpfennig

Selected Plays by
Other Playwrights

Translating for the stage
DISTANCE IN TIME AND PLACE

I follow the structure of the source language as I try to find and hear the voices that are speaking to me in the original text.
 

Playwriting in Germany

Why German-language drama is so unique, though few people realize it.

THE CURRENT

Since its beginnings, theatre has been an expression of community. It’s a place for dialogue.
 

EXPERIENCES OF COLLABORATION
TRANSLATING FOR THE THEATRE

This means the translator has to guess what a character would have said if they’d finished the sentence;
 

RELAY RACE: Reflections on the Workshop
Contemporary German-Language Drama in South Asian Languages

Many people think of drama as one of several literary genres alongside fiction or poetry. But what does it mean to translate for the stage, for the spoken word? More..

From the Corner of a Theatre Translator

A play by itself is a kind of ‘double-talk’, both present and not present, reality and fiction; it is  written form but actually it is to be spoken.

 

German Play Readings Programme
Das Schauspiel

Why German-language drama is so unique, though few people realize it.

An Overview of Contemporary German Plays
Bengali Translations and Productions

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 brought the works of Heiner Müller to the notice of Bengali  theatre directors.