Abstract

Within a global context, the symposium will propose to debate the following themes: Questions relating to the issues of minority voices and cultures in drama translation Issues of power, patronage and authority in drama translation Modes of production and dissemination of translated drama texts Scholarly inquiry into drama translation Historiography of drama translation Sociology of drama translation Plays as artefacts of cultural memory Drama translation as a testing ground for disciplinary paradigms Invited speakers: Prof. Adam Versenyi University of North Carolina, USA Dr. Roger Baines, University of East Anglia, is a researcher and translator of drama translation. Dr. Fred Dalmasso, Worcester University, is a researcher and producer of translated drama.