Translation for the theatre is often considered to hold a marginal
status between literary translation and adaptation for the stage.
As a result, this book argues that studies of this complex activity
tend to take either a textual or performative approach. After
exploring the history of translation theory through these lenses,
Massimiliano Morini proposes a more totalizing view of ‘theatre
translation’ as the sum of operations required to transform one
theatre act into another, and analyses three complex Western case
histories in light of this all-encompassing definition. Combining
theory with practice, Morini investigates how traditional ideas on
translation – from Plautus and Cicero to the early 20th century
– have been applied in the theatrical domain. He then compares
and contrasts the inherently textual viewpoint of post-humanistic
translators with the more performative approaches of contemporary
theatrical practitioners, and chronicles the rise of performative
views in the third millennium. Positioning itself at the
intersection of past and present, as well as translation studies
and theatre semiotics, Theatre Translation provides a full
diachronic survey of an age-old activity and a burgeoning academic
field.
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