Towards a reassessment of Douglas Young
In recent years Greek classical drama has achieved a new profile in Scottish theatre through a surge of translations and versions done into English or Scots, mostly by prominent playwrights, and created from Greek or from other languages and plays through which the Greek originals have been mediate...
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Études écossaises
2005
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | In recent years Greek classical drama has achieved a new profile in Scottish theatre through a surge of translations and versions done into English or Scots, mostly by prominent playwrights, and created from Greek or from other languages and plays through which the Greek originals have been mediated. Two of the most significant examples are Liz Lochhead’s Scots version, “after Euripides”, of Medea (2000), and Edwin Morgan’s Scots translation of Racine’s Phaedra (2000). The former originated ... |
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