Translating unintelligibility in Samuel Beckett's 'Play'

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    Abstract

    Of modern writers, Samuel Beckett stands out as the writer most committed to fidelity in his creative practice. Beckett's oeuvre is characterised by rigorous consistency of vision and the various biographies of the 1969 Nobel Prize winner pay testament to the torturous process his writing required. In this chapter I will examine Play (1963) and consider how this piece for theatre signifies the struggles the playwright goes through in translating an aesthetic and theatrical vision to the script and then from script to performance.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationLiterature as Translation/Translation as Literature
    EditorsChris Conti, James Gourley
    Place of PublicationU.K.
    PublisherCambridge Scholars
    Pages195-205
    Number of pages11
    ISBN (Electronic)1443854948
    ISBN (Print)9781443854948
    Publication statusPublished - 2014

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