Serving twa maisters : five classic plays in Scots translation / edited by John Corbett & Bill Findlay.

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Book
Language
  • English
  • Scots
Published/​Created
Glasgow : Association for Scottish Literary Studies, Dept. of Scottish History, University of Glasgow, 2005.
Description
xxxvii, 376 pages ; 24 cm

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    Series
    • Association for Scottish Literary Studies (Series) ; no. 34. [More in this series]
    • The Association for Scottish Literary Studies ; 34
    Summary note
    The twentieth century was one of the richest periods in history for literary translations into Scots. Not since the sixteenth century has the Scots tongue been the vehicle for such a volume and range of translations and adaptations. This anthology celebrates the crucial contribution by translators for the stage to the practice of both Scots playwriting and Scots literary translation. It further demonstrates how the demands of translation for the stage help re-invent and extend literary Scots." "The collection comprises translations of classic plays from a variety of eras and languages, produced over half a century by writers of different generations. Each employs an individually-fashioned stage-Scots. It makes available texts that have hitherto been difficult to find, with three of the translations published here for the first time. In addition to full play-texts, the volume supplies an informative introduction, notes, appendices, bibliography and a full glossary."--Jacket.
    Notes
    Adaptations of five plays written in English in a Scots dialect.
    Bibliographic references
    Bibliographical references (p. 339-342).
    Contents
    • Let wives tak tent : a free translation into Scots of Molière's L'ecole des femmes / by Robert Kemp
    • The burdies : a comedy in Scots verse from the Greek of Aristophanes / by Douglas Young
    • The servant o' twa maisters : adapted from Carlo Goldoni's Il servitore di due padroni / by Victor Carin
    • The hypochondriak : a Scots version of Molière's Le malade imaginaire / by Hector MacMillan
    • Mr. Puntila and his man Matti / by Bertolt Brecht in a version by Peter Arnott.
    ISBN
    • 0948877634 ((hardback))
    • 9780948877636 ((hardback))
    • 0948877642 ((pbk.))
    • 9780948877643 ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    2005363530
    OCLC
    60778303
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