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Classic Stage Company and the Strand Present Chekhov’s Ivanov: Translating and Adapting A Classic

Find out how a classic is translated and adapted. When you stage a classic, how do you decide to set it in a different time? When you translate, how does the language of the period influence your choice of words? Is being true to the text imperative in an adaptation? And what about the translation? These are some of the many questions that will be answered when seasoned actor/director Austin Pendleton discusses with translator/critic Carol Rocamora their production of Chekhov’s Ivanov.











When: Fri., Oct. 5, 2012 at 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: The Strand
828 Broadway
212-473-1452
Price: See website for details
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Find out how a classic is translated and adapted. When you stage a classic, how do you decide to set it in a different time? When you translate, how does the language of the period influence your choice of words? Is being true to the text imperative in an adaptation? And what about the translation? These are some of the many questions that will be answered when seasoned actor/director Austin Pendleton discusses with translator/critic Carol Rocamora their production of Chekhov’s Ivanov.

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