“Somehow hearing the play in Scots gave Anglophone audiences an insight into Tremblay that had hitherto eluded them”
—Mark Fisher on MICHEL TREMBLAY: PLAYS IN SCOTS – Scots translations of 8 plays by the Quebecois playwright
1/4
https://www.critical-stages.org/29/michel-tremblay-plays-in-scots-two-vols/
#Scottish #literature #Scots #Scotslanguage #drama #theatre #Quebec #Tremblay #translation #InternationalTranslationDay
“Tremblay is contemporary theatre’s great melancholy realist; he fits Scotland like a glove”
—McGill News on how Quebec playwright Michel Tremblay became a Scottish sensation
2/4
https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/how-michel-tremblay-became-a-scottish-sensation/
#Scottish #literature #Scots #Scotslanguage #drama #theatre #Quebec #Tremblay #translation #InternationalTranslationDay
“Detailed introductions by Bowman…plus forewords by Michael Boyd & Ian Brown, provide the reader with an understanding of the Scottish political, social & theatrical context into which these trailblazing translations appeared”
3/4
#Scottish #literature #Scots #Scotslanguage #drama #theatre #Quebec #Tremblay #translation #InternationalTranslationDay
MICHEL TREMBLAY: PLAYS IN SCOTS
in 2 vols
Translated by Martin Bowman & Bill Findlay
Ed. Martin Bowman
The energy & versatility of 8 of Tremblay’s Quebecois plays, captured in Scots translation. Available from all good bookshops everywhere!
4/4
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/other_titles/michel-tremblay-plays-in-scots-volume-1/
#Scottish #literature #Scots #Scotslanguage #drama #theatre #Quebec #Tremblay #translation #InternationalTranslationDay
Assoc for Scottish Literature
