Production still for Adelaide production of "Translations". L-R: Elena Carapetis as Maire, John Kelly as the Narrator. Photographer: Nick Hopton
Translations
By Brian Friel
29 November 2006 – 10 December 2006 Beckett Theatre
Malthouse Theatre, Flying Penguin Productions,
Theatre Collaboration
In a field near a prohibited Gaelic Hedge School in the town of Baile Beag in County Donegal, British troops have begun to map and rename the entire country - reconstructing the local Gaelic language and place names into English with unforeseen consequences to memory, identity and love.
"DAVID MEALOR HAS MADE A MIGHTY DIRECTORIAL DEBUT. A NIGHT OF DRAMA TO BE SAVOURED… BRILLIANT THEATRE."
— The Sunday Mail, Adelaide
"THE BEAUTY AND RHYTHM OF A DESERVEDLY CELEBRATED PIECE COME SHINING THROUGH."
— The Adelaide Advertiser
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