CMU School of Drama


Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Can you understand theatre when you don't speak the language?

guardian.co.uk: "How much can you get out of a play if it's performed in a language you don't understand? This question was very much on my mind at the Avignon festival in the south of France. It was my first time at this large-scale, artistically ambitious arts shindig, which bears similarities to the Edinburgh International festival. Both started in the 1940s to cheer up a post-war populace; both have a large fringe festival alongside the main programme (though in Avignon this is known, delightfully, as the 'Off'); both entirely commandeer their host town."

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