Comprehensive resources about theater in translation are hard to find, so I made this.
The database [note: links to 2016 version] attempts to catalog every play translated and published into English for the first time (covering only previously untranslated works- so no new Chekhov, Euripides), from 2007-now.
Look here for the full Theater Translation Database [note: links to 2016 version] (Google Drive format).
Additions and suggestions for the database are truly appreciated. For those curious, the format derives from Three Percent’s excellent Translation Databases, which cover fiction and poetry in translation.
Contact: davidsledge@gmail.com or via twitter: @djsledge__
- A Few Quick Stats
Publishers with the Most Translations (91 total publishers):
Oberon Books (London): 35
Playwrights Canada Press (Toronto): 19
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center: 19
Seagull Books: 14
Oxford University Press: 12
Talonbooks (Vancouver): 8
Estreno: 8
Nick Hern Books (London): 7
Methuen Drama: 7
Edwin Mellen Press: 6
Columbia University Press: 6
Most Translated Languages (39 total languages):
French: 48
Spanish: 32
German: 23
Russian: 17
Polish: 13
Italian: 12
Chinese: 13
Arabic: 12
Japanese: 9
Swedish: 6
Most Represented Countries (46 total countries):
Canada: 29
Spain: 26
France: 19
Russia: 16
Italy: 13
Poland: 13
India: 12
Germany: 11
Japan: 9
Austria: 9
China: 9
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