Conversation with Tim Crouch and his translator Catherine Hargreaves

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A conversation with Tim Crouch and his translator Catherine Hargreaves around the work of the English playwright, his plays performed at the Festival d’Avignon, and the challenges of translating for the stage.

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Presentation

A conversation with Tim Crouch and his translator Catherine Hargreaves around the work of the English playwright, and in particular his last play, Truth’s a Dog Must to Kennel, performed at the Festival d’Avignon. This encounter will be an opportunity to present Tim Crouch’s rich work, to tackle the question of his writing, to look into his unique status as a playwright-actor-director, and to explore the challenges of translating for the stage.

Distribution

With Tim Crouch director of Truth's a Dog Must to Kennel and An Oak Tree, Catherine Hargreaves translator, director and actor

Animated by Déborah Prudhon PhD in Anglophone Studies from the University of Aix-Marseille, member of the Laboratoire d'Études et de Recherche sur le Monde Anglophone and Marianne Drugeon lecturer at Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 University, member of Montpellier Studies in the Anglophone World

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