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Writing for a Catalan Theatre

Writing for a Catalan Theatre WRITING FOR A CATALAN THEATRE Carlota Subirós interviewed by Bonnie Marranca arlota Subirós is a director and translator. At 23 she staged her first show, based on the Thomas Bernhard novel The Loser, which was highly acclaimed by the critics. The piece was presented at Teatre Lliure, one of Barcelona’s major independent theatres, of which she has recently become a member of the artistic direction team. Meanwhile, she has introduced in Spain the work of contemporary playwrights as Jon Fosse and Wallace Shawn, whose The Designated Mourner she directed in 2003. She has also staged plays by Catalan young writers such as David Plana, and worked with dance, music and literature as sources for her own pieces. Carlota Subirós has translated plays by David Mamet, Wallace Shawn, Harold Pinter, Neil LaBute, David Harrower, Jessica Goldberg, and Luigi Pirandello into Catalan, and edits a journal published by the Teatre Lliure, DDT, Documents de Teatre. This interview was conducted on June 20, 2004. C Teatre Lliure seems to be host to many contemporary productions as part of Forum Barcelona 2004, not only those of Robert Wilson, The Wooster Group, Peter Sellars, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Robert Lepage, but also the Catalan http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art MIT Press

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MIT Press
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© 2005 Performing Arts Journal, Inc.
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1520-281X
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1537-9477
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10.1162/1520281052863999
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WRITING FOR A CATALAN THEATRE Carlota Subirós interviewed by Bonnie Marranca arlota Subirós is a director and translator. At 23 she staged her first show, based on the Thomas Bernhard novel The Loser, which was highly acclaimed by the critics. The piece was presented at Teatre Lliure, one of Barcelona’s major independent theatres, of which she has recently become a member of the artistic direction team. Meanwhile, she has introduced in Spain the work of contemporary playwrights as Jon Fosse and Wallace Shawn, whose The Designated Mourner she directed in 2003. She has also staged plays by Catalan young writers such as David Plana, and worked with dance, music and literature as sources for her own pieces. Carlota Subirós has translated plays by David Mamet, Wallace Shawn, Harold Pinter, Neil LaBute, David Harrower, Jessica Goldberg, and Luigi Pirandello into Catalan, and edits a journal published by the Teatre Lliure, DDT, Documents de Teatre. This interview was conducted on June 20, 2004. C Teatre Lliure seems to be host to many contemporary productions as part of Forum Barcelona 2004, not only those of Robert Wilson, The Wooster Group, Peter Sellars, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Robert Lepage, but also the Catalan

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