Authors Intentions

Interesting you should mention translation. One of my plays has been translated into Greek and another (the abovementioned political play) into Hindi. I was benused by the first as it was a very English comedy and I am still wondering how some of the jokes worked in Greek, obviously they were transliterated (is that a word?) as well as translated. I speak no Greek at all. The Hindi translation I'm sure worked. Someone is currently working on translating one of my plays for a South African Afrikaans company although the production may never happen. I did not mean to belittle you. I was not aware of your other endeavours and looked upon you as an actor (a breed for whom I have much respect developed while watching them struggle with my words). I may have appeared to be more difficult than I actually am about my words. I suspect I reacted by moving to a stronger position than I really feel. That doesn't mean that I will react quite strongly if I feel that my work is being butchered. I do see your point about a Directors viewpoint and obviously if directing my own work I stick to my original intent but I admit that directing others work I do look for ways to make it more valid in the situation it is being presented in. I still feel that some directors can and do take this too far in quite a cavalier fashion. Is that all there is? Well if that's all there is my friend, then let's keep dancing. www.tonymoore.id.au