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1984 Here and Now in 2016

Kee Thuan Chye, playwright

29-Jul-16 14:30

1984 Here and Now  in 2016

The playwright tells about the staging of his work in translation. What is gained? What might be lost going from English to Mandarin? He details working with a director and explains the relationship between a playwright and the one who controls what happens on the stage.


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