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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A terrible translation of a beautiful play,
By Eric McGill "Eric" (San Diego County, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Visit: A Drama in Three Acts (Paperback)
Friedrich Dürrenmatt's play Der Besuch der alten Dame is a milestone in German language drama, one of the most significant pieces in the twentieth century. The Maurice Valency "adaptation" is barely a suggestion of the original. Obviously some things must be lost in the translation, but Valency makes unjustifiable decisions: entire scenes are excised, a great deal of dialogue has been trimmed from scenes that didn't need it, Valency has written his own scenes in, he's moved things around, and then on top of all of that he changed the main character's name for reasons that elude me. If at all possible, find another translation of this play, whether you intend to perform it or just to read it; the Valency version is a sin.
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The Visit: A Drama in Three Acts by Friedrich Durrenmatt (Paperback - March 15, 2011)
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