Description: Translation commissioned by Theatre Royal Bath.
Brief description: Meredith Oakes' first play, The Neighbour, was produced at the Royal National Theatre, London in 1992, and is published by Oberon Books. The Editing Process was first produced by the English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 1994. Her translation include The New Menoza by Lenz, Horvath's Italian Night, and Bernhard's Elizabeth II. Opera Libretti include The Triumph of Beauty and Deceit and Solid Assets.
Review Quotes: "Goethe's version (translated by Meredith Oakes) is a great improvement on the tone and assumptions in the original Greek" -The Times
"In Meredith Oakes' nimble new translation, this is a drama well worth rediscovering" Observer "There's something quite electrifying about each twist of thought, each grasp of over-due revelation" -Daily Telegraph