The Notebook of Trigorin di Tennessee Williams: una proposta di traduzione

Abstract

Purpose of this article is to provide a new interpretation of the figure of Tennessee Williams in the light of his debt to Chekhov. After a brief introduction on the consonances between the two playwrights, we focus on the analysis of The Notebook of Trigorin – free adaptation of The Seagull – proposing a first translation of the text, still unpublished in Italy.

Scopo del presente articolo è fornire una rilettura della figura di Tennessee Williams alla luce del debito verso Čechov. Dopo una breve introduzione sulle consonanze tra i due drammaturghi, è presentata un’analisi di The Notebook of Trigorin – libero adattamento del Gabbiano – proponendo anche una prima traduzione del testo, ancora inedito in Italia. Purpose of this article is to provide a new interpretation of the figure of Tennessee Williams in the light of his debt to Chekhov. After a brief introduction on the consonances between the two playwrights, we focus on the analysis of The Notebook of Trigorin – free adaptation of The Seagull – proposing a first translation of the text, still unpublished in Italy.