{"id":6782,"date":"2021-05-19T19:20:32","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T23:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.attlc-ltac.org\/?p=6782"},"modified":"2021-05-19T19:20:32","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T23:20:32","slug":"bobby-theodores-delicious-dream-at-the-maison-de-la-litterature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.attlc-ltac.org\/fr\/bobby-theodores-delicious-dream-at-the-maison-de-la-litterature\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobby Theodore\u2019s Delicious Dream at the Maison de la litt\u00e9rature"},"content":{"rendered":"

The translation residency at La maison de la litt\u00e9rature lives inside me like a delicious dream\u2026<\/p>\n

In this dream<\/a>, I shared an apartment with Fran\u00e7ois Archambault. The apartment had a special white door. When we opened the white door and walked through it, we entered a beautiful, light-filled library. Inside the library, we climbed a wooden spiral staircase. There were large glass-walled offices at the top of the stairs. We could see snow falling all around us and the wind howled across the rooftops as we worked together on the translation of Fran\u00e7ois\u2019s play, P<\/i>\u00e9trole.<\/i> The play was going to premiere at Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Jean Duceppe in the fall. We were excited about the future. We ate delicious food in wonderful restaurants. We played hockey with strangers. We went to the theatre and smiled at the people sitting next to us. We went to a hockey game, sat close to the ice, and cheered for both teams. We walked back and forth between the apartment and the library, wearing matching grey slippers. We were happy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One night, while a blizzard blanketed everything outside, we went down the spiral staircase. At the bottom of the stairs was a small stage. They gave us each a dressing room. How glamourous! In the dressing room was a mirror. I saw my face \u2013 I was beaming. P\u00e9trole <\/i>had become Paradise in Flames<\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The stages are now all sleeping. Theatre is in an empty library. We are all waiting for the door to open again.<\/p>\n

P\u00e9trole <\/i>is slated to premiere in 2021 at Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Jean Duceppe, if possible.<\/p>\n

There will be a staged reading of Paradise in Flames <\/i>when we\u2019re able to gather again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Au sortir de cette r\u00e9sidence, Bobby et Fran\u00e7ois ont lev\u00e9 le voile sur leur collaboration de longue date et ont \u00e9chang\u00e9 sur les divers d\u00e9fis pos\u00e9s par la traduction d\u2019une \u0153uvre pour la sc\u00e8ne, dont celui, dans le cas de P\u00e9trole<\/em>, d\u2019imaginer en anglais des voix de personnages am\u00e9ricains qui ont d\u2019abord \u00e9t\u00e9 couch\u00e9s sur papier en fran\u00e7ais. La conversation a \u00e9t\u00e9 anim\u00e9e par Sonya Malaborza<\/a>, repr\u00e9sentante de l\u2019ATTLC pour les provinces de l\u2019Atlantique, et est disponible dans son int\u00e9gralit\u00e9 en fran\u00e7ais ci-dessous :<\/p>\n<\/div>