Interview with Owen McCafferty Scenes from the Big Picture

Authors

  • Fernanda Verçosa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37389/abei.v15i0.3590

Abstract

The following interview took place at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, in August 2011. Owen McCafferty talks about his work and,
in particular, on Scenes from the Big Picture. The technique of writing a play
and of consructing scenes and characters is raised together with his views on translation.

Keywords: Owen McCafferty; Scenes from the Big Picture; writing a play;
translation.

Author Biography

  • Fernanda Verçosa
    Fernanda Verçosa has been teaching in the Modern Languages Department at QUB (Queen’s University Belfast) since 2012. She obtained her BA in Italian Language and Literature at UFSC (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina), where she participated in the project DITRA (Dicionários de Tradutores Literários no Brasil) with online publication, and her MA in Translation at QUB with a dissertation on Owen McCafferty’s play Scenes from the Big Picture. She is now reading her second year PhD in Drama Translation at QUB with a thesis on Owen McCafferty’s plays Quietly, Mojo Mickybo and The Waiting List.

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Published

17-11-2013

Issue

Vol. 15 (2013): ABEI Journal 15

Section

Interviews

How to Cite

Verçosa, F. (2013). Interview with Owen McCafferty Scenes from the Big Picture. ABEI Journal, 15, 65-76. https://doi.org/10.37389/abei.v15i0.3590