Translator as Theatre-Maker: Dr Minna Jeffery on Feminist Theatre Translation

In this episode, the discussion centres on feminist theatre translation, focusing on Dr Minna Jeffery’s English translation of Minna Canth’s The Worker’s Wife (1885) from Finnish. The conversation explores questions such as what constitutes a feminist theatre translation and whether theatrical adaptations qualify as a form of translation. The episode also delves into the fluidity of texts and their multiple interpretations, questioning the stability and definitiveness of any given translation.

About the Guest:

Dr Minna Jeffery is a Rosemary Pountney Junior Research Fellow at St Anne’s College, University of Oxford, in the Faculty of English. Her research primarily focuses on drama and theatre studies, with particular emphasis on theatre in translation and women’s playwriting. She co-founded the theatre company Good Friends for a Lifetime. Dr Jeffery’s current work builds on her PhD research, which proposed strategies for feminist theatre translation through her translation of The Worker’s Wife. She is also working on a new project translating the plays of Elvira Willman, an early 20th-century feminist-socialist Finnish playwright.

About the host:

Daphne Adam is a recent graduate of the Master of Philosophy in English Studies at Queens' College, University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on gender and women's studies, form in contemporary novels, and experimental literature.

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