By Enriqué Zumel
Translated by Christopher Kidder-Mostrom
Through that terrible crone’s interfering,
I move on from this place empty-handed.
From your hands we’d like to be hearing
Applause as the room you are clearing,
If pleased you “A Fiery Young Man” did.
By Federico García Lorca
Translated by Luigi Salerni
I don’t think it will occur to the other woman or the lady Secretary to come around here again when five years pass, but if they should come…
For the PDF of the current issue, please see the following link: The Mercurian Volume 7, Issue 2 (Fall 2018). All past issues can be found under Index.
Volume 7, Issue 2 (Fall 2018)
Welcome to the Fall 2018 issue of The Mercurian: A Theatrical Translation Review!
by Radu Țuculescu
Translated by Mihaela Mudure
What is this?! Am I dreaming? Oh, no, I am awake! Good Lord! Adi… Adi, open your eyes!
By Tanja Šljivar
Translated by Cory Tamler and Željko Maksimović
MARA: I kneel at my son’s grave and wail. He can’t hear me anymore.
MILAN: I’m in my grave. My mother kneels above the grave and wails. I can’t hear her anymore.
By Rafael Spregelburd
Translated by Samuel Buggeln and Ariel Gurevich
Sometimes I hide a document. I put it somewhere secret, and I start to gauge the effects. When I see everyone’s desperate, I pull the document from its stash, sign it and get the belt running again. I make myself indispensable, you understand?
By Sam-Shik Pai
Translated by Walter Byongsok Chon
Once upon a time in a tiny village called Yeolha, there used to be a spring, known for its limitless outpouring of hot water throughout the seasons. Yet over time, the village turned into a desert, lost its legacy, and fell into oblivion. Now all you can see is land, plain land, which directly meets the sky…
By Arthur Adamov
Translated by David Carter
Pierre: (He gets up and goes towards Agnès) I’ve found it!
Agnès: What? The word you were looking for?
Pierre: Better, the whole sentence!
