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Stuart Young
Stuart Young is Professor of Theatre Studies at the University of Otago. His research interests include: translation and adaptation for the theatre; Russian drama, in particular Chekhov, and its reception abroad; modern British drama and theatre; documentary/verbatim theatre; New Zealand theatre; and gay and queer drama. He is a member and former co-convenor of the Translation, Adaptation and Dramaturgy Working Group of the International Federation of Theatre Research. He co-edited Ethical Exchanges: Translation, Adaptation, Dramaturgy (Brill Rodopi, 2017). He is also a theatre-maker (director) and translator. He has translated plays by Chekhov, Pushkin and Simon Gantillon. His practice-led research on verbatim theatre has resulted in the creation and production of three plays that have toured extensively in New Zealand: Hush: A Verbatim Play about Family Violence; Be | Longing; and The Keys are in the Margarine: A Verbatim Play about Dementia.
Contact: University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9010, New Zealand.