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Briefly, since it's all been said:
Five stars for the plays. They set up convincing tensions and navigate them in moving and brilliant ways.
Three stars for the translation. I compared the language with several other translations, and I found Bagg's and Scully's interpretations consistently felt less earthy and musical. That might be part of their intent, and it might be true to the original text (I have no way of knowing), but on the page, it felt a little flat to me.
Five stars for the plays. They set up convincing tensions and navigate them in moving and brilliant ways.
Three stars for the translation. I compared the language with several other translations, and I found Bagg's and Scully's interpretations consistently felt less earthy and musical. That might be part of their intent, and it might be true to the original text (I have no way of knowing), but on the page, it felt a little flat to me.