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We rarely see Bulgarian plays, the same goes for Greek plays in Bulgaria. Works of Bulgarian playwrights are almost never presented. Why is the connection between the Bulgarian and Greek theatre so weak?

The exchange of plays is the responsibility of people dealing with these things. I remember that when I worked at the National Theatre, we had several exchanges of performances with the National Theatre in Sofia. Moreover, times are difficult in financial terms, and such exchanges require significant costs.

However, technology has advanced and now, with the help of computers and subtitles, we have the chance to watch performances in many other languages. We could not do this before. We just watched Russian or Bulgarian productions and understood only some things. We knew what was happening only when watching a classic like "The Three Sisters" by Chekhov, for example, because we know the text almost by heart.

I think one of the reasons is the lack of people fluent enough in the specific language to translate the works. The language makes possible the easy and quick distribution of British and American theatre around the world. There is a large number of English translators. As soon as any English-language play or a play that was translated into English is on stage in Europe and America, it becomes popular immediately. There are alwyas some conscientious translators to offer the play in their countries.
 
I think that if there are plays dealing with related topics that concern both Bulgarians and Greeks, translators from Greece and Bulgaria should translate them and offer them to us. I am also looking for plays by authors from other countries, not just by English speaking authors. I would love to produce a play from a country, which is much closer to my own country than others are.