Launch of Translation of Waiting for Godot into Ulster Scots

Ferguson, F. (Participant)

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Period	28 Mar 2026 → 29 Mar 2026
Event type	Other
Location	Derry Londonderry, United KingdomShow on map
Degree of Recognition	National

Keywords

Ulster Scots
Drama
Translation
Culture
Samuel Beckett
Language
Literature

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Marking the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence, three of the signatories of which were Ulster Scots immigrants, the new translation of Waiting for Godot, by Frank Ferguson of Ulster University, chimes with the lead characters' reminiscences about the 1890s, a time when Ulster-Scots was widely spoken in rural north-east Ireland.