What Happened After Nora Left the Doll's House and Came to Brazil:

Using the reception of Elfriede Jelinek's theatre texts in Brazil as an example, both in the form of published translations and on stage, this paper explores the dramaturgical function often assumed by translators - especially in contexts where the professional profile of the dramaturg does not exist. To this end, the article draws upon current approaches in the fields of Translation Studies (Morini 2022), as well as Dramaturgy, particularly in non-European contexts (Romanska 2015; Bleeker 2023), and the author's own practical experiences during the translation process of Jelinek's Was geschah, nachdem Nora ihren Mann verlassen hatte oder Stützen der Gesellschaften [What Happened after Nora Left Her Husband or Pillars of Societies]. The paper aims to demonstrate that translators who consciously and competently fulfil their dramaturgical function significantly contribute to the successful reception of theatre texts in other languages and/or cultures, regardless of whether they work for the stage or the page.