Alisa, Alice

Dragica Potocnjak, began working in the theatre as an actor. She performed the leading roles in about ten films for cinema and TV. In 1992 she started to write for theatre and radio. Her plays have been performed at Slovenia's major theatres, including Slovenia's National theatre. she has recently won an award in Austria in a competition for the best Slovene play (her most recent one, Empty Shoes), and that her plays are performed abroad, at the moment in Germany and Austria. This translation into English is the first of the work of a female Slovene playwright. Lesley Wade is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter and Co-editor of Studies in Theatre and Performance. Previously she has translated and published three plays by Slovenia's leading contemporary playwright, who is also a director at the National theatre. She brings to this project a 34-year acquaintance with this small country and its concerns, and an acquired knowledge of its language.