Translating God: Who actually wrote the King James Bible?

Nobody speaking English today is free from the influence of the King James Bible. Back in the early 1600s, dozens of male scholars and clergymen gathered under royal mandate to translate the Bible into English. Their word choices would come to shape modern literature, music and everyday speech. But when flawed human beings set out to record the "Word of God," whose voices actually end up on the page? Dora Award-winning playwright Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman examines this question in her latest stage work, The King James Bible Play. Fresh off a sold-out run at the Stratford Festival and heading to Ottawa’s National Arts Centre on Nov. 11, the play unfolds across two distinct eras. The first act looks at the political and religious pressures faced by these 17th-century translators. The second act introduces a modern meta layer, following a group of contemporary women trying to stage a production about those very men and the lasting impact of their decisions. Charlotte joins Tom Power to discuss the big questions raised by The King James Bible Play, the messy politics of translation, and her own story in theatre.