Поточнее будет: "Занят другими делами". Но это может совсем не соответсвовать содержанию и, главное, - стилю произведения. :) Поэтому тем, кто с ним не знаком, нужно хотя бы краткое описание.
Otherwise Engaged is a bleakly comic play by English playwright Simon Gray. It opened at the Queen's Theatre in London on 10 July 1975, with Alan Bates as the star and Harold Pinter as director, produced by Michael Codron. Ian Charleson co-starred as Dave, a Glasgow lout. Michael Gambon took over from Bates in 1976, "playing it for a year, eight times a week." The play also had a successful run on Broadway, opening in February 1977 with Tom Courtenay as Simon and Carolyn Lagerfelt as Beth. It won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play.
The play revolves around a British publisher named Simon Hench. When we first see Hench, he has settled down in his lavish living room, and plans to spend a pleasant afternoon listening to classical music. However, Hench is repeatedly interrupted by his tenant, his friends, family and aspiring writers, all of whom want something from him.
First, he is visited by his tenant Dave, a penniless student. Later, Hench must deal with his brother, a money-strapped public school teacher with a large family to support. Later, Hench meets with a drunken journalist mate, and with that mate's girlfriend (an aspiring writer who is more than willing to flaunt her body to get a publishing contract from Hench). Later, Hench receives a call from a meek gentleman that Hench used to torment when they were schoolboys, and whose daughter Hench has been sleeping with.
Finally, Hench's tranquil afternoon is interrupted by his wife, who announces that she is leaving him.
Initially, Hench seems witty, warm and charming. For much of the play, he appears to be the one and only sane, grounded character. Gradually, this facade is stripped away, and Hench is revealed as a cold, selfish, cruel, lonely bully, unable to connect emotionally with others, and unable to care deeply about anyone but himself.
Исходя из изложенного, полагаю, в названии передается тот факт, что главный герой поглощен исключительно собой и не интерсуется по-настоящему ничем и никем в окружающем мире. Остается найти русский эквивалент.
Да, только в оригинале это имеет такой несколько высокопарный оттенок, что-ли. "I am othewisie engaged" - это такая стандартаная фраза, но с претензией на важность собственной персоны и собственных дел. Ну, или используется в очень формальных ситуациях, формальном языке. Также, вожможно, несколько старомодная. Обычный человек при обычных обстоятельствах скажет "I am busy" (занят).
Я вот не могу подобрать аналога в русском. Нужно поискать среди лексикона аристократии. :)
Трудно сказать, не читавши, но судя по описанию, engage в названии используется в значении "проявлять участие". Если человеку по сути нет дела ни до кого из его окружения, и он озабочен лишь собственной персоной, то он получается, если грубо, "увлечен, заинтересован, но чем-то другим" (не людьми, а собой). Как мне кажется, танцевать надо от этого. Но это так, на первый взгляд, и, возможно, я ошибаюсь. Все таки, чтобы дать чему-то название, необходимо это что-то прочитать.)
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Date: 2011-04-21 09:18 am (UTC)Вот я нашел в википедии
Otherwise Engaged is a bleakly comic play by English playwright Simon Gray. It opened at the Queen's Theatre in London on 10 July 1975, with Alan Bates as the star and Harold Pinter as director, produced by Michael Codron. Ian Charleson co-starred as Dave, a Glasgow lout. Michael Gambon took over from Bates in 1976, "playing it for a year, eight times a week." The play also had a successful run on Broadway, opening in February 1977 with Tom Courtenay as Simon and Carolyn Lagerfelt as Beth. It won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play.
The play revolves around a British publisher named Simon Hench. When we first see Hench, he has settled down in his lavish living room, and plans to spend a pleasant afternoon listening to classical music. However, Hench is repeatedly interrupted by his tenant, his friends, family and aspiring writers, all of whom want something from him.
First, he is visited by his tenant Dave, a penniless student. Later, Hench must deal with his brother, a money-strapped public school teacher with a large family to support. Later, Hench meets with a drunken journalist mate, and with that mate's girlfriend (an aspiring writer who is more than willing to flaunt her body to get a publishing contract from Hench). Later, Hench receives a call from a meek gentleman that Hench used to torment when they were schoolboys, and whose daughter Hench has been sleeping with.
Finally, Hench's tranquil afternoon is interrupted by his wife, who announces that she is leaving him.
Initially, Hench seems witty, warm and charming. For much of the play, he appears to be the one and only sane, grounded character. Gradually, this facade is stripped away, and Hench is revealed as a cold, selfish, cruel, lonely bully, unable to connect emotionally with others, and unable to care deeply about anyone but himself.
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Date: 2011-04-21 10:15 am (UTC)Я вот не могу подобрать аналога в русском. Нужно поискать среди лексикона аристократии. :)
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Date: 2011-04-21 10:18 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-04-21 01:13 pm (UTC)Так лучше?
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Date: 2011-04-21 01:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-21 09:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-21 10:02 am (UTC)Но это так, на первый взгляд, и, возможно, я ошибаюсь. Все таки, чтобы дать чему-то название, необходимо это что-то прочитать.)
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Date: 2011-04-21 11:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-21 11:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-21 09:02 pm (UTC)Иначе я занят/у меня другой/иной интерес