Translations & Adaptions

• The New Aristocrats, Michel de Saint - Pierre. Translated by Burgess with Llewela Burgess, London, Gollancz(1962)
• Olive Trees of Justice, Jean Pelegri. Translated by Burgess with Lynn Wilson, London, Sedgwick & Jackson (1962)
• The Man Who Robbed Poor Boxes, Jean Servin. Translated by Burgess, London, Gollancz(1965)
• A Shorter "Finnegans Wake", James Joyce. Edited by Burgess, London, Faber & Faber (1966)
• Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmund Rostand. Translated by Burgess, New York, Knopf (1971)
• Oedipus the King, Sophocles. Translated by Burgess, Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press (1972)
• Cavalier of the Rose, (1982) (based on libretto by Hofmannstahl, music by Richard Strauss).
• Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmund Rostand (secind translation by Burgess) London, Hutchinson (1985); new edition, London, Nick Hern Books (1991)
• Oberon Old and New, London, Hutchinson (1985) includes Oberon: A Fantastic Opera, by Carl Maria Von Weber with libretto by Burgess, and Oberon: A Romantic and Fairy Opera in Three Acts, by Weber with libretto by James Robinson Planché originnaly published in 1826).
• Carmen: An Opera in Four Acts, music by Georges Bizet, libretto by H. Meilhac and L.Halévy, based on the story by Prosper Merimée. Translated by Burgess, London, Hutchinson. (1986)
• Chatsky (or The Importance of Being Stupid): A Verse Comedy in Four Acts. Translated and adaptation of Alexander Griboyedov's Gore ot uma. London, Almeida Theatre (1993)