Abelard and Heloise
Abelard and Heloise is a play by English actor, writer and dramatist Ronald Millar [1]] (1919-1998).
Also found as Abelard and Helöise or Abelard and Eloise in various sources.
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The original text
Abelard and Eloise is a play by Ronald Millar (1919 – 1998)[2]
Also found with the title Abelard and Heloise
The original text
A play about the famous 12th-century Parisian love affair between the monastic scholar and poet Peter Abelard and and the innocent girl Héloïse d'Argenteuil who came to adore him. Inspired by Peter Abelard by Helen Waddell.
Abelard having lost his heart and his reason to Héloïse, has a child by her and, in violation of his vows, enters into a secret marriage. Heloise's vengeful uncle alerts the ecclesiastical authorities. The lovers are separated and Abelard is castrated. She enters a nunnery and he a monastery. They meet again years later when he turns over to her, as abbess, a community he founded at their parting.
Performed at Wyndham’s Theatre, London (1970 – 1972) and in New York City in 1971 and played through Apr 24, 1971.
Published by Samuel French, ISBN: 9780573605017
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Performance history in South Africa
1971: Pieter Toerien (by arrangement with John Gale and Herbert de Leon) staged this play at the Johannesburg Civic Theatre from 24 June. It starred Heather Lloyd-Jones, Paul Hardwick, Margaretta Scott and Mervyn Johns and was directed by Philip Grout. Other cast members were Joyce Bradley, Graham Clarke, Richard Cox, Kathy Kahn, Ingride Mollison, Jennifer Sinclair-David. Music composed by Bruce Millar. This production also visited other South African theatres.
Sources
https://www.concordtheatricals.co.uk/p/2360/abelard-and-heloise
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Millar
https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/abelard-and-heloise-3589
Percy Baneshik. 1971. Nominations made for theatre awards. The Star, 13 October, 1971.
Theatre programme held by NELM [Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 1. 74.
Tucker, Percy 1997. Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press. P.268.
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