Sœur Béatrice

Sœur Béatrice is a French play in three acts by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949)[1].

The original text

Referred to as a "Miracle en trois actes", it is based on the medieval Dutch legend of Beatrijs[2].

Written and published in 1901.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Flemish as Zuster Beatrijs

Translated into English as Sister Beatrice

Translated into Afrikaans as Suster Beatrys by Anna Neethling-Pohl and Anna de Villiers.

Performance history in South Africa

1933: Performed in Flemish as Zuster Beatrijs by the University of Cape Town (directed by Ruth Peffers) in the Little Theatre, 23-25 October.

1937: An Afrikaans translation was produced by the Volksteater in Pretoria in March 1937, in a translation by Anna Neethling-Pohl and Anna de Villiers. It starred and was directed by Leonie Pienaar.

1946: Presented in Afrikaans by the Akademie vir Dramakuns in the C.S.V. Hall in Stellenbosch on 6 April 1946, directed by Suzanne van Wyk, assisted by Truida Pohl. The cast: Alida Gericke as Beatrys, Louisa Richter, Morkel van Tonder, Willie Olivier, Una Dönges.

Sources

https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_bea001soeu01_01/_bea001soeu01_01_0001.php

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrijs#Traductions_et_adaptations.

Orsolya Réthelyi. 2013. Beatrijzen op de planken. Nederlandstalige toneelbewerkingen van het Beatrijs-verhaal in de eerste helft van de twintigste eeuw.[3]

Trek, 10(21):15, 1946.

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