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''[[Marcel]]'' is a French a drama in one act by Jules Sandeau (1811-1883)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Sandeau] and Adrien Decourcelle (1821-1892)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrien_Decourcelle]

==The original text==

First performed at the Théâtre-Français in Paris on 18 May, 1872 and published in Paris by Michel Lévy Frères in 1872.

==Translations and adaptations==

Translated and adapted into English as ''[[Awaking]]'' by Campbell Clarke, it was performed at the Gaiety Theatre in London in 1872.(The title also given as ''[[Marcel, or Awaking]]''.) Published in London by Samuel French and in Lacy's acting edition of plays, volume 98.

It was later also adapted into English as ''[[Tears! Idle Tears!]]'' by Clement Scott ()[].

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1877: Produced in English as ''[[Awaking]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] in the [[Theatre Royal]] on 18 October, with ''[[Our Boys]]'' (Byron).

== Sources ==

Facsimile version of the original French text, ''The Internet Archive''[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_k-vOKpqDsu0C]

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrien_Decourcelle

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Sandeau

Clement Scott. 1888. "John Clayton", in ''The Theatre'': A Monthly Review and Magazine, Volume 20, Wyman & Sons,[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=ENc6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA178&dq=Awaking+by+Campbell+Clarke&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiyluyyif3ZAhWLLcAKHQKUCqoQ6AEINTAC#v=onepage&q=Awaking%20by%20Campbell%20Clarke&f=false]

Allardyce Nicoll. 2009. ''History of English Drama, 1660-1900'', Volume 5, Part 2, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=CHa3njx5AzYC&pg=PA151&lpg=PA151&dq=Awaking+by+Sandeau+and+Decourcelle&source=bl&ots=d77rwxVrs8&sig=QQUiI8mv34-0C8mApwFYgO7YKUg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj8l9ygh_3ZAhVBLMAKHX5qAncQ6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=Awaking%20by%20Sandeau%20and%20Decourcelle&f=false]

[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 361.

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