Becket - Revision history

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	=''[[Becket]]'' by Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred,_Lord_Tennyson].=		=''[[Becket]]'' by Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred,_Lord_Tennyson].=

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	=''[[Becket]]'' by Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred,_Lord_Tennyson].=		=''[[Becket]]'' by Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred,_Lord_Tennyson].=

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 No South African performance has been traced so far, however, the play is mentioned by Boonzaier (cited in Bosman 1980), since [[Genevieve Ward]], an actress who had greatly impressed the critic on her tour through South Africa in 1891 with [[Luscombe Searelle]]'s company, was later to be one of the performers in Irving's original 1897 production in London.
-=''[[Becket ou l'Honneur de Dieu]]'' by Jean Anouilh ()[]=
+=''[[Becket ou l'Honneur de Dieu]]'' by Jean Anouilh (1910-1987)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Anouilh]=
 The French original has been translated into English as ''[[Becket]]'' and is often performed under the that title.

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 No South African performance has been traced so far, however, the play is mentioned by Boonzaier (cited in Bosman 1980), since [[Genevieve Ward]], an actress who had greatly impressed the critic on her tour through South Africa in 1891 with [[Luscombe Searelle]]'s company, was later to be one of the performers in Irving's original 1897 production in London.
-=''[[Becket ou l'Honneur de Dieu]]'' by Jean Anouilh ()[]==
+=''[[Becket ou l'Honneur de Dieu]]'' by Jean Anouilh ()[]=
 The French original has been translated into English as ''[[Becket]]'' and is often performed under the that title.
 '''For more on this play and its South African performances, see the entry on ''[[Becket ou l'Honneur de Dieu]]'''''
 = Sources =

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-''[[Becket]]'' is a verse play by Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred,_Lord_Tennyson].
+There are two plays often referred to simply as ''[[Becket]]'':
-''Not to be confused with Jean Anouilh's play '''''[[Becket ou l'Honneur de Dieu]]''''', which has been translated into English as and is often performed under the title ''[[Becket]]''.''
+=''[[Becket]]'' by Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred,_Lord_Tennyson].=
 ==The original text==
-Basically a "cabinet drama", meant to be read, it was first published in 1879 as '''''[[Becket: A Tragedy]]''''' in London, printed by Clements. Published as ''[[Becket]]'' by Macmillan and Co., 1884. In 1897 it appeared in the collection ''Becket, and Other Plays''.
+A verse play - basically a "cabinet drama", meant to be read - it was first published in 1879 as '''''[[Becket: A Tragedy]]''''' in London, printed by Clements. Published as ''[[Becket]]'' by Macmillan and Co., 1884. In 1897 it appeared in the collection ''Becket, and Other Plays''.
 ==Translations and adaptations==
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 No South African performance has been traced so far, however, the play is mentioned by Boonzaier (cited in Bosman 1980), since [[Genevieve Ward]], an actress who had greatly impressed the critic on her tour through South Africa in 1891 with [[Luscombe Searelle]]'s company, was later to be one of the performers in Irving's original 1897 production in London.
-== Sources ==
+=''[[Becket ou l'Honneur de Dieu]]'' by Jean Anouilh ()[]==
 http://www.worldcat.org/title/becket/oclc/3661724

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 ==The original text==
-First published in 1879 as '''''[[Becket: A Tragedy]]''''' in London, printed by Clements. Published as ''[[Becket]]'' by Macmillan and Co., 1884. In 1897 it appeared in the collection ''Becket, and Other Plays''.
+Basically a "cabinet drama", meant to be read, it was first published in 1879 as '''''[[Becket: A Tragedy]]''''' in London, printed by Clements. Published as ''[[Becket]]'' by Macmillan and Co., 1884. In 1897 it appeared in the collection ''Becket, and Other Plays''.
 ==Translations and adaptations==
-Adapted for performance at the Lyceum Theatre, London, by Henry Irving (1838–1905)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Irving], and published under the names of
+Adapted for actual stage performance by Henry Irving (1838–1905)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Irving], and published under the names of Alfred Tennyson Tennyson and Henry Iriving by Chiswick Press, 1893.
 The full title given is ''[[Becket, A Tragedy]]'' and this version is further described as being "in a prologue and four acts: as arranged for the stage by Henry Irving and presented at the Lyceum Theatre on 6th February 1893".
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-No performance has been traced so far, however, the play is mentioned by Boonzaier (cited in Bosman 1980), since one of the performers in Irving's original 1897 production - [[Genevieve Ward]] - had greatly impressed the critic on her tour through South Africa in 1891 with [[Luscombe Searelle]]'s company .
+No South African performance has been traced so far, however, the play is mentioned by Boonzaier (cited in Bosman 1980), since [[Genevieve Ward]], an actress who had greatly impressed the critic on her tour through South Africa in 1891 with [[Luscombe Searelle]]'s company, was later to be one of the performers in Irving's original 1897 production in London.
 == Sources ==