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''[[Eraste, ou L'Enfant Proscrit de Son Père]]'' ("Eraste, or the child rejected by his father") is the title of a French one-act play by an anonymous author.

== The original text ==

Nothing of substance is known about this text, except for the name Eraste, which refers to the ancient origins of the term pederast.

==Translations and adaptations==

[[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928: p. 91) suggests that [[Monsieur Delémery]] did an adaptation of this work for performance on his tour and more specifically in Cape Town.

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1805: Performed in French in Cape Town on 12 August by the [[French Amateur Company]], with [[Monsieur Delémery]] in the lead. Also presented were ''[[Arlequin Protégé par Belphégor]]'' (a work devised by [[Monsieur Delémery|Delémery]]?) and ''[[Eraste, ou L'Enfant Proscrit de Son Père]]''.

== Sources ==

Facsimile version of the ''Dictionnaire des Théâtres de Paris'', Google E-book[
https://books.google.co.za/books?id=sK5AAAAAYAAJ&dq=Arlequin,+soldat+malgr%C3%A9+lui&hl=af&source=gbs_navlinks_s]

http://bibliotheque-numerique.nimes.fr/fre/notices/163171-Le-Soldat-poltron-comedie.html

[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp.

Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed in French in Cape Town on 12 August  by the [[French Amateur Company]], with [[Monsieur Delémery]] in the lead. Also presented were ''[[Arlequin Protégé par Belphégor]]'' (a work devised by [[Monsieur Delémery|Delémery]]?) and ''[[Le Paysan, Soldat Malgré Lui]]''.
+: Performed in French in Cape Town on 12 August  by the [[French Amateur Company]], with [[Monsieur Delémery]] in the lead. Also presented were ''[[Arlequin Protégé par Belphégor]]'' (a work devised by [[Monsieur Delémery|Delémery]]?) and ''[[Le Paysan, Soldat Malgré Lui]]'' (also adapted from an unknown source by [[Monsieur Delémery|Delémery]]?)
 == Sources ==

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−	''[[Eraste, ou L'Enfant Proscrit de Son Père]]'' ("Eraste, or the child rejected by his father") is the title of a French one-act bucolic play by an anonymous author. Could also have been written more correctly as ''[[Eraste, ou L'Enfant Proscrit par Son Père]]''	+	''[[Eraste, ou L'Enfant Proscrit de Son Père]]'' ("Eraste, or the child rejected/exiled by his father") is the title of a French one-act bucolic play by an anonymous author. Could also have been written more correctly as ''[[Eraste, ou L'Enfant Proscrit par Son Père]]''

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 == The original text ==
-Nothing of substance is known about this text, except for the name "Eraste" (or "Éraste" in French)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89raste], which is a classical allusion, and refers to
+Nothing of substance is known about this text, except for the name "Eraste" (or "Éraste" in French) which, though also a registered French first name, is - possibly more tellingly - a classical allusion referring to an adult man engaged in a pederastic relationship with a boy)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89raste].
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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-''[[Eraste, ou L'Enfant Proscrit de Son Père]]'' ("Eraste, or the child rejected by his father") is the title of a French one-act play by an anonymous author.
+''[[Eraste, ou L'Enfant Proscrit de Son Père]]'' ("Eraste, or the child rejected by his father") is the title of a French one-act bucolic play by an anonymous author.  Could also have been written more correctly as ''[[Eraste, ou L'Enfant Proscrit par Son Père]]''
 == The original text ==
-Nothing of substance is known about this text, except for the name Eraste, which refers to the ancient origins of the term pederast.
+Nothing of substance is known about this text, except for the name "Eraste" (or "Éraste" in French)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89raste], which is a classical allusion, and refers to
 ==Translations and adaptations==