Genevieve de Brabant - Revision history

Satj at 04:30, 4 February 2020

2020-02-04T04:30:23Z

Satj at 04:17, 4 February 2020

2020-02-04T04:17:00Z

Satj: Created page with "Genevieve of Brabant is a heroine of medieval legend. (Also found as Geneviève, Genoveva or Genovefa) =The legend= According to the legend (apparently based on the r..."

2020-02-04T04:16:31Z

Created page with "Genevieve of Brabant is a heroine of medieval legend. (Also found as Geneviève, Genoveva or Genovefa) =The legend= According to the legend (apparently based on the r..."

New page

[[Genevieve of Brabant]] is a heroine of medieval legend.

(Also found as Geneviève, Genoveva or Genovefa)

=The legend=

According to the legend (apparently based on the real history of Marie of Brabant, wife of Louis II, Duke of Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine), she was the wife of the palatine Siegfried of Treves, falsely accused of infidelity by the head of the household and sentenced to death, However, she was spared by the executioner to lived for six years with her son in a cave in the Ardennes, where Siegfried discovered her and reinstated her in her former honour.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genevieve_of_Brabant]

=Stage versions of the legend=

Among the many dramatized versions of the story are:

''[[Leben und Tod der heiligen Genoveva]]'' a dramatic poem by Ludwig Tieck (1799)

''[[Genoveva]]'' a play by Christian Friedrich Hebbel (1843)

''[[Genoveva]]'' an opera by Robert Schumann (1850, inspired by Hebbel's play)

''[[Geneviève de Brabant]]'' an [[opéra bouffe]] by Jacques Offenbach (1859)

''[[Genoveva]]'' a play by Mathilde Wesendonck (1866)

''[[Geneviève de Brabant]]'' a stage work by Erik Satie (1899/1900)

''[[Suor Angelica]]'' an opera by Giacomo Puccini (1918 opera, inspired by Hebbel's play)

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1866: Performed as ''[[Lucretia Borgia]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on

== Sources ==

[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)

[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.203-205

Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

== Return to ==

Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]

Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]

Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]

Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]

Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]

Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]

Return to [[Main Page]]

@@ Line 22: / Line 22: @@
 ''[[Geneviève de Brabant]]'' a stage work by Erik Satie (1899/1900)
 ''[[Suor Angelica]]'' an opera by Giacomo Puccini (1918 opera, inspired by Hebbel's play)
@@ Line 27: / Line 29: @@
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
 : Performed as ''[[Lucretia Borgia]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on
@@ Line 54: / Line 57: @@
 Return to [[Main Page]]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 [[Genevieve of Brabant]] is a heroine of medieval legend.
-(Also found as Geneviève, Genoveva or Genovefa)
+(Also found as [[Geneviève de Brabant]], Genoveva or Genovefa)
 =The legend=