L'Idiot - Revision history

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 ''Die Idioot'' theatre programme, 1969.
-Copy of the Afrikaans text found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]]'s theatre archives and now held in the [[ESAT repository]] in the [[Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation]]'s [[Performing Arts Research Collection]].
+Copy of the Afrikaans text found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]]'s theatre archives and now held in the [[ESAT repository]] in the  [[Performing Arts Research Collection]] of the [[Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation]].
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	''Die Idioot'' theatre programme, 1969.		''Die Idioot'' theatre programme, 1969.
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		+	Copy of the Afrikaans text found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]]'s theatre archives and now held in the [[ESAT repository]] in the [[Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation]]'s [[Performing Arts Research Collection]].

	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 ==Translations and adaptations==
-Barsacq's French adaptation was translated into English as '''''[[The Idiot]]''''' and into [[Afrikaans]] as '''''[[Die Idioot]]''''' by [[A.E. Vorster]] (published as a performance script by [[DALRO]] in 1969).
+Barsacq's French adaptation was translated into English as '''''[[The Idiot]]''''' and into [[Afrikaans]] as '''''[[Die Idioot]]''''' by [[A.E. Vorster]] (published as a performance script by [[DALRO]] in 1969). Acopu of the DALRO text found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]]'s theatre archives and now held in the [[ESAT repository]] at the [[Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation]], with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
 Another kind of adaptation of the Doestoevsky novel is the English play '''''[[Subject to Fits]]''''' by Robert Montgomery, which the author insists is not as an adaptation, but in fact a new work written as  "a response" to Dostoyevsky's novel. ('''For more on this adaptation, see the entry on ''[[Subject to Fits]]'''''.)

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: ''[[Die Idioot]]'', the Afrikaans version of the Barsacq text, was directed for [[CAPAB]] by [[Jo Gevers]], opening at the [[Port Elizabeth Opera House]] on 2 January 1969 and on 20 January 1969 in the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]], Cape Town. [[Jannie Gildenhuys]], [[Cobus Rossouw]], [[Ernst Eloff]] and [[Tine Balder]] in the lead roles, with [[Wena Naudé]], [[Pietro Nolte]], [[Fitz Morley]], [[Johan Malherbe]], [[Cheryl Heath]], [[Heléne Carstens]], [[Lianda Martin]], [[Val Donald]], [[Dawid van der Walt]], [[Leonora Nel]], [[Willem de la Querra]], [[Roelf Laubscher]], [[Martin Crous]], [[Will Bernard]] and [[Sandra Kotzé]]. Costumes designed by [[Jennifer Craig]].
+: ''[[Die Idioot]]'', the [[Afrikaans]] version of the Barsacq text, was directed for [[CAPAB]] by [[Jo Gevers]], opening at the [[Port Elizabeth Opera House]] on 2 January 1969 and on 20 January 1969 in the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]], Cape Town. [[Jannie Gildenhuys]], [[Cobus Rossouw]], [[Ernst Eloff]] and [[Tine Balder]] in the lead roles, with [[Wena Naudé]], [[Pietro Nolte]], [[Fitz Morley]], [[Johan Malherbe]], [[Cheryl Heath]], [[Heléne Carstens]], [[Lianda Martin]], [[Val Donald]], [[Dawid van der Walt]], [[Leonora Nel]], [[Willem de la Querra]], [[Roelf Laubscher]], [[Martin Crous]], [[Will Bernard]] and [[Sandra Kotzé]]. Costumes designed by [[Jennifer Craig]].
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 ==Translations and adaptations==
-Barsacq's French adaptation was translated into English as '''''[[The Idiot]]''''' and into [[Afrikaans]] as '''''[[Die Idioot]]''''' by [[Annatjie Vorster|A.E. Gevers-Vorster]] in 1969.
+Barsacq's French adaptation was translated into English as '''''[[The Idiot]]''''' and into [[Afrikaans]] as '''''[[Die Idioot]]''''' by [[A.E. Vorster]] (published as a performance script by [[DALRO]] in 1969).
 Another kind of adaptation of the Doestoevsky novel is the English play '''''[[Subject to Fits]]''''' by Robert Montgomery, which the author insists is not as an adaptation, but in fact a new work written as  "a response" to Dostoyevsky's novel. ('''For more on this adaptation, see the entry on ''[[Subject to Fits]]'''''.)

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 ''[[Идиот]]'' ("Idiot") is a Russian novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_Dostoevsky], telling of Prince Myshkin, a young man whose goodness, open-hearted simplicity and guilelessness lead many of the more worldly characters he encounters to mistakenly assume that he lacks intelligence and insight.
-Originally published serially in the journal ''The Russian Messenger'' in 1868–69, it has been widely translated and often filmed.
+Originally published serially in the journal ''The Russian Messenger'' in 1868–69, it has been widely translated (usually as ''[[The Idiot]]'' in English) and often filmed.
 André Barsacq adapted the novel for the stage as ''[[L'Idiot]]''. The play was first performed in 1966 at the Théâtre de l'Atelier. Published on L'Avant-Scène Théâtre (n° 367, 1966).

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	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_Dostoevsky		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_Dostoevsky

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		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_Dostoevsky

	https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Idiot_(pi%C3%A8ce_de_th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre)		https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Idiot_(pi%C3%A8ce_de_th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre)

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		+	''[[Идиот]]'' ("Idiot") is a Russian novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_Dostoevsky], telling of Prince Myshkin, a young man whose goodness, open-hearted simplicity and guilelessness lead many of the more worldly characters he encounters to mistakenly assume that he lacks intelligence and insight.

		+	Originally published serially in the journal ''The Russian Messenger'' in 1868–69, it has been widely translated and often filmed.
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		+	André Barsacq adapted the novel for the stage as ''[[L'Idiot]]''. The play was first performed in 1966 at the Théâtre de l'Atelier. Published on L'Avant-Scène Théâtre (n° 367, 1966).

−	André Barsacq adapted the novel for the stage as ''[[L'Idiot]]''. The play was first performed in 1966 at the Théâtre de l'Atelier. Published on L'Avant-Scène Théâtre (n° 367, 1966) and was filmed and broadcast in 1968.
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	==Translations and adaptations==		==Translations and adaptations==