Les Deux Gosses - Revision history

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Sources

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Performance history in South Africa

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Performance history in South Africa

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French adaptations

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The novel

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French adaptations

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	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.203-205		[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.203-205
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		+	[[Walter Greyvenstein\|Greyvenstein, Walter]] 1988. ''The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: [[Rand Afrikaans University]].

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

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	1903: Presented by [[Rayne's Company]] in repertory with ''[[Little Jim]]'' and ''[[Little Lord Fauntleroy]]'' at [[Gaiety Theatre]], Johannesburg in January.		1903: Presented by [[Rayne's Company]] in repertory with ''[[Little Jim]]'' and ''[[Little Lord Fauntleroy]]'' at [[Gaiety Theatre]], Johannesburg in January.
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		+	1905: ''[[Two Little Vagabonds]]'' presented by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company at [[His Majesty's Theatre]], Johannesburg and as part of his touring repertoire.

	1917: Performed in English as ''[[Two Little Vagabonds]]'' by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company at the [[Standard Theatre]], Johannesburg and as part of his touring repertoire.		1917: Performed in English as ''[[Two Little Vagabonds]]'' by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company at the [[Standard Theatre]], Johannesburg and as part of his touring repertoire.

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	1897: Performed in English as ''[[Two Little Vagabonds]]'' by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company as part of his touring repertoire, inter alia opening at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town on 3 August..		1897: Performed in English as ''[[Two Little Vagabonds]]'' by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company as part of his touring repertoire, inter alia opening at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town on 3 August..
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		+	1903: Presented by [[Rayne's Company]] in repertory with ''[[Little Jim]]'' and ''[[Little Lord Fauntleroy]]'' at [[Gaiety Theatre]], Johannesburg in January.

	1917: Performed in English as ''[[Two Little Vagabonds]]'' by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company at the [[Standard Theatre]], Johannesburg and as part of his touring repertoire.		1917: Performed in English as ''[[Two Little Vagabonds]]'' by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company at the [[Standard Theatre]], Johannesburg and as part of his touring repertoire.

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-[[Les Deux Gosses]] is the name of a novel  by Pierre Decourcelle (1856-1926)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Decourcelle] and the French plays based on the novel.
+[[Les Deux Gosses]] is the name of a novel  by Pierre Decourcelle (1856-1926)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Decourcelle] and the two French plays and a number of films based on the novel.
 ==The novel==
-''[[Les Deux Gosses]]'' is the  story of two you
+The novel  ''[[Les Deux Gosses]]'' ("The two kids") was published in 3 volumesby Éditions Rouff, Paris, in 1880, with illustrations by H. Meyer, Jonnard, and others. It became a great success.
 ==French adaptations==

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	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Decourcelle		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Decourcelle
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		+	https://gallica.bnf.fr/blog/21082018/pierre-decourcelle-1856-1926?mode=desktop

	https://theatricalia.com/play/dkp/two-little-vagabonds		https://theatricalia.com/play/dkp/two-little-vagabonds

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 ==French adaptations==
-Adapted for the stage, probably by the author, ''[[Les Deux Gosses]]'' was first performed at the Théâtre de lAmbigu-Comique, Paris, on 19 February 1896.
+Adapted for the stage by the author himself,  ''[[Les Deux Gosses]]'' was first performed at the Théâtre de lAmbigu-Comique, Paris, on 19 February 1896 and went on to have more than a thousand performances.
 In 1941 Robert Ancelin did another French adaptation of the novel.

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 ''[[Les Deux Gosses]]'' is the  story of two you
-The novel  ("The two kids") was published in 3 volumesby Éditions Rouff, Paris, in 1880, with illustrations by H. Meyer, Jonnard, and others.
+The novel  ("The two kids") was published in 3 volumesby Éditions Rouff, Paris, in 1880, with illustrations by H. Meyer, Jonnard, and others. It became a great success.
 ==French adaptations==

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
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		+	https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Deux_Gosses

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

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 An extremely popular English version known as ''[[Two Little Vagabonds]]'' was written by George R. Sims and Arthur Shirley, and first produced at the Princess's Theatre, London, on 23 September, 1896. Clearly based on the recently performed French play rather than the original novel.
-Twice filmed, in 1924 as a French silent film directed by Louis Mercanton (also released as "The Two Boys")  and as  a Ffrench sound film called ''Les deux Gosses'' in 1936, directed by Fernand Rivers.
+Often filmed as ''[[Les Deux Gosses]]'', including versions by Adrien Caillard (1912), Albert Capellani (1914), Maurice Tourneur (1923), Louis Mercanton (1924), Fernand Rivers (1936), and an Italian version by Flavio Calzavara (''[[I due derelitti]]'') in 1951.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==