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''[[Medved': Shutka v odnom deystvii]]'' ("The bear: a joke in one act", original Cyrillic: ''[[Медведь: Шутка в одном действии]]'') is a one-act play by Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Chekhov].

==The original text==

A vaudeville style farce about the idea of the male being a 'bear' tamed by a woman, the play was inspired by the French two act comedy ''[[Les Jurons de Cadillac]]'' by Pierre Berton (1842-1912)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Berton_(playwright)], which had been published by Michel Lévy frères in 1874. Chekhov's piece was originally dedicated to the and director/actor Nikolai Nikolaevich Solovtsov, Chekhov's boyhood friend, who first played the character Smirnov when it was first performed in the Korsh Theatre in Moscow on October 28, 1888. The play was an instant success and a long term source of royalties for the playwright.

==Translations and adaptations==

Usually translated into English as '''''[[The Bear]]''''' (or '''''[[The Boor]]'''''), and at times subtitled "A Joke in One Act", the play had its English language premiere in London in 1911 and was first performed in New York in 1915.

There appears to have been an [[Afrikaans]] translation by an unnamed translator titled '''''[[Die Beer]]''''' ("The bear"), that was used by the students and staff of the [[University of Stellenbosch]] Drama Department ([[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]]) in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] for performances in October 1975, and later again in 198*.

[[NELM]] also has press clippings and other material of a production of ''[[Die Beer]]'' by the [[Grahamstown Amateur Dramatic Society]], date not stated.

Another [[Afrikaans]] translation, now called '''''[[Die Buffel]]''''' (literally "The buffalo", but metaphorically "the boor or brute") by [[Alewyn Lee]], was published by [[Tafelberg]], 1980, in the collection ''[[Die Buffel en ander eenakters]]'' and in 1992 in the collection ''[[Skouspel]]'' (also by [[Tafelberg]]).

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1945: Produced for the [[Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society]] by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] as their entry in the 1945 [[FATSSA]] Play Festival, featuring [[Frieda Mardegant]]. A second society, the [[Natal Society Play Reading Group]], also produced the play at this festival.

1970: Performed by students of the [[Stellenbosch University Drama Department]] in 1970 under direction of [[Jan Engelen]] starring [[Johann van Heerden]], [[Sharon Montgomery]] and [[Theuns Meyer]].

1974: Performed in English in the lunch-hour slot at [[Space Theatre|The Space]] (Cape Town). [[Bill Tanner]] was the director and the stage manager was [[Andrea Fine]]. The cast consisted of [[Limpie Basson]], [[Yvonne Bryceland]] and [[Keith Grenville]].

1975: ''[[Die Beer]]'' performed in [[Afrikaans]] by students of the Drama Department directed by [[Ria Olivier]], starring [[Johan Fourie]], [[Anna-Marie Engelbrecht]], [[Carina Steyn]], [[Herman Pretorius]], and [[Christine Monaco]] in October.

1978: ''[[The Bear]]'' was presented by the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]], directed by [[Claerwen Howie]] in a double bill with ''[[Something Unspoken]]''.

198?: [[The Bear]] by [[Anton Chekov]] and directed by [[Konstantin Zakarchenko]] with [[Chris Truter]], [[Christa de Jager]] en [[Konstantin Zakarchenko]] at [[Harrington street 105]].

198*: Staged in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Beer]]'' by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]], directed by ***, with (actress?***), [[Anton Smith]] and [[Neels Engelbrecht]].

2013: Performed in English, in tandem with ''[[The Proposal]]'', from 22 to 26 August, 1 to 12 September at the [[Intimate Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[The Mechanicals]], as part of their Chekhov Season, which also included ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' (6 to 17 August and 27 to 31 August).

== Sources ==

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bear_(play)

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

[[Jan B. Vermaak]] (compiler), 1992. ''[[Skouspel]]''. Cape Town: [[Tafelberg]].

[[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp

''[[Trek]]'', 10(8):23, 1945.

[[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]], 1979.

[[Burger]], 198?

Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	Another [[Afrikaans]] translation, now called '''''[[Die Buffel]]''''' (literally "The buffalo", but metaphorically "the boor or brute") was done by [[Alewyn Lee]] and published by [[Tafelberg]], 1980, in the collection ''[[Die Buffel en ander eenakters]]'' and in 1992 in the collection ''[[Skouspel]]'' (also by [[Tafelberg]]).		Another [[Afrikaans]] translation, now called '''''[[Die Buffel]]''''' (literally "The buffalo", but metaphorically "the boor or brute") was done by [[Alewyn Lee]] and published by [[Tafelberg]], 1980, in the collection ''[[Die Buffel en ander eenakters]]'' and in 1992 in the collection ''[[Skouspel]]'' (also by [[Tafelberg]]).
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		+	An opera version of the same title by Paul Dehn and William Walton based on the Chekov play was first performed at the Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, England on 3 June 1967.

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 ?:  [[The Bear]] by [[Anton Chekov]] and directed by [[Konstantin Zakarchenko]] with [[Chris Truter]], [[Christa de Jager]] en [[Konstantin Zakarchenko]] at [[Harrington street 105]].
-*: Staged in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Beer]]'' by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]], directed by ***, with (actress?***), [[Anton Smith]] and [[Neels Engelbrecht]].
+*: Staged in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Beer]]'' by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]], directed by [[Johann van Heerden]] (?), with (actress?***), [[Anton Smith]] and [[Neels Engelbrecht]].
 : Performed in English, in tandem with ''[[The Proposal]]'', from 22 to 26 August, 1 to 12 September at the [[Intimate Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[The Mechanicals]], as part of their Chekhov Season, which also included ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' (6 to 17 August and 27 to 31 August).

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 Usually translated into English as '''''[[The Bear]]''''' (or '''''[[The Boor]]'''''), and at times subtitled "A Joke in One Act", the play had its English language premiere in London in 1911 and was first performed in New York in 1915.
-There appears to have been an [[Afrikaans]] translation by an unnamed translator titled '''''[[Die Beer]]''''' ("The bear"), that was used by the students and staff of the [[University of Stellenbosch]] Drama Department ([[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]]) in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] for performances in October 1975, and later again in 198*.
+Translated from the English into [[Afrikaans]] translation as '''''[[Die Beer]]''''' ("The bear"), by [[Johann van Heerden]], for use of the students and staff of the [[University of Stellenbosch]] Drama Department ([[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]]) in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]].  A copy of the text is held in the [[ESAT Archives]].
-[[NELM]] also has press clippings and other material of a production of ''[[Die Beer]]'' by the [[Grahamstown Amateur Dramatic Society]], date not stated.
+[[NELM]] also has press clippings and other material of a production of '''''[[Die Beer]]''''' by the [[Grahamstown Amateur Dramatic Society]], date not stated.
-Another [[Afrikaans]] translation, now called '''''[[Die Buffel]]''''' (literally "The buffalo", but metaphorically "the boor or brute") by [[Alewyn Lee]], was published by [[Tafelberg]], 1980, in the collection ''[[Die Buffel en ander eenakters]]'' and in 1992 in the collection ''[[Skouspel]]'' (also by [[Tafelberg]]).
+Another [[Afrikaans]] translation, now called '''''[[Die Buffel]]''''' (literally "The buffalo", but metaphorically "the boor or brute") was done by [[Alewyn Lee]] and published by [[Tafelberg]], 1980, in the collection ''[[Die Buffel en ander eenakters]]'' and in 1992 in the collection ''[[Skouspel]]'' (also by [[Tafelberg]]).
 == Performance history in South Africa ==