Proof - Revision history

Miriamt: /* Performance history in South Africa */

2022-06-04T09:43:55Z

Performance history in South Africa

Miriamt: /* Sources */

2019-10-07T10:02:16Z

Sources

Satj: /* Proof by F.C. Burnand (1878) */

2019-08-09T15:33:12Z

Proof by F.C. Burnand (1878)

Satj: /* Proof by F.C. Burnand (1878) */

2019-08-09T15:32:21Z

Proof by F.C. Burnand (1878)

Satj: /* Proof by F.C. Burnand (1878) */

2019-08-09T15:32:03Z

Proof by F.C. Burnand (1878)

Satj: /* Proof by F.C. Burnand (1878) */

2019-08-09T15:21:33Z

Proof by F.C. Burnand (1878)

Satj at 03:54, 9 August 2019

2019-08-09T03:54:55Z

Satj: /* The original text */

2019-08-08T19:46:58Z

The original text

Satj: /* Proof by F.C. Burnand (1878) */

2019-08-08T16:28:52Z

Proof by F.C. Burnand (1878)

Satj: /* Sources */

2019-08-08T16:27:50Z

Sources

@@ Line 36: / Line 36: @@
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: First staged in South Africa in the [[Theatre on the Bay]], Cape Town in June and in July in the [[Montecasino Theatre]], Johannesburg, directed by [[Michael Atkinson]], with [[Bianca Amato]] (Catherine), [[Michael Atkinson|Atkinson]] (Robert), [[Debbie Brown]] (Claire) and [[Daniel Browde]] (Hal).
+: First staged in South Africa in the [[Theatre on the Bay]], Cape Town in June and in July in the [[Montecasino Theatre]], Johannesburg, directed by [[Michael Atkinson]], with [[Bianca Amato]] (Catherine), [[Michael Atkinson|Atkinson]] (Robert), [[Debbie Brown]] (Claire) and [[Daniel Browde]] (Hal). At the [[NAF]] 5-7 July.
 : Performed August 24 to 28 by the [[Port Elizabeth Musical and Dramatic Society]] ([[Pemads]]) in their [[Little Theatre]], directed by [[Jamie-Lee Reynolds]], with [[Amy Claire Huntly]], [[Tim Collier]], [[Erin-Ashleigh Palmer]] and [[Mark Farrow]].

@@ Line 44: / Line 44: @@
 "''Proof''", Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_%28play%29]
-''The Citizen'', 31 July 2001.
+''[[The Citizen]]'', 31 July 2001.
 http://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=40292

@@ Line 3: / Line 3: @@
 =''[[Proof]]''  by F.C. Burnand (1878)=
-Also known as  '''''[[Proof, or A Celebrated Case]]''''', it is an English version of ''[[Une Cause Célèbre]]'' (d'Ennery and Cormon), which opened  at the Ambigu-Comique in Paris on 4 December 1877. The English play was first produced in English at the Adelphi Theatre, London, in 1878 and published by [[Samuel French]] probably in that same year.
+Also known as  '''''[[Proof, or A Celebrated Case]]''''', it is an English version of ''[[Une Cause Célèbre]]'' (d'Ennery and Cormon), which opened  at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique  in Paris on 4 December 1877. The English play was first produced in English at the Adelphi Theatre, London, in 1878 and published by [[Samuel French]] probably in that same year.
 For more on the play and performances, see the entry on  '''''[[Une Cause Célèbre]]'''''

@@ Line 5: / Line 5: @@
 Also known as  '''''[[Proof, or A Celebrated Case]]''''', it is an English version of ''[[Une Cause Célèbre]]'' (d'Ennery and Cormon), which opened  at the Ambigu-Comique in Paris on 4 December 1877. The English play was first produced in English at the Adelphi Theatre, London, in 1878 and published by [[Samuel French]] probably in that same year.
-For more on the play and performances, see the entry on '''''[[Une cause célèbre]]''''' '''''[[Une Cause Célèbre]]'''''
+For more on the play and performances, see the entry on  '''''[[Une Cause Célèbre]]'''''
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

@@ Line 3: / Line 3: @@
 =''[[Proof]]''  by F.C. Burnand (1878)=
-Also known as  '''''[[Proof, or A Celebrated Case]]''''', it is an English version of ''[[Une cause célèbre]]'' (d'Ennery and Cormon), which opened  at the Ambigu-Comique in Paris on 4 December 1877. The English play was first produced in English at the Adelphi Theatre, London, in 1878 and published by [[Samuel French]] probably in that same year.
+Also known as  '''''[[Proof, or A Celebrated Case]]''''', it is an English version of ''[[Une Cause Célèbre]]'' (d'Ennery and Cormon), which opened  at the Ambigu-Comique in Paris on 4 December 1877. The English play was first produced in English at the Adelphi Theatre, London, in 1878 and published by [[Samuel French]] probably in that same year.
 For more on the play and performances, see the entry on '''''[[Une cause célèbre]]''''' '''''[[Une Cause Célèbre]]'''''

@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
--5: Performed by the [[Henry Harper Company]] in the new [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, as part of [[Henry Harper]]'s  first season as lessee and manager of the venue.
+-5: Performed as ''[[Proof]]'' by the [[Henry Harper Company]] in the new [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, as part of [[Henry Harper]]'s  first season as lessee and manager of the venue.
 ==Sources==

@@ Line 5: / Line 5: @@
 == The original text ==
-Also known as  '''''[[Proof, or A Celebrated Case]]''''', it is has variously been described as a drama in a prologue and two acts, a drama in six acts and a drama in a prologue and three acts. It is in fact an English version of ''[[Une cause célèbre]]'' (d'Ennery and Cormon), which opened  at the Ambigu-Comique in Paris on 4 December 1877, it was "adapted to the English stage" by F.C. Burnand (1836-1917)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._C._Burnand]. The English play was first produced in English at the Adelphi Theatre, London, in 1878. Published by [[Samuel French]], [1878?])
+Also known as  '''''[[Proof, or A Celebrated Case]]''''', it is has variously been described as a drama in a prologue and two acts, a drama in six acts (after the original French text) and a drama in a prologue and three acts. It is in fact an English version of ''[[Une cause célèbre]]'' (d'Ennery and Cormon), which opened  at the Ambigu-Comique in Paris on 4 December 1877, it was "adapted to the English stage" by F.C. Burnand (1836-1917)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._C._Burnand]. The English play was first produced in English at the Adelphi Theatre, London, in 1878. Published by [[Samuel French]], [1878?])
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:28, 8 August 2019
Line 4:		Line 4:

	== The original text ==		== The original text ==
−
−	~~==Translations and adaptations==~~

	Also known as '''''[[Proof, or A Celebrated Case]]''''', it is has variously been described as a drama in a prologue and two acts, a drama in six acts and a drama in a prologue and three acts. It is in fact an English version of ''[[Une cause célèbre]]'' (d'Ennery and Cormon), which opened at the Ambigu-Comique in Paris on 4 December 1877, it was "adapted to the English stage" by F.C. Burnand (1836-1917)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._C._Burnand]. The English play was first produced in English at the Adelphi Theatre, London, in 1878. Published by [[Samuel French]], [1878?])		Also known as '''''[[Proof, or A Celebrated Case]]''''', it is has variously been described as a drama in a prologue and two acts, a drama in six acts and a drama in a prologue and three acts. It is in fact an English version of ''[[Une cause célèbre]]'' (d'Ennery and Cormon), which opened at the Ambigu-Comique in Paris on 4 December 1877, it was "adapted to the English stage" by F.C. Burnand (1836-1917)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._C._Burnand]. The English play was first produced in English at the Adelphi Theatre, London, in 1878. Published by [[Samuel French]], [1878?])

@@ Line 19: / Line 19: @@
 Facimile version of the [[Samuel French]] edition of 1878, [[HathiTrust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=iau.31858024122610&view=1up&seq=3]
-"PROOF; OR, A CELEBRATED CASE."
+Cecil Howard. 1894. "Proof;or A celebrated case" a review in ''The Theatre'' : a monthly review of the drama, music and the fine arts, January 1880-June 1894; London Vol. 14,  (Sep 1889): 158-160.[https://search.proquest.com/openview/64bc22d0635ea875/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=2580]
 [[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 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)