Resurrection - Revision history

Darryl: /* Performance history in South Africa */

2023-10-13T12:48:33Z

Performance history in South Africa

Darryl: /* The original text */

2023-10-13T12:47:25Z

The original text

Satj: /* Sources */

2021-03-23T13:50:31Z

Sources

Satj: /* Sources */

2021-03-23T10:06:57Z

Sources

Satj: /* The original text */

2021-03-23T10:06:37Z

The original text

Satj: /* The original text */

2021-03-23T10:02:38Z

The original text

Satj: /* Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy (1905) */

2021-03-23T05:02:42Z

Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy (1905)

Satj: /* Sources */

2021-03-23T04:51:02Z

Sources

Satj at 04:50, 23 March 2021

2021-03-23T04:50:48Z

Satj: /* Sources */

2021-03-23T04:48:57Z

Sources

@@ Line 71: / Line 71: @@
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-Presented by the University of the Witwatersrand as part of a double bill with ''[[All's Well]]'' at the [[National Arts Festival]] Student Drama in 1985 starring [[Jacquiline Dommisse]], [[Gilda Blacher]], [[Niel Lessick]]. Directed by [[Graeme Messer]], stage manager [[Mary Gill]], lighting [[Paul Abrahams]], company manager [[Morag Todd]].
+: Presented by the University of the Witwatersrand as part of a double bill with ''[[All's Well]]'' at the [[National Arts Festival]] Student Drama in 1985 starring [[Jacquiline Dommisse]], [[Gilda Blacher]], [[Niel Lessick]]. Directed by [[Graeme Messer]], stage manager [[Mary Gill]], lighting [[Paul Abrahams]], company manager [[Morag Todd]].
 == Sources ==

@@ Line 63: / Line 63: @@
 ==The original text==
-A one-act play, adapted by [[Richard Rive]] () from his short story of the same name, it deals with the ambiguities of the "coloured" designation - a theme which Rive will return to in ''[[Buckingham Palace, District Six]]''.
+A one-act play, adapted by [[Richard Rive]] (1931-1989) from his short story of the same name, it deals with the ambiguities of the "coloured" designation - a theme which Rive will return to in ''[[Buckingham Palace, District Six]]''.
 The play was first performed in April 1966 by [[Experimental Theatre]] at the [[University of Columbia]] and published in ''[[Short African Plays]]'' (Ed: [[Cosmo Pieterse]], 1968 ) by [[Heinemann]] and later again in ''[[Selected Writings]]'' (Johannesburg: [[Ad Donker]], 1976).

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:50, 23 March 2021
Line 75:		Line 75:
	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

		+	[[Sydney Paul Gosher]]. 1988. ''A historical and critical survey of the South African one-act play written in English''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Pretoria: [[University of South Africa]].

	[[National Arts Festival]] programme, 1985.		[[National Arts Festival]] programme, 1985.

← Older revision		Revision as of 10:06, 23 March 2021
Line 33:		Line 33:

	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_(novel)		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_(novel)
		+
		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy

	Copy of the French text in Henry Bataille ''[[Résurrection]]'', ''Théâtre Complet'', Ernest Flammarion, 1922, Tome III (p. 9-193)[https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/R%C3%A9surrection_(Bataille)]		Copy of the French text in Henry Bataille ''[[Résurrection]]'', ''Théâtre Complet'', Ernest Flammarion, 1922, Tome III (p. 9-193)[https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/R%C3%A9surrection_(Bataille)]

@@ Line 7: / Line 7: @@
 ==The original text==
-The play is based on ''[[Воскресеніе]]'', Leo Tolstoy's last novel, a version first published in 1899, though the complete text was only published in Russia in 1936 and in English in 1938. It is known in English translation by various names, including ''[[Resurrection]]'' and ''[[The Awakening]]'')[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_(novel)].
+The play is based on ''[[Воскресеніе]]'', the last novel by written Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy], and on the version first published in 1899, not the complete text that was only published in Russian in 1936 and in English in 1938. It is known in English translation by various names, including ''[[Resurrection]]'' and ''[[The Awakening]]'')[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_(novel)].
 The novel and the play tell the story of Katusha, a country girl, who is seduced and abandoned by Prince Nekludov. Nekludov finds himself, years later, on a jury trying the same Katusha for a crime he now realizes his actions drove her to. He follows her to imprisonment in Siberia, intent on redeeming her and himself as well.

@@ Line 7: / Line 7: @@
 ==The original text==
-The play is based on the novel ''[[Воскресеніе]]'', Leo Tolstoy's last novel, a version first published in 1899, though the complete text was only published in Russia in 1936 and in English in 1938. It is known in English translation by various names, including ''[[Resurrection]]'' and ''[[The Awakening]]'')[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_(novel)].
+The play is based on ''[[Воскресеніе]]'', Leo Tolstoy's last novel, a version first published in 1899, though the complete text was only published in Russia in 1936 and in English in 1938. It is known in English translation by various names, including ''[[Resurrection]]'' and ''[[The Awakening]]'')[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_(novel)].
 The novel and the play tell the story of Katusha, a country girl, who is seduced and abandoned by Prince Nekludov. Nekludov finds himself, years later, on a jury trying the same Katusha for a crime he now realizes his actions drove her to. He follows her to imprisonment in Siberia, intent on redeeming her and himself as well.
@@ Line 15: / Line 15: @@
 The French text was also produced in its original French at His Majesty's Theatre, London on 17 February, 1903, at the same timed that an English version - translated into English from Bataille's French version by Michael Morton (1864-1934)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morton_(dramatist)] - also opened in the Victoria Theatre, London, on 17 February, produced by Beerbohm Tree and his company, directed by Percy Nash (Beerbohm Tree apparently advertised the English versions as "less shocking than the French play to the sensibilities of Mrs. Grundy"[https://www.nytimes.com/1903/02/18/archives/tolstoi-at-fourth-hand-resurrection-seen-through-a-glass-darkly-at.html]).  It played there till 30 April, 1903.
 A typescript copy of the English text held in the New York Public Library collection[http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/] and the text itself was published by F.J. Wildman, 1903. The text is often credited to Batialle and Morton, or even Tolstoy, Bataille and Morton.
 ==Other translations and adaptations==

@@ Line 3: / Line 3: @@
-=''[[Resurrection]]'' by Leo Tolstoy (1905)=
+=''[[Resurrection]]'' by Leo Tolstoy, Henri Bataille and Michael Morton (1903)=
-==The novel==
+==The original text==
-The story of Katusha, a country girl, who is seduced and abandoned by Prince Nekludov. Nekludov finds himself, years later, on a jury trying the same Katusha for a crime he now realizes his actions drove her to. He follows her to imprisonment in Siberia, intent on redeeming her and himself as well.
+The play is based on the novel ''[[Воскресеніе]]'', Leo Tolstoy's last novel, a version first published in 1899, though the complete text was only published in Russia in 1936 and in English in 1938. It is known in English translation by various names, including ''[[Resurrection]]'' and ''[[The Awakening]]'')[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_(novel)].
-Based on the novel ''[[Воскресеніе]]'', Leo Tolstoy's last novel, a version first published in 1899, though the complete text was only published in Russia in 1936 and in English in 1938. It is known in English translation by various names, including ''[[Resurrection]]'' and ''[[The Awakening]]'')[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_(novel)].
+The novel and the play tell the story of Katusha, a country girl, who is seduced and abandoned by Prince Nekludov. Nekludov finds himself, years later, on a jury trying the same Katusha for a crime he now realizes his actions drove her to. He follows her to imprisonment in Siberia, intent on redeeming her and himself as well.
-==Translations and adaptations==
+In 1902 Henri Bataille (1872-1922)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Bataille] adapted Tolstoy's novel as a French play called ''[[Résurrection]]'' and styled it an "Épisode Dramatique" in five acts and a prologue. It was first performed at the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe on 14 November 1902. Later revived at the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin on 25 January, 1905 and again at the Théâtre National de l'Odéon on 24 February, 1923.
-===For the stage===
+A typescript copy of the English text held in the New York Public Library collection[http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/] and the text itself was published by F.J. Wildman, 1903. The text is often credited to Batialle and Morton, or even Tolstoy, Bataille and Morton.
-The French text was produced in its original at His Majesty's Theatre, London on 17 February, 1903, while an English version - translated into English by Michael Morton (1864-1934)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morton_(dramatist)] opened  simultaneously in the Victoria Theatre, London, also on 17 February. The latter was produced by Beerbohm Tree and his company, directed by Percy Nash (Beerbohm Tree apparently advertised the English versions as "less shocking than the French play to the sensibilities of Mrs. Grundy"[https://www.nytimes.com/1903/02/18/archives/tolstoi-at-fourth-hand-resurrection-seen-through-a-glass-darkly-at.html]).  It played there till 30 April, 1903.
+==Other translations and adaptations==
-A typescript copy of the English text held in the New York Public Library collection[http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/] and the text itself was published by F.J. Wildman, 1903.
+In 1930  Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko also did a stage version of the novel for the Moscow Art Theatre.
 It has also seen a number of operatic versions, early ones such as French composer Albert Roussel's 1903 tone poem ''[[Résurrection]]'' and Italian composer Franco Alfano's ''[[Risurrezione]]'' (1904), followed by later versions include ''[[Vzkriesenie]]''  (1960) by Slovak composer Ján Cikker, and ''[[Resurrection]]'' by American composer Tod Machover.
@@ Line 35: / Line 29: @@
-: Performed a ''[[Resurrection]]'' by the [[William Haviland]] and his company in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, in June, probably using the Bataille and Morton version.
+: Performed as ''[[Resurrection]]'' by the [[William Haviland]] and his company in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, in June, most probably using the published Bataille and Morton version.
 == Sources ==

← Older revision		Revision as of 04:51, 23 March 2021
Line 46:		Line 46:

	https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/michael-morton-7740		https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/michael-morton-7740
		+
		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morton_(dramatist)

	https://books.google.co.za/books?id=sB_BQwAACAAJ&sitesec=reviews&redir_esc=y		https://books.google.co.za/books?id=sB_BQwAACAAJ&sitesec=reviews&redir_esc=y

@@ Line 18: / Line 18: @@
 In 1902 adapted as a French play called ''[[Résurrection]]'' by Henri Bataille (1872-1922)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Bataille] and styled an "Épisode Dramatique" in five acts and a prologue. It was first performed at the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe on 14 November 1902. Later revivced at the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin on 25 January, 1905 and again at the Théâtre National de l'Odéon on 24 February, 1923.
-The French text was produced in its original at His Majesty's Theatre, London on 17 February, 1903, while an English version (translated into English by Michael Morton) opened  simultaneously in the Victoria Theatre, London, also on 17 February. The latter was produced by Beerbohm Tree and his company, directed by Percy Nash (Beerbohm Tree apparently advertised the English versions as "less shocking than the French play to the sensibilities of Mrs. Grundy"[https://www.nytimes.com/1903/02/18/archives/tolstoi-at-fourth-hand-resurrection-seen-through-a-glass-darkly-at.html]).  It played there till 30 April, 1903.
+The French text was produced in its original at His Majesty's Theatre, London on 17 February, 1903, while an English version - translated into English by Michael Morton (1864-1934)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morton_(dramatist)] opened  simultaneously in the Victoria Theatre, London, also on 17 February. The latter was produced by Beerbohm Tree and his company, directed by Percy Nash (Beerbohm Tree apparently advertised the English versions as "less shocking than the French play to the sensibilities of Mrs. Grundy"[https://www.nytimes.com/1903/02/18/archives/tolstoi-at-fourth-hand-resurrection-seen-through-a-glass-darkly-at.html]).  It played there till 30 April, 1903.
 A typescript copy of the English text held in the New York Public Library collection[http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/] and the text itself was published by F.J. Wildman, 1903.

← Older revision		Revision as of 04:48, 23 March 2021
Line 50:		Line 50:

	https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/88024/resurrection#overview		https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/88024/resurrection#overview
		+
		+	https://www.nytimes.com/1903/02/18/archives/tolstoi-at-fourth-hand-resurrection-seen-through-a-glass-darkly-at.html

	Rebecca Beasley and Philip Ross Bullock (eds). 2013. ''Russia in Britain, 1880-1940: From Melodrama to Modernism''.		Rebecca Beasley and Philip Ross Bullock (eds). 2013. ''Russia in Britain, 1880-1940: From Melodrama to Modernism''.