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−	~~''[[Le Roi s'Amuse]]'' (lit. "the King amuses himself" or "the King has fun") is a French play in five acts written Victor Hugo ()[].~~
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−	~~==The original text==~~
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−	~~First performed on 22 November 1832, the play was banned by the French government after one evening, and, despite vain court battles, remained so for 50 years.~~
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−	~~It finally had a second performance at the Comédie-Française on 22 November 1882, the date of the play's 50th anniversary, leading to 19 performances that year and 28 more in 1883.~~
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−	~~==='''''[[Rigoletto]]''''' (1851)===~~
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−	~~Most notably the play was used as the source for ''[[Rigoletto]]'', and opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi ()[].~~
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−	Based on the play ''[[Le Roi S'Amuse]]'' by Victor Hugo (), the opera was originally called ''[[La Maledizione]]'' ("The Curse"), with an Italian libretto written by Francesco Maria Piave ()[]. It tells the tragic story of the licentious Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester Rigoletto, and Rigoletto's beautiful daughter Gilda.
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−	The opera's was originally called ''[[La Maledizione]]'' ("The Curse"), and refers to a curse placed on both the Duke and Rigoletto by a courtier whose daughter the Duke has seduced with Rigoletto's encouragement.
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−	Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian censors who had control over northern Italian theatres at the time, the Verdi opera had a triumphant premiere at La Fenice in Venice on 11 March 1851.
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−	~~A number of film versions have been made, including ''Rigoletto'' (1918),~~
−	~~''Rigoletto e la sua tragedia'' (1956), ''Rigoletto'' (1982), ''Rigoletto'' (1993) and ''Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto Story'' (2005). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigoletto.~~
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−	~~== Performance history in South Africa ==~~
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−	~~1893-4: Performed by the [[Lyric Opera Company]] on tour in South Africa, including performances in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town.~~
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−	~~== Sources ==~~
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−	~~https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigoletto~~
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−	[[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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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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~~
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−	~~Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]~~
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	''[[Le Roi s'Amuse]]'' (lit. "the King amuses himself" or "the King has fun") is a French play in five acts written Victor Hugo ()[].		''[[Le Roi s'Amuse]]'' (lit. "the King amuses himself" or "the King has fun") is a French play in five acts written Victor Hugo ()[].

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−	''[[Le ~~roi~~ s'~~amuse~~]]'' (lit. "the King amuses himself" or "the King has fun") is a French play in five acts written Victor Hugo ()[].	+	''[[Le Roi s'Amuse]]'' (lit. "the King amuses himself" or "the King has fun") is a French play in five acts written Victor Hugo ()[].
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		+	==The original text==
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		+	First performed on 22 November 1832, the play was banned by the French government after one evening, and, despite vain court battles, remained so for 50 years.
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		+	It finally had a second performance at the Comédie-Française on 22 November 1882, the date of the play's 50th anniversary, leading to 19 performances that year and 28 more in 1883.

−	~~First performed on 22 November 1832, the play was banned by the French government after one evening,~~



−	~~==The original text==~~

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-''[[Rigoletto]]'' is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi ()[].
+''[[Le roi s'amuse]]'' (lit. "the King amuses himself" or "the King has fun") is a French play in five acts written Victor Hugo ()[].
 ==The original text==
 Based on the play ''[[Le Roi S'Amuse]]'' by Victor Hugo (), the opera was originally called ''[[La Maledizione]]'' ("The Curse"), with an Italian libretto written by Francesco Maria Piave ()[]. It tells the tragic story of the licentious Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester Rigoletto, and Rigoletto's beautiful daughter Gilda.
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 Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian censors who had control over northern Italian theatres at the time, the Verdi opera had a triumphant premiere at La Fenice in Venice on 11 March 1851.
-==Translations and adaptations==

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
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		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigoletto

	[[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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)		[[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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)

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−	Based on the play ''[[Le Roi s'Amuse]]'' by Victor Hugo (), the opera was originally called ''[[La Maledizione]]'' ("The Curse"), with an Italian libretto written by Francesco Maria Piave ()[]. It tells the tragic story of the licentious Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester Rigoletto, and Rigoletto's beautiful daughter Gilda.	+	Based on the play ''[[Le Roi S'Amuse]]'' by Victor Hugo (), the opera was originally called ''[[La Maledizione]]'' ("The Curse"), with an Italian libretto written by Francesco Maria Piave ()[]. It tells the tragic story of the licentious Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester Rigoletto, and Rigoletto's beautiful daughter Gilda.

	The opera's was originally called ''[[La Maledizione]]'' ("The Curse"), and refers to a curse placed on both the Duke and Rigoletto by a courtier whose daughter the Duke has seduced with Rigoletto's encouragement.		The opera's was originally called ''[[La Maledizione]]'' ("The Curse"), and refers to a curse placed on both the Duke and Rigoletto by a courtier whose daughter the Duke has seduced with Rigoletto's encouragement.

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	==The original text==		==The original text==
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		+	Based on the play ''[[Le Roi s'Amuse]]'' by Victor Hugo (), the opera was originally called ''[[La Maledizione]]'' ("The Curse"), with an Italian libretto written by Francesco Maria Piave ()[]. It tells the tragic story of the licentious Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester Rigoletto, and Rigoletto's beautiful daughter Gilda.
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		+	The opera's was originally called ''[[La Maledizione]]'' ("The Curse"), and refers to a curse placed on both the Duke and Rigoletto by a courtier whose daughter the Duke has seduced with Rigoletto's encouragement.
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		+	Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian censors who had control over northern Italian theatres at the time, the Verdi opera had a triumphant premiere at La Fenice in Venice on 11 March 1851.

	==Translations and adaptations==		==Translations and adaptations==

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-Rigoletto (1918 film), an Austrian silent historical film
+A number of film versions have been made, including ''Rigoletto'' (1918),
-Rigoletto e la sua tragedia, also known as Rigoletto, a 1956 Italian musical melodrama film
+''Rigoletto e la sua tragedia'' (1956), ''Rigoletto'' (1982), ''Rigoletto''  (1993) and ''Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto Story'' (2005). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigoletto.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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		+	''[[Rigoletto]]'' is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi ()[].
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	==The original text==		==The original text==