Thérèse Raquin - Revision history

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 Allardyce Nicoll. ''World Drama'' p.511.
 [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 400.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 == The original text ==
-Originally written as a novel and first published in 1867, it was later rewritten as an influential play, first performed in 1873. It tells the story of Thérèse, and her lover, Laurent, who decide to murder her husband. Driven by force of conscience they end their own lives in a suicide pact.
+Originally written as a notorious novel and first published in 1867, it was later rewritten as an influential play, first performed in 1873. It tells the story of Thérèse, and her lover, Laurent, who decide to murder her husband. Driven by force of conscience they end their own lives in a suicide pact.
 In his preface to the second edition of the novel, Zola explains that his goal was to "study temperaments and not characters". Because of this detached and scientific approach, ''[[Thérèse Raquin]]'' is considered an example of naturalism, not only in prose but in the theatre as well.

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	Originally written as a novel and first published in 1867, it was later rewritten as an influential play, first performed in 1873. It tells the story of Thérèse, and her lover, Laurent, who decide to murder her husband. Driven by force of conscience they end their own lives in a suicide pact.		Originally written as a novel and first published in 1867, it was later rewritten as an influential play, first performed in 1873. It tells the story of Thérèse, and her lover, Laurent, who decide to murder her husband. Driven by force of conscience they end their own lives in a suicide pact.
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		+	In his preface to the second edition of the novel, Zola explains that his goal was to "study temperaments and not characters". Because of this detached and scientific approach, ''[[Thérèse Raquin]]'' is considered an example of naturalism, not only in prose but in the theatre as well.

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

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-''[[Thérèse Raquin]]'' is a novel (first published in 1867) and a play (first performed in 1873) by the French writer Émile Zola (1840-1902) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Zola].
+''[[Thérèse Raquin]]'' is a French naturalist play by Émile Zola (1840-1902)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Zola].
 == The original text ==
-The play (1873) is about a woman, Thérèse, and her lover, Laurent, who decide to murder her husband.Driven by force of conscience they end their own lives in a suicide pact.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 == Sources ==
-Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se_Raquin].
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se_Raquin
 Allardyce Nicoll. ''World Drama'' p.511.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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−	1894 The "[[Ashman Group]]" put on a short season in Cape Town's [[Opera House]], consisting of ''[[Francillon]]'' (Dumas), ''[[Sunlight and Shadow]]'' (R.C. Carton) and a play called ''[[Therese]]'', by an anonymous author.	+	1894 The "[[Ashman Group]]" put on a short season in Cape Town's [[Opera House]], consisting of ''[[Francillon]]'' (Dumas), ''[[Sunlight and Shadow]]'' (R.C. Carton) and a play called ''[[Therese]]'', by an anonymous author, which may well have been an English version of Zola's French play.

	1950s: Produced in [[Afrikaans]] by [[Wena Naudé]]'s company in the 1950s, with [[Jane Potgieter]] in the lead.		1950s: Produced in [[Afrikaans]] by [[Wena Naudé]]'s company in the 1950s, with [[Jane Potgieter]] in the lead.

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
 Produced by [[Wena Naudé]]'s company in the 1950s, with [[Jane Potgieter]] in the lead.
 == Sources ==

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		+	An English version was performed in London 1891, under the auspices of the Independent Theatre Society, since the Lord Chamberlain's Office refused to license it.

	== Performance history in South Africa ==		== Performance history in South Africa ==

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−	'''[[Thérèse Raquin]]''' is a novel (first published in 1867) and a play (first performed in 1873) by the French writer Émile Zola (1840-1902) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Zola].	+	''[[Thérèse Raquin]]'' is a novel (first published in 1867) and a play (first performed in 1873) by the French writer Émile Zola (1840-1902) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Zola].

	== The original text ==		== The original text ==