Two Old Men - Revision history

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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Phelps
-Copy for typed [[SABC]] script by [[Marie van der Merwe]], found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.
+Copy for typed [[SABC]] script by [[Marie van der Merwe]], found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022. Now held in the [[ESAT repository]] held at the [[Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation]], with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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 Return to [[South_African_Radio/Plays|South African Radio Plays and Serials]]
 Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
 Return to [[Main Page]]

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	https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Twenty-three_Tales/Two_Old_Men		https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Twenty-three_Tales/Two_Old_Men
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		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Phelps

	Copy for typed [[SABC]] script by [[Marie van der Merwe]], found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.		Copy for typed [[SABC]] script by [[Marie van der Merwe]], found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.

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 =Dramatised adaptations and translations of the tale=
-The story was freely adapted as a radio play by Gilbert Phelps and presented by him in ''The Way of Life'' on the BBC Home Service Basic, produced by Victor Menzies and broadcast on 3 May, 1959.
+The story was freely adapted as a radio play by Gilbert Phelps (1915-1993)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Phelps ]and presented by him in ''The Way of Life'' on the BBC Home Service Basic, produced by Victor Menzies and broadcast on 3 May, 1959.
 The Phelps play was translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Twee Ou Manne]]'' by [[Marie van der Merwe]] in 1962 and  was recorded on `14 March, directed by [[Monica Breedt]].
 =Performance history in South Africa=

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		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy

	https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Twenty-three_Tales/Two_Old_Men		https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Twenty-three_Tales/Two_Old_Men

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−	''[[Two Old Men]]'' can refer to a ''[[Два старика]]'' (1885), a Russian short story by Leo Tolstoy, or to a number of stage , radio and other adaptations of the tale. Below are some versions performed in South Africa.	+	''[[Two Old Men]]'' can refer to a ''[[Два старика]]'' (1885), a Russian short story by Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy], or to a number of stage , radio and other adaptations of the tale. Below are some versions performed in South Africa.

	=The original Russian short story=		=The original Russian short story=

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	Copy for typed [[SABC]] script by [[Marie van der Merwe]], found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.		Copy for typed [[SABC]] script by [[Marie van der Merwe]], found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.
		+
		+	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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		+	= Return to =
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		+	Return to [[South_African_Radio/Plays\|South African Radio Plays and Serials]]
		+
		+	Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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		+	Return to [[Main Page]]

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-''[[Two Old Men]]'' can refer to a ''[[Два старика]]'' (1885), a Russian short story by Leo Tolstoy, to various stage , radio and other adaptations of the tale.
+''[[Two Old Men]]'' can refer to a ''[[Два старика]]'' (1885), a Russian short story by Leo Tolstoy, or to a number of stage , radio and other adaptations of the tale. Below are some versions performed in South Africa.
 =The original Russian short story=
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 =Dramatised adaptations and translations of the tale=
-The story was adapted as a radio play by Gilbert Phelps
+The story was freely adapted as a radio play by Gilbert Phelps and presented by him in ''The Way of Life'' on the BBC Home Service Basic, produced by Victor Menzies and broadcast on 3 May, 1959.
-The Phelps play was translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Twee Ou Manne]]'' by [[Marie van der Merwe]] in 1962.
+The Phelps play was translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Twee Ou Manne]]'' by [[Marie van der Merwe]] in 1962 and  was recorded on `14 March, directed by [[Monica Breedt]].
 =Performance history in South Africa=
-: ''[[Twee Ou Manne]]'' by [[Marie van der Merwe]] was recorded on `14 March, directed by [[Monica Breedt]], and was broadcast on the programme ''[[Radioteater]]'' on the [[Afrikaans Service]] of the [[SABC]] on 20 April.
+: ''[[Twee Ou Manne]]'' by [[Marie van der Merwe]] broadcast on the programme ''[[Radioteater]]'' on the [[Afrikaans Service]] of the [[SABC]] on 20 April.
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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Old_Men_(story)
 Copy for typed [[SABC]] script by [[Marie van der Merwe]], found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.

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-''[[Two Old Men]]'' can refer to a short story by Leo Tolstoy 9)[], or to various stage , radio and other adaptations of the tale.
+''[[Two Old Men]]'' can refer to a ''[[Два старика]]'' (1885), a Russian short story by Leo Tolstoy, to various stage , radio and other adaptations of the tale.
-=''[[Two Old Men]]'' ("Два старика"), the original short story by Tolstoy=
+=The original Russian short story=
 Written and first published in 1885, it tells the story of Efim and Elisha, two neighbors who decide to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem before dying.
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 The story was translated to English by Leo Wiener in 1904 and by Louise and Aylmer Maude in 1906[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Twenty-three_Tales/Two_Old_Men]. Widely anthologised over the years.
-=Adaptations and translations thereof=
+=Dramatised adaptations and translations of the tale=
 The story was adapted as a radio play by Gilbert Phelps
-The Phelps play was translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Twee Ou Manne]]'' by Marie van der Merwe and broadcast on the programme ''[[Radioteater]]'' on the [[Afrikaans Service]] of the [[SABC]] on 20 April, 1962, directed by [[Monica Breedt]].
+The Phelps play was translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Twee Ou Manne]]'' by [[Marie van der Merwe]] in 1962.
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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Old_Men_(story)
-Copy for typed SABC script by Marie van der Merwe, ,
+Copy for typed [[SABC]] script by [[Marie van der Merwe]], found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.

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 Written in 1885, it tells the story of Efim and Elisha, two neighbors who decide to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem before dying.
-It translated to English by Leo Wiener in 1904.
+It translated to English by Leo Wiener in 1904 and by Louise and Aylmer Maude in 1906[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Twenty-three_Tales/Two_Old_Men].
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Old_Men_(story)