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'''There are a number of dramatic works using the phrase "Une cause célèbre" as (part of) a title:'''

The title in such a case is usually written in lower case ("''[[Une cause célèbre]]''") in French, and capitalized in English (''[[Cause Célèbre]]'').

(''Not including the English play'' '''''[[Cause Célèbre]]''''' (1975) ''by Terence Rattigan''.)

='''''Une cause célèbre, ou l'Héritier de Manchester''''' (1837) by Gabriel and Théaulon=

''[[Une cause célèbre, ou l'Héritier de Manchester]]'' is a drama in three acts by Lurieu Gabriel (1799-1889)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_de_Lurieu] in collaboration with Emmanuel Théaulon (1787-1841)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Th%C3%A9aulon]. First performed in Paris at the Théâtre de la Gaîté on the 25th of May 1837.

First published in 1837

==Translations and adaptations==

== Performance history in South Africa ==

==Sources==

https://www.furet.com/be/une-cause-celebre-ou-l-heritier-de-manchester-drame-en-3-actes-266922.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_de_Lurieu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Th%C3%A9aulon

Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

='''''[[Une cause célèbre]]''''' (1877) by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugene Cormon=

''[[Une cause célèbre]]'' is a melodrama in six parts ("Drame en six parties") by Adolphe Phillipe d'Ennery (1811-1899)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_d%27Ennery] and Eugène Cormon (1811-1903)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Cormon]

==The original text==

The tale of a French soldier wrongfully sentenced to the galleys for the murder of his wife, the play was first performed in Paris at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique on 4 December 1877 (reviewed by Emile Zola on the 10th)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=DPMDQprnQGUC&pg=PA111&lpg=PA111&dq=une+cause+celebre+drame+par+d%27ennery+et+cormon&source=bl&ots=YK67oOh_lJ&sig=ACfU3U3qyHeq_wq71VlTZWLTHTqgh-WSaA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQoqWh6fTjAhUB2aQKHW8cByQQ6AEwEXoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=une%20cause%20celebre%20drame%20par%20d'ennery%20et%20cormon&f=false] thereafter opening at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin on 27 December.

The play was not that much of a success apparently and the earliest and most readily found version of the text is a short prose summary ("Compte-rendu") by Gustave Desgranges, published in 1878 (Beziers, Imprimerie du commerce de P. Rivière).

A version of the full text was published by C. Levy in 1900.

==Translations and adaptations==

Translated into English as '''''[[Proof, or A Celebrated Case]]''''' (also found simply as either ''[[Proof]]'' or ''[[A Celebrated Case]]'') by F.C. Burnand (1836-1917)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._C._Burnand]. The English version 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. The English play was first produced in English at the Adelphi Theatre, London, in 1878 and in New York at the Union Square Theatre from January 23 to May 11, 1878.

Published by [[Samuel French]], [1878?])

Was the basic text for ''[[A Celebrated Case]]'', a lost American silent film by the Kalem Co. (distributed by the General Film. Co.), starring Alice Joyce, Guy Coombs and Marguerite Courtot.

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1884-5: The English version by Burnand 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==

Facsimile version of the cover page of the prose retelling by Desgranges[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55635290.texteImage]

Henri Mitterand and Halina Suwala.1968. ''Émile Zola, journaliste: bibliographie chronologie et analytique'' (Volume 1). Presses Université Franche-Comté:p. 111[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=DPMDQprnQGUC&pg=PA111&lpg=PA111&dq=une+cause+celebre+drame+par+d%27ennery+et+cormon&source=bl&ots=YK67oOh_lJ&sig=ACfU3U3qyHeq_wq71VlTZWLTHTqgh-WSaA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQoqWh6fTjAhUB2aQKHW8cByQQ6AEwEXoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=une%20cause%20celebre%20drame%20par%20d'ennery%20et%20cormon&f=false]

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/a-celebrated-case-8173

https://web.stanford.edu/~gdegroat/AJ/reviews/ccase.htm

[[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.)

[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.325

Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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+='''''[[Une Cause Célèbre]]''''' (1877) by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugene Cormon=
 ''[[Une Cause Célèbre]]'' is a melodrama in six parts ("Drame en six parties") by Adolphe Phillipe d'Ennery (1811-1899)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_d%27Ennery] and Eugène Cormon (1811-1903)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Cormon]

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 (''Not including the English play'' '''''[[Cause Célèbre]]''''' (1975) ''by Terence Rattigan''.)
-='''''Une cause célèbre, ou l'Héritier de Manchester''''' (1837) by  Gabriel and Théaulon=
+='''''Une Cause Célèbre, ou l'Héritier de Manchester''''' (1837) by  Gabriel and Théaulon=
-''[[Une cause célèbre, ou l'Héritier de Manchester]]'' is a drama in three acts by Lurieu Gabriel (1799-1889)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_de_Lurieu] in collaboration with Emmanuel Théaulon (1787-1841)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Th%C3%A9aulon]. First performed in Paris at the Théâtre de la Gaîté on the 25th of May 1837.
+''[[Une Cause Célèbre, ou l'Héritier de Manchester]]'' is a drama in three acts by Lurieu Gabriel (1799-1889)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_de_Lurieu] in collaboration with Emmanuel Théaulon (1787-1841)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Th%C3%A9aulon]. First performed in Paris at the Théâtre de la Gaîté on the 25th of May 1837.
 First published in  1837

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 ='''''[[Une cause célèbre]]''''' (1877) by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugene Cormon=
-''[[Une cause célèbre]]'' is a melodrama in six parts ("Drame en six parties") by Adolphe Phillipe d'Ennery (1811-1899)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_d%27Ennery] and Eugène Cormon (1811-1903)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Cormon]
+''[[Une Cause Célèbre]]'' is a melodrama in six parts ("Drame en six parties") by Adolphe Phillipe d'Ennery (1811-1899)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_d%27Ennery] and Eugène Cormon (1811-1903)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Cormon]
 ==The original text==

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 '''There are a number of dramatic works using the phrase "Une cause célèbre" as (part of) a title:'''
-The title in such a case is usually written in lower case ("''[[Une cause célèbre]]''") in French, and capitalized in English (''[[Cause Célèbre]]'').
+The title in such cases is usually written in lower case ("''[[Une cause célèbre]]''") when in French, but often capitalized when in English (''[[Une Cause Célèbre]]''). We follow the English convention in [[ESAT]].
 (''Not including the English play'' '''''[[Cause Célèbre]]''''' (1975) ''by Terence Rattigan''.)