Zaïre - Revision history

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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: p. 81, 90, 110-111.
-[[Jill Fletcher]], 1994
+[[Jill Fletcher]]. 1994. ''The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930''. Cape Town: Vlaeberg.
 Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 == Translations and adaptations ==
-Translated into English by Aaron Hill (1685–1750)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Hill_(writer)]  as '''''[[Zara]]''''', and performed at London's Drury Lane Theatre in 1736. ''[[Zara]]'' became the most frequently staged English adaptation of a Voltaire play.
+Translated into English by Aaron Hill (1685–1750)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Hill_(writer)]  as '''''[[Zara]]''''', and performed at London's Drury Lane Theatre in 1736, becoming the most frequently staged English adaptation of a Voltaire play.
 The play inspired at least thirteen operas over the years.

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 == Translations and adaptations ==
-Translated into English by Aaron Hill (1685–1750)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Hill_(writer)]  as ''[[Zara]]'', and performed at London's Drury Lane Theatre in 1736. ''[[Zara]]'' became the most frequently staged English adaptation of a Voltaire play.
+Translated into English by Aaron Hill (1685–1750)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Hill_(writer)]  as '''''[[Zara]]''''', and performed at London's Drury Lane Theatre in 1736. ''[[Zara]]'' became the most frequently staged English adaptation of a Voltaire play.
 The play inspired at least thirteen operas over the years.

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−	''[[Zaïre]]'' is a five-act French tragedy in verse by Voltaire (1694-1778)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire]. ~~(The play's name sometimes occurs as ''[[Zaire]]''.)~~	+	''[[Zaïre]]'' is a five-act French tragedy in verse by Voltaire (1694-1778)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire].
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		+	The play's name sometimes occurs as ''[[Zaire]]''.

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-''[[Zaïre]]'' is a French play by Voltaire (1694-1778)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire]. (The play's name sometimes occurs as ''[[Zaire]]''.)
+''[[Zaïre]]'' is a five-act French tragedy in verse by Voltaire (1694-1778)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire]. (The play's name sometimes occurs as ''[[Zaire]]''.)
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 == The original text ==
+Written in the space of three weeks in 1732, it was given its first public performance on 13 August 1732 by the Comédie française  at the Théâtre de la rue des Fossés Saint-Germain in Paris. Considered his best play, often performed, it owes something to ''[[Othello]]'' in its plot.
 == Translations and adaptations ==
-An English translation by ** was performed in London, with Garrick in the role of Lubignan.
+Translated into English by Aaron Hill (1685–1750)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Hill_(writer)]  as ''[[Zara]]'', and performed at London's Drury Lane Theatre in 1736. ''[[Zara]]'' became the most frequently staged English adaptation of a Voltaire play.
 == South African productions ==
-: A performance of this popular work is advertised for the new theatre (the [[African Theatre]]) in the [[Kaapsche Stadts Courant]] of 29 January 1803. However great uncertainty about the company that presented the play. [[Jill Fletcher|Fletcher]] (1994) argues that it may have been a touring British production, rather than a local one by the [[English Theatrical Company]] or by a [[Dutch]] company, while [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]][http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/] (1928: footnote on pp. 81-2) by a process of elimination concludes that it is most likely the first advertised [[Dutch]] production at the Cape, most probably by the [[amateur]] company [[Het Hollandsch Liefhebbery Genootschap]], bearing the [[motto]] [[Tot Leering en Vermaak]].
+: A performance of this popular work is advertised for the new theatre (the [[African Theatre]]) in the [[Kaapsche Stadts Courant]] of 29 January 1803. However great uncertainty about the company that presented the play. [[Jill Fletcher|Fletcher]] (1994) argues that it may have been a touring British production, rather than a local one by the [[English Theatrical Company]] or by a [[Dutch]] company, while [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]][http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/] (1928: footnote on pp. 81-2) by a process of elimination concludes that it is most likely the first advertised [[Dutch]] production at the Cape, most probably by the [[amateur]] company [[Het Hollandsch Liefhebbery Genootschap]], bearing the [[motto]] [[Tot Leering en Vermaak]]. As the title given in the advert is the French title, not the English one, Bosman's argument seems sound enough.
 == Sources ==